Hangzhou’s Center for the Practice of Whole-Process People’s Democracy has become the butt of online jokes about China’s lack of democracy. Whole-process people’s democracy is Party-speak for the deliberative elements of China’s...
Cao Fei has announced the launch of a virtual city planning project, RMB City, on January 10. From his website: Of the many surprises RMB City has in store for her citizens and visitors, two will be revealed at the opening. One...
While Chinese versions of virtual world games are attracting corporate advertisers, they have not yet attracted as many players as was originally hoped. From Business Week: Last November, Procter & Gamble’s (PG) Vidal...
That’s Beijing has a feature on the new Chnese virtual worlds that are trying to compete with Second Life: If Second Life is populated by only the occasional virtual Chinatown, the Beijing-born HiPiHi World turns the whole metaverse Chinese. With capital investment over USD 3 million and interest from foreign companies like Intel and Google, […]
The Guardian writes about the proposed virtual Beijing Cyber Recreation District: Anyone who still thinks that virtual worlds such as MindArk’s Entropia Universe or Second Life are the plaything of geeks should look at what is happening in China. It is simply mind-boggling and, if it all comes off, has awesome implications for western economies. […]
Newsweek reports on China’s own virtual world HiPiHi. Read also Kaiser Kuo’s comments on the Ogilvy China Digital Watch blog. From Newsweek: HiPiHi appears to be on track to becoming the first homegrown Chinese competitor to Second Life, the virtual world that’s all the rage in the United States. HiPiHi’s 38-year-old CEO and founder, Xu […]
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