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Comment on Nanjing Explosion Cans New Phrase: “Who Let You Broadcast It Live?” by patty

patty — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:05:33 +0000

it has been confirmed that the people who said “who let you broadcast live ” is not the head of the Communist Propaganda Department, Ye Hao (叶皓).I’M SO SURE!
It is said that the very people is somebody of Provincial governmentf.

Comment on Real-Name System for Online Shops: “A Must?” by China: Gamers need not worry over new real name rules :: Elites TV

China: Gamers need not worry over new real name rules :: Elites TV — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:57:50 +0000

[...] July 1, owners of online stores across the country are expected to go real-name, and for China’s tens of millions of online gamerz, it was announced last [...]

Comment on What On Earth Is Wrong With Google Maps’s Chinglish? by DavidFeng

DavidFeng — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:05:36 +0000

I know. Just venting my disgust at “The Place”.

Come on. They could have used such a better, un-Chinglish, un-generic name…

Imagine the phone convos involving this “place” (pardon the pun).

“Hey, meet me at the Place!”
“What place?”
“The Place!”

Worse than the President Who ones…

Comment on What On Earth Is Wrong With Google Maps’s Chinglish? by jdmartinsen

jdmartinsen — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:21:50 +0000

Some of those are ridiculous, but The Place (lame name) isn’t Google’s fault.

Comment on Wifi Around China: Costa Coffee Xizhimen by Tony Franks

Tony Franks — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:39:49 +0000

localnoodles put together a decent guide to free wifi hotspots around beijing. Apparently there are more than 200; check it out:

http://www.localnoodles.com/update/20100224/Beijing/Wireless-cafes.html

Comment on GoSo.cn: Here’s the “People’s Google” by GoSo.cn: A Search Engine For The People Against Baidu? | china/divide

GoSo.cn: A Search Engine For The People Against Baidu? | china/divide — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:45:12 +0000

[...] didn’t know about this until reading about it on former CNReviews co-blogger David Feng’s techblog86. GoSo.cn’s Chinese name is actually quite simply “The People’s Search [Engine]” but [...]

Comment on The Great Firewall Gets Raided By The Grass Mud Horse by DavidFeng

DavidFeng — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:57:56 +0000

Somehow “by default”, I link the (fuck)#GFW with Cisco. Then again, more recent “advanced #GFW technology” seems to have been developed in the PRC.

Although, this being the Interwebs, nationalities matter less.

(Except for when you’re rooting for your own World Cup team. But then I digress…)

Comment on The Great Firewall Gets Raided By The Grass Mud Horse by gregorylent

gregorylent — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:23:48 +0000

i wonder about something …. in the tech community in every country there is a lot of social interaction .. online, or conferences, out of shared educational background, shared interests, former coworkers … there must be many techies who know the techies working in the #gfw apparatus .. i am surprised there is not more inside stuff about the #gfw in the over all net community

Comment on iPhone 4 in China: CNY 8,000-ish? by Jean-Claude

Jean-Claude — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:36:55 +0000

93mm ain’t thin for a phone, unless your blog title is a reference to the year you’re living in! Now 9.3mm is thin.

Comment on Shanghai’s Apple Store: Good For Mid-July? by Photos surface of Shanghai’s new Apple Store to be | Lost Laowai China Blog

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