New York Times had an article about American web sites speak the language of overseas users. “The National Football League will roll out a Chinese-language version of its Web site this month in yet another move by American entertainment and media organizations to capitalize on overseas Internet audiences. The new N.F.L. site, which the league […]
Read MoreTaiwan’s Central News Agency reported on Jan 11, 2004: “With the rise in middle school children frequenting Internet Cafes in China, hackers are becoming heroes in the eyes of today’s youths. According to a recent survey by The Next Generation in Guangdong Province, younger kids are using the Internet more frequently, with 42.5% of middle […]
Read MoreReuters reported yesterday from Shanghai: “A multi-millionaire at 36 and one-half of the brains behind the roaring success of China’s self-styled Google, Robin Li now hopes his Web site will join a handful of Chinese dot-coms listed on the Nasdaq. The co-founder of search engine Baidu.com is working feverishly to bring his company to an […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post reported today that U.S. high-tech executives have warned that the U.S. could lose its dominance in the global knowledge economy, as countries like China, India and Russia develop their technology sectors. The full article is here.
Read MoreBEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhuanet) — Five men went on trial in Shanghai this week for using the Internet to recruit people, mainly middle-school students, to sell their blood. The Yangpu District People’s Court began hearing the case, the first of its kind in the city, on Monday. Prosecutors told the court that the men, who […]
Read MoreSeveral journalists from the Guangdong-based Southern Metropolis News were detained yesterday, according to a report in today’s New York Times. Authorities claimed they were investigating financial irregularities at the...
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: “Legend Group, China’s leading personal computer maker, and China Telecom, the country’s biggest fixed-line operator, are to cooperate to promote products and services under a strategic partnership announced Tuesday. The tie-up reflects the growing integration of electronics products and telecoms services, with telephone networks increasingly being used to deliver multimedia content and […]
Read MoreSingapore’s Straits Times newspaper reported today that protests by Internet users have led police to reopen a case against a well-connected woman who killed a peasant for scratching her BMW. The article is available here.
Read MoreReuters quoted Chinese source on last Friday that Faithful Union Limited and its director, Hong-Tao Li, will become the new single largest shareholder in the company. Washington Post used this story on Jan. 2nd. According to the story, China-based cable TV carrier China Cable & Communication Inc. said its management had “recently become aware” that […]
Read MoreAccording to the Detroit News, soon scientists in the United States, China and Russia will be able to collaborate over a new high-speed computer network that includes the first direct computer link across the Russia-China border. The network, separate from the public Internet, will enable scientists to transfer huge volumes of information more quickly and […]
Read MoreXinhua reported three days ago that “China’s Ministry of Culture will launch its first official cultural website in English (www. chinaculture.org) on Jan. 1, 2004 to celebrate 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. …… The website would include cultural exchanges, knowledge about China, Chinese culture and cultural news, with full coverage of Chinese cultural relics, natural […]
Read MoreThis article is from the Computerworld. It was about the Sun/China Deal announced in November 2003. According to the deal, Sun Microsystems “will provide China Standard Software (CSSC) with as many as 1 million seats pea...
Read MoreAn article in today’s Boston Globe says that China is sending a new surge of high-value, high tech exports such as cell phones, computers, electronics and cars into the world market. According to the article: “China’s Ministry of Information says home-grown firms such as TCL, Ningbo Bird Co. Ltd., and Haier Group now account for […]
Read MoreAmy Waldman wrote in New York Times: “The concept is the e-choupal, taken from the Hindi word for village square, or gathering place. The twist is the “e”: providing a computer and Internet connections for farmers to gather around …… E-choupal allows the farmers to check both futures prices across the globe and local prices […]
Read MoreHere is an article called “Top 10 Tech Stories Reveal Fast-Changing Landscape” on the Investor’s Business Daily. “China’s rise” was ranked the third story. “China’s stature in the tech world grew in two ways in 2003. First, more manufacturing shifted to the country, which has quickly emerged as a chip and electronics powerhouse. Second, China’s […]
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