Apple Readying Central Hangzhou Store
The next Apple Store to open will only be 45 minutes away from Shanghai by high speed rail — Longxiangqiao, a part of central Hangzhou (capital of China’s province of Zhejiang), will host Asia’s largest...
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Chinese Authorities Cracking Down on Unregistered SIM Cards, Spam and Scam Texts
It’s been over a year since China has mandated ID registration for all mobile phone users. The rule, introduced on 01 September 2013, makes it a requirement that telecommunications operators know who their users...
Apple Stores in Guangzhou (Canton), Nanjing and Zhengzhou Soon?
Why not? If you’re looking at Apple’s recruitment page for China, you’ll note that Apple’s recruiting for people to become part of their Apple Stores in Guangzhou (Canton), Nanjing, and Zhengzhou. Other cities also...
President Xi Jinping Uses “Netspeak” in New Year’s Speech
In a speech broadcast on the 19:00 national news programme on 31 December 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping continued breaking tradition set by former presidents and, instead of resorting to the promotion of political...
Chinese Cyber Administration Office Goes Online
In a fitting move (for a Web site of a Web authority in China), the Chinese Cyberspace Administration (中华人民共和国国家互联网信息办公室), which operates also as the CCP’s Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs...
Gotcha! Chinese Railway E-Ticketing Site 12306.cn Compromised
And just to be sure everyone’s at home during that all-important family get-together over Spring Festival… Bad news all around lately, sadly, if you’re buying a train ticket online: Not only are tickets on...
Beware Illegal Pyramid Schemes on WeChat!
The relatively lesser-read Worker’s Daily points out an alarming issue on the WeChat-sphere in China as of late. If you’ve made any local friends in China on the IM service, you might have hit...
China Netspeak 2014: Decrypting Characters and Meanings
The Internet has changed Chinese (as in the language; but also the population) — for good or for bad, that’s up to you to decide, but the change is for real. As we close...
Inaugural National Cyberspace Public Awareness Week Urges “Rule of Law” and a “Harmonious Internet”
As reported by Qian Long Web Beijing, the city of Beijing just concluded a week-long, first-ever National Cyberspace Public Awareness Week, with the theme Encourage the Spirit of Rule of Law, Build a Harmonious...
Chinese State Council Serious About Government Web Sites
The Chinese State Council just released a twenty-point Circular on Strengthening the Development of Government Information Content, which to many reads simply as a circular designed to make Chinese government websites better. Here’s this...
