BBC Photoessay: Altered landscapes and displaced lives
The BBC has posted a photo essay about displaced lives and landscape reconstruction due to dam building along the Yangtze River.
Read MoreMiss Manners Goes to China
Chinese manufacturers produce products shipped all over the world, but cultural barriers still hinder communication between companies. Manners, in particular, create a “cultural chasm” in online transactions. The article in the Miami Herald, A charm school for the Chinese business owner details one one solution that Alibaba.com developed to “polish” online transactions. “We not only […]
Read MoreWeb site Provides Forum for Exhibit of Sexual Behavior
When his exhibit of Chinese sexual culture was closed in Beijing two months ago, Sexologist Ma Xiaonian knew he needed to find another forum for his collection. He found it at www.511511.com, where you can learn about Chinese Sexual Culture Online, as reported on Xinhuanet. Ma thinks the on-line site will be better-received than its […]
Read MoreRed Hat plans Linux push in China
CNET reported that “Red Hat, the leading seller of the Linux operating system, plans an expansion into China, potentially including a partnership with China’s Red Flag Linux.” Thanks to Adam Morris who suggested this article to CDN.
Read MoreUCLA Internet Survey
In the UCLA “World Internet Project,” trends in internet use in several major countries are compared and categorized. Presented is noteworthy information that shows how unique internet users are in urban China especially in the areas of politics, hobbies, religion, and online friends. The Project and graphs can be found at the UCLA Center for […]
Read MoreThe Rise of India
Rediff has an article on India, the next five years. In this article, the author Paran Balakrishnan discussed growth in cell phone services, manufacturing, software, and services. At end of the article, it quoted a Indian top researcher who says “if India plays its cards right, by 2025, it can become the number one knowledge […]
Read MoreCreativity grows in Chinese schools
While the United States emphasizes a “just-the-facts” approach in schools, China is developing a more creative approach. Although China’s national tests still require mastery of a traditional skill set, classrooms are becoming increasingly marked by a cooperative, hands-on approach. What does this transformation mean for China’s future? How will this shift in classrooms manifest itself […]
Read MoreYahoo teams with Chinese Web portal Sina
From CNET: “Yahoo and Chinese Web portal Sina have agreed to set up an online auction service in China, in an effort to ride the wave of the country’s growing e-commerce market. The companies said the co-branded auction service will be aimed at small and midsize businesses in the country. The service will offer both […]
Read MoreChinese turn to Web for justice
NPR yesterday reported on the “BMW incident”, in which tens of thousands of Internet users have called for justice in the case of a well-connected woman who got off with a light fine after killing a villager with her car. Hear the NPR audiolink here.
Read MoreNew stats on Chinese netizens
The CNNIC released new statistics about the number and demographics of Chinese Internet users, the China Daily reported today. According to CNNIC, Internet use is no longer just popular among Chinese youth. The China Daily articles says that: “Although young people still account for the majority of Internet users, the makeup of the age groups […]
Read MoreChina slow to loosen media muzzle
BBC’s reporter Tim Luard wrote: “Having breathed new life into China’s press, Sars now looks as if it is helping stifle it again. The government was shamed by last year’s epidemic into unleashing the media to help spread public awareness of the disease and chase up officials who had been slow to act. In the […]
Read MoreYahoo and China’s SINA to create auction service
AP: “Yahoo Inc. and leading China Internet portal SINA announced late Tuesday the companies have agreed to form an auctions-based service for buyers and sellers in China. The deal is depending on SINA’s brand awareness in China and Yahoo’s proven expertise in e-commerce, the companies said in a joint release. ” Full article is here.
Read MoreChina Poses Trade Worry as It Gains in Technology
From New York Times today: ” To high-technology companies, China has been a land of seemingly pure promise in recent years. Not only is it a fast-growing consumer market, but it has also become a low-cost workshop for assembling technology products for American, European and Japanese concerns. But as China moves to expand its own […]
Read MoreUS tech firms score in China
Australian IT reported today: “US technology firms announced they had secured contracts with Chinese firms worth a total $US2.3 billion ($2.9 billion), nearly half going to Motorola. ” US-based firms Motorola, Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks, Ericsson, Intel and Cisco shared in the deals.
Read MoreNew, fast broadband service links China, US and Russia
Qian Hualin, who helped introduce the Internet to China in the late 80s, is again on the forefront of Chinese Internet development. His new project, Gloriad, will aid communication between research institutes in three countries. The broadband service–which links China, the United States and Russia–began operating yesterday. It will help researchers in these three countries […]
Read MoreCDT EBOOKS
Subscribe to CDT
SUPPORT CDT
Giving Assistant
Anti-censorship Tools
Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention
