Interview: Style aggregrator Yitrends
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When we did our last review of fashion sites, a certain website called Yitrends didn't exist yet or else it would've definitely topped the list. This web upstart blows away all the competition on our style radar, acting as information central for all "China-centric fashion news." Curious to see who was behind this powerful momentum, we had a quick chat with the two founders, Rita Chung
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A tough gig: being a reporter in China
Photo by xiaming It's been a frustrating month for reporters in China. The Economic Observer’s deputy editor in chief, Zhang Hong, was removed from his position soon after the release of a joint editorial attacking China's hukou system, and the paper’s other top editors received harsh warning from the authorities. Soon after, China announced it would toughen up
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enoVate: Chinese youth cliches to retire in 2010
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John Solomon ( @johnwrede ) is founder and director of enoVate a youth-focused insights and design agency based in Shanghai. enoVate works with clients and agencies to better understand and develop creative solutions targeted at the Chinese Youth market. Joey Dembs ( @j_forest ) is a researcher and insights guru at enoVate. As the founder and researcher of the youth focused agency
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Apple Daily's newest CG extravaganza: Brown behaving badly
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While Gordon Brown and the rest of Downing St. have repeatedly denied the stories of him being a big ol' bully, that hasn't stopped Apple Daily from creating a CG rendition of all the ways Brown could have abused his staff. You remember Apple Daily, right? They're the ones who gave us the cartoon skit of Conan O'Brien
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Extra! Extra! Hainan bulldozes beach scene for putting green, and other news
Photo by Ryan Pyle Beijing's hell-bent on making Hainan the world's best beach destination, and they've got an accomplice that was literally banned in the country just a few decades ago: the game of golf. While the island's government gleefully bulldozes ancient villages Cultural Revolution-style, we're just wondering whether or not a Tiger Woods-type scandal is in China's golf future.
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Massaging the message: Xinhua official bares all
Yang Liwei. Photo from china.org.cn A top official at Xinhua news agency has given a rare talk at Tianjin Foreign Students University detailing the cover-up techniques used by state media to manipulate news stories. Entitled 'Understanding Journalistic Protocols for Covering Breaking News', Xia Lin aimed to show students how news-making in China has to serve the dual function of
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Quote of the Holiday: Zhou Xiheng, Xinhua News Agency
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Our country's Internet situation is unique. Compared to all kinds of restrictions in foreign countries, China has the most open Internet in the world." 我国互联网形态有特殊性。相对于国外的各种限制，中国的互联网是全世界最开放的。 - Zhou Xisheng (周锡生) Deputy Chief of Xinhua News Agency, Director-General of Xinhua News Net. From notes taken at
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Don't worry, you can still sext in China
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Hey sexy texters, feel free to whip out your phones and tell your respective others how much you like bedtime moves. What? Worried that it'll somehow get your SMS service turned off by the folks at China Mobile and the Public Security Bureau ? Thankfully, it turns out that news of those proposed regulations against sexting aren't quite true... at least for now. Over the weekend, a short
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Opinionist: Bill and Warren's Excellent (Chinese) Adventure
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This article also appeared on The China Beat and was republished with permission here. It is written by Caroline Reeves, Assistant Professor of History at Emmanuel College. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are throwing a charity banquet in Beijing. On September 29th, the two American tycoons will host a dinner for China’s wealthiest magnates to convince them to give their monies away
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