Amazon VS. Alibaba: The showdown
From SmartIntern:
With China’s Alibaba on the verge of what will likely be the biggest IPO in history, we decided to compare some of their numbers with American E-commerce giant Amazon. Following are the surprising results (hint: Alibaba is MUCH more impressive than you think)…
Foreigners in China: Is there really an expat exodus?
From SmartIntern:
2013 saw several high profile foreigners exit China, with three of them, Marc Van Der Chijs, Charlie Custer, and Mark Kitto, penning articles explaining “Why I’m leaving China”. These articles, combined with record pollution in Beijing, sparked talk of an Expat Exodus from China. A year and a half later, we at SmartIntern were curious- is there really an Expat Exodus? What follows is our attempt to find out..
#ChinaEd a Global Education Hot Spot
In the past decade, China has been the driver of international student growth for much of the world. The most popular destination for Chinese students has been the United States. The US is, in fact, the leading destination for all foreign student intake worldwide.
High Tech, Low Life – the movie
Just a reminder, this is available on iTunes on June 18, 2013
“Zola” in High Tech, Low Life. Photo Credit: Stephen Maing.
New York, May 20, 2013 – HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE, award-winning filmmaker Stephen Maing’s chronicle of two of China’s first citizen reporters as they travel the country documenting underreported news and social issues stories while facing censorship for leaping China’s ‘Great Firewall’ – will be released June 18 on iTunes in North America, with a roll-out on other digital platforms […]Read more…
China’s First Citizen Reporters Leaping the Great Firewall Chronicled in High Tech, Low Life
“Zola” in High Tech, Low Life. Photo Credit: Stephen Maing.
New York, May 20, 2013 – HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE, award-winning filmmaker Stephen Maing’s chronicle of two of China’s first citizen reporters as they travel the country documenting underreported news and social issues stories while facing censorship for leaping China’s ‘Great Firewall’ – will be released June 18 on iTunes in North America, with a roll-out on other digital platforms to follow, through the Sundance Institute Artist Services program and its […]Read more…
Liu Bolin, the invisible man
From Crane.tv: The Chinese artist whose ability to blend into the background has become a powerful mode of social commentary.
Discussion over French Brands after the Return of Two Zodiac Heads
The following is a guest post by Philip via MarketingToChina.com, edited by Key
Last week, François-Henri Pinault, the head of the French luxury group Kering, returned two Zodiac sculptures of animal heads toward the Chinese people as a gift. In fact, Pinault, as well as the head of the French businessmen delegation and French President François Hollande who came to China during the same time.
And the return of the Zodiac heads seems to arouse Chinese people’s sensitive patriotic nerve and thus […]Read more…
Punks in China
When the Sex Pistols appeared on the BBC singing "God Save the Queen," China was still in the grips of the Cultural Revolution – most music was banned, and Mao ruled supreme. It would take another two decades before punk arrived in Beijing.
PR in China: pain for Apple and VW
The following is a guest post by Philip via MarketingToChina.com, edited by Key.
crisis
Apple and VW appeared on CCTV on Mar.15, not in advertising, but on consumers’ rights protection party. And obviously, they are big PR trouble.
Apple Ostrich PR
Apple was reported to treat Chinese consumers at a different standard in terms of after service. Chinese consumers can’t get a brand-new back cover as claimed in the Apple ads and even the warranty is much shorter than that in the US.
Chinese God of Wealth vs. Western Valentine of Love
The following is a guest post by Philip via MarketingToChina.com, edited by Key.
Today is February 14, Valentine’s Day in the west and also “Chu Wu”, the fifth day after Chinese New Year, which happens to be the day for Chinese to welcome the god of wealth.
The coincidence that the two popular holidays happen to fall on the same day dilutes the festivity of both. However, Valentine’s Day seems to be the losers.
10 most popular Internet phrases in China in 2012
Happy new year everyone! the following is a guest post by Philip via MarketingToChina.com, edited by Key.
These are the current top 10 internet phrases in China: 屌丝 Diaosi, 元芳你怎么看 Yuan Fang, what do you think, 杜甫很忙 Du Fu Hen Mang, 高富帅,白富美 Gao Fu Shuai, Bai Fu Mei, 矮矬穷 Ai Cuo Qiong, 你幸福吗 Ni Xing Fu Ma, 躺着也中枪 Tang Zhe Ye Zhong Qiang, 给跪了 Gei Guil Le, 碉堡了 Diao Bao Le, 查水表 Cha Shui Biao.
1. 屌丝 Diaosi
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A typical Diao Si
“Diao Si” […]Read more…
China’s “new Futures” – Chris Barrett’s photographic exhibition on China’s one-child policy
Chris Barrett is a young British photographer, Master of photojournalism at the University of Westminster, Bachelor of Fine Arts at Nottingham Trent University. In the past he has undertaken photo projects in North Korea, Georgia, Iran and many other Asian countries. He has been working off and on in China for six years spending 2 years researching and shooting his ongoing photographic around the issue of “China’s one-child policy”. [new] Futures is an exhibition of something of this work which […]Read more…
Giveaway: 3 month VPN accounts with iOS client from ibVPN
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Chinese Basketball Association website hacked by “Japanese”
The following is guest post by Philip via MarketingToChina.com
The website of Chinese Basketball Association was hacked in the night of Nov. 6, Beijing time (GMT +8). On the front page of the website there appeared a notice in Japanese as shown in the following. The rough translation is “Diaoyu Islands owner is Japan, Chinese are China pigs, Japanese technology the best”.
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