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As we all know, many western internet companies especially Google, were unable to access into China due to censorship issue. And this is making China grow like a massive intranet and isolating itself from the rest of the world. The U.S. official is now pressing China to explain why its “national firewall” blocks so many U.S. companies from providing their services via the Internet.
A Chinese boy named WeiXin Long (Long), who self-made a knockoff tablet out of some waste materials as a gift for his girlfriend. Of course, it is far from a wonderful piece but the effort that Long took is appreciating numerous Chinese netizens and sparked their interest.
This morning, we reported the insane queuers’ situation at IFC mall in Hong Kong but do you know what cause them doing this? Apparently it is about money, but more importantly, it is because China is having too many consumers make purchase without too much intelligence.
While celebrating the latest achievement of its first ever docking in space between the unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft and Tiangong-1 space lab module, China opened a new post office outside of the country and out of the earth, 343 kilometers above the Earth. Are you looking forward to post your letter to the outer space?
The dissident Chinese Artists Ai Weiwei had showed up across international news headline since he was arrested and detained without charge by the Chinese government for 81-days. Ai was released by the government but still carrying an accusation of $2.4m tax evasion that had to be paid within 15 days. From now on, he still got about 10 days to collect the fund. If he didn’t pay the penalty, his wife could go to jail. The incident drew lot of his supporters to give out helping hands.
There’s a good reason Google’s Android Market is screwed up in China. Google and China hate each other so much. And interestingly, we are seeing over 70 kinds of 3rd party Android markets in China.
Look like the Chinese want to clean up its spooky brown polluted air, especially in the city of Beijing. Air China, the Beijing-based airline company, has became the first Chinese carrier to conduct a demonstration flight powered in part by biofuel, indicating the alternative energy’s possible use in future commercial flights in China. The Chinese carrier made the flight with a Boeing 747-400. The jumbo jet took off and landed successfully at Beijing Capital International Airport after the one-hour test flight. The use of alternative energy like biofuels is a way for airline companies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and lower fuel costs …
There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech industry news we have left out for this week, so check them out and hope everyone will have a great weekend ! So has everyone of you finished reading the 600 pages of Steve Jobs biography ? Video for this week, a recycle story in animation.
Water calligraphy is a poetic activity in China. The old Chinese will used a large brush to write Chinese characters using water instead of ink. Minutes after the characters have written on the ground, it disappear. A Canada artist came up with the idea of creating a cargo tricycle that produces the same calligraphy. He reinterprets the chinese tradition of using a water brush to write poetry in public spaces by transforming the tricycle into a poetry-writing device. It is worth mentioning that tricycles are ubiquitous in China, especially in the city of Beijing, which brings the artist’s invention closer to the Chinese culture …
When you think of Amazon you will think e-commerce and Kindle. Today, Amazon is going to expand its business in China. The company is reportedly talking to the Chinese government about selling its Kindle products in the country, and they are not only concerned with the speed to the Chinese market but also with Chinese user needs. And guess what, the company also rolled out a significant change to its Chinese site.
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