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Only advertise for brand or performance? how about “crisis management”?

neb — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:21:12 GMT

I continue to learn everyday the difference between the internet world in China vs the US. Here is a big glaring one…from Pacific Epoch

A spokesman from Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU) claimed on Tuesday that Alibaba Group published posts on September

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Putting the best foot forward….for august anyway

neb — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:53:23 GMT

Talk putting the best foot forward…there has been a major effort to crack down on unsavory content on the web prior and during the olympics, for example:

1) Audits and closing down of all sites that do not have an ICP license. Basically t

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Making a dent in saving the environment? 对环保的贡献？

neb — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:41:28 GMT

What do these 3 things have in common?

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Earthquake & 9-11

neb — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:31:00 GMT

The earthquake in Sichuan happened a little over a week ago, but I was actually oblivious to it until 10 minutes later some of my friends IM’ed me asking if I felt it. Nada…but for some of my friends in high-rises, they said the entire bu

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Using IM to go viral in China and boycotting french goods

neb — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:20:59 GMT

As I signed onto MSN instant messenger yesterday, I was greeted with a bunch of “heart china” signatures.

too lazy to take my own screenshot, here is one from shanghaiist
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Yet another step closer to localization - tooling around in a bike

neb — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:47:01 GMT

At the behest of my friend to by a bicycle, I succumbbed and bought this bike last week. My only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner!

Mine is the shiny red one.

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So that’s inflation!

neb — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:41:40 GMT

How bad is inflation in China? According to businessweek 8.7% in Feb…is that good? bad? what does it really mean?

First off, some frame of reference - since Ben Bernanke has taken over, the Fed has come out explicitly to target an inflati

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Up Close with Maroon 5 in Shanghai 魔力红上海演唱会

neb — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:58:55 GMT

I was planning to check out the Maroon 5 concert when my friend mentioned they were coming to town. Unfortunately, the 300rmb tickets had sold out and I didn’t really think it was worth paying 500rmb for it, so I passed.

But at the last m

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What are the chances of this?

neb — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:16:05 GMT

My friend got his bike stolen on Friday night. Already on his 3rd bike, this one had a lifespan of only 5 months. Not uncommon though because according to this report (in chinese) 95% of shanghainese bikers have had at least 1 bike stolen, 50% 3 bike

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China internet=entertainment, US=info? 中国互联网=娱乐, 美国互联网=信息?

neb — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:39:12 GMT

I realized that up until a couple months ago I still surfed English sites 80% of the time - which isn’t the smartest thing if I am trying to do an internet startup in China. Thus, in preparation for marketing our website, I forced myself to be a part...

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