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Try Out For The Worst Floods in China

By Herman Lai, posted July 31, 2010 at 10:51 PM, 324 views

In the past two weeks, a natural disaster took place in China, and we named it “The Worst Flood in decade“. Reportedly, it caused tens of billions of dollars lost, killed at least 928 people and caused another almost 500 to go missing. In addition, it also caused a large number of floating debris floated to the upstream of Yangtze River. And, here is some photos were taken during a test on landslides, collapsing bridges and the Three Gorges Dam.

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19,000 Pornographic Websites Blocked in China

By Herman Lai, posted July 31, 2010 at 10:17 PM, 327 views

According to the Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), China has the largest online population which amounted to 420 million by the end of June. And, there were 19,000 websites in China found to contain pornographic content since it launched a crackdown in December last year.

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There’s a Knockoff For Apple’s Products and Website

By Chris Chang, posted July 31, 2010 at 2:55 PM, 5,055 views

Dear Apple fanboys, you got to meet QingTing, a Chinese company that copies Apple’s products and website. They have MacBook Pro, iMac, iPad knockoffs which look just like the real stuff. What’s more, they even ripped off Apple wholesale and copied Apple’s website by ’stealing’ the product shots without any approvals from Apple. Luckily, they removed all Apple logos and trademarks.

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Shanghai Expo Props Will Take Part In Auction

By Herman Lai, posted July 31, 2010 at 12:45 PM, 84 views

Next month, there will be an auction allows anyone to buy the memorabilia and props used in the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Expo 2010. Props include 37 motorboats, 231 sailboats, windsurfing boards and about 1,800 costumes, etc. The picture above is the workers arrange the sailboats used in the opening ceremony of the Expo 2010, in Shanghai, July 27, 2010.

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Meet Chinness, the knockoff of Guinness World Records

By Herman Lai, posted July 31, 2010 at 11:20 AM, 273 views

The word “Chinness” was derived from “Chinese” and “Guinness,” it has been officially approved by China’s State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC). Apparently, Chinness is an archive of Chinese Amazing Records.

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Taiwanese News Animation Goes International

By Chris Chang, posted July 31, 2010 at 5:36 AM, 342 views

We really love the animation featuring Steve Jobs and the iPhone 4 antenna saga. The Taiwanese outlet that does those interesting Sims-style animations is beginning to translate more of their content for the English-speaking audience, and they starts off by doing a a global news round-up. Watch the video after the break.

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Here Comes The Chinese Video Game Expo

By Herman Lai, posted July 30, 2010 at 9:10 AM, 427 views

Chinajoy is an annual gaming convention that’s supposed to be China’s version of E3. This event was started from yesterday, and it will be finished on the 1st of August. Here are pictures and video of the crowd inside, Showgirls and costumed Cosplay fans.

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iPhone 4 Launch Party Video

By Chris Chang, posted July 30, 2010 at 9:00 AM, 958 views

We had a wholesome of photos from the biggest iPhone 4 launch party at Hong Kong, and now we present you a video. Enjoy!

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Apple Taiwan Willing To Sell Mac Mini at Mistaken Price?

By Herman Lai, posted July 30, 2010 at 8:30 AM, 674 views

Last week, the Taiwan Apple’s online store mis-priced the Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server with an upgraded 8GB of Ram, caused about ~~200,000~~ (Should be 41518) mistaken price orders received. Apple decided only amended the order amount for compensation. Apparently, a large number of Netizens can’t accept Apple’s solution to the incident.

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Google “Fully Blocked” in China was a Status Error

By Herman Lai, posted July 30, 2010 at 7:10 AM, 105 views

Yesterday, Google got fully blocked in Mainland China again, but this was just an status error. TechCrunch reported hearing back from Google, it was just a false alarm. Google is back to normal now.

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