10 new licenses have been issued by the ministry of culture to operate internet cafes. China is now re-opening some of the cafes for business following the terrible fire in Beijing that claimed the lives of 25 students. The article reports that IBM is also looking into the internet cafe market in China.
Read MoreIn Hong Kong, maids take computer training courses to help their employers with doing the household budget, designing and maintaining the family website and even helping with homework by doing Internet searches. How’s this for bridging the digital divide in China?
Read MoreKyodo News Monday, November 24, 2003 at 04:00 JST TOKYO — Japan and China are planning to conduct a joint experiment on a new generation Internet-capable mobile phone for high-speed data communication between the two countries, Japanese telecom ministry officials said Sunday. The three-year project aimed at promoting better Asian information technology (IT) systems will […]
Read MoreRead this report on People’s Daily: “China’s substantial efforts to reform and trim down its state newspapers has entered into a crucial phase, with 673 Party and government newspapers having been suspended from publication. China’s substantial efforts to reform and trim down its state newspapers has entered into a crucial phase, with 673 Party and […]
Read MoreSearching for a new story to post, I came across a blurb on the China News Agency’s site about the Dalai Lama. Apparently on 14 November, the Chinese government stated that if the Dalai Lama ever wanted to “set foot in Tibet again”, he would need to stop his crusade for Tibet’s independence. Ok, while […]
Read MoreA report by the Sydney Morning Herald claims that the Internet is changing the traditional, conservative behaviors of China’s citizens because it allows them to communicate “anonymously” and “vent” their real feelings. (That is, of course, as long as their online chats have nothing to do with political criticism.) For example, more and more people […]
Read MoreA commentary by Hawaii State Representative Marilyn Lee provides a summary of some of the economic growth of China and how it will impact the tourism economy of Hawaii. She further writes that America can help with the development of China in its “expertise in social and human services and labor management.”
Read MoreZeng Li–wife of Huang Qi, a jailed ‘cyber dissident’ in China–gave an exclusive interview with a French TV station on 20 November, detailing her husband’s abuse at the hands of Chinese authorities. She has only been allowed to see him once in Oct 2003 since his imprisonment over 3 years ago, and she fears that […]
Read MoreWired News has a piece on Chinese government’s loss of total information control, thanks to the internet. The interesting thing is it quotes the fellow who worked with Markel on the recent study (first blogged here). Guo Liang, deputy director of the Research Center for Social Development at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a […]
Read MoreAfter Chinese government decided to work with Sun to develop its Java Desktop System in an effort to embrace open-source technology, Microsfot signed a deal with China National Computer Software & Technology Services to co-develop products based on .Net and Office plateforms. In another deal, Microsoft China will partner with the Ministry of Education with […]
Read MoreChina has 256.9 mobile subscribers at the end of October, according to the Ministry of Information Industry. 6.69 million people signed up in the month of October versus only 4.67 million new users for fixed-line telephones.
Read MoreThis report says it is about to happen, but later reports state it’s a fait accompli and peg the value at $100 million plus. 3721 is basically “a company that sells Chinese-language Web addresses.”
Read MoreAccording to BBC News, Internet forums in China are abuzz with concern that the crimes of a Chinese serial killer weren’t reported until suspects were arrested. Perhaps this will turn out to be an incident that pressures government reform? Read the story here.
Read MoreBlogger Andrea writes on Living in China, a Hangzhou-based blog for expatriates, about the hype and controversy a young female blogger has created by writing extensively about her sex life on her personal blog, Love Letters Left. Read the story.
Read MoreFinancial Times reported today in an article entitled The sound of added value on Asiainfo’s new move. The China-focused telecommunications systems and software company is seeking to make mobile phone “value-added” services a mainstay of its business over the next two years. The move reflects expectations of cautious future infrastructure spending by Chinese operators, which […]
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