Misspelled Signs, Chinese Restaurant is Providing “Wife” Instead of WiFi

Star Chang, May 1, 2013 4:41 AM, 1,101 views, Got something to say ?,

A farming restaurant in rural China has decided to provide wireless Internet access for their customers. The restaurant owner put up striking banner to promote the new service, but a small mistake has became frankly laughable. The most important word “WiFi” has misspelled, the signs now become: “Our Farm Has Been Covered with Wife.” The story gained some steam on Chinese social media, many people are saying it’s hard to believe to commit such a ridiculous mistake, it could be some kind of marketing hype. Even more interesting, one Chinese netizen is poking fun at the restaurant, asking whether the “wife” is free to access. Misspelled signs are not only found in China, the west is having spelling mistake too.

So Much News in China… #074

Star Chang, Mar 11, 2013 11:06 AM, 343 views, Got something to say ?,

There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news that have left behind because we are just too busy or too lazy to post. There are stories onSmart TV’s user habit in China, Alibaba’s online shopping credit, China better internet infrastructure and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: a tourism video of Dongguan city telling the world they are not “Dickensian Factory City”… Hope everyone have enjoyed your weekend and a fresh start to your week.

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Chinese Authorities are Trying to Spy on China News Coverage from Western Media

Star Chang, Feb 1, 2013 9:05 AM, 319 views, 2 Comments »,

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Chinese hackers believed to have government links have been conducting wide-ranging electronic surveillance of media companies, apparently to spy on what reporters are covering on China and other issues. Chinese hackers for years have targeted major U.S. media companies with hacking that has penetrated inside news gathering systems. Tapping reporters’ computers could allow Beijing authorities to identify sources on articles and information about pending stories. Computer-security firms that track Chinese cyber spying groups say that one of the roughly 20 groups they know about appears to specialize in the media industry …

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China Requires All New Houses to be Equipped with Fiber Network Connections

Star Chang, Jan 18, 2013 6:32 PM, 365 views, Got something to say ?,

According to Chinese government new policy, all newly built residences, which locate in cities where a public fiber optic telecoms network is available, have to be equipped with fiber network connections. The standards will take effect from April and will also require residences to offer equal connections to services from various telecoms companies allowing customers to choose which service they want. The government hopes to have 40 million families connected to fiber networks by 2015. Local telecoms operators have been stepping up the pace on fiber network connections too. By introducing fiber-optic technology, it is good to see the internet speed in China will finally boost-up, but we’re not sure whether the Chinese residents can enjoy fast broadband at low price. And the high speed internet is only beneficial when connecting within China, it will not that phenomenal when hopping to oversea websites.

China’s Internet Population Swell to 564 Million

Star Chang, Jan 18, 2013 11:17 AM, 142 views, Got something to say ?,

According to the China Internet Network Information Center (CINIC), China saw its internet-connected population swell to 564 million, up 10 percent over last year. That is an increase of 51 million users which is equal to one and a third times the population of California, or nearly half the population of Japan. The increase owes to a huge increase in mobile web users — up 18.1 percent over last year to 420 million. Authorities are encouraging Internet use for business and education but also try to block access to material considered subversive or obscene and are tightening controls. The growth has been going noticed by the Chinese government, and we believe they will put more regulations (restrictions) this year on mobile internet.

Baidu and Tencent Pose Security Threat to Vietnamese Internet User

Star Chang, Jan 17, 2013 11:39 AM, 1,444 views, 2 Comments »,

Baidu and Tencent, the two Chinese internet giants, landed in Vietnam in 2012. Their rapid growth have threaten the information security of local internet users, which added that both companies would undermine local internet companies. Baidu introduced the Vietnamese version of its search engine and other online services in January last year. Page views soared from 70,000 in April to 2 million by August. Tencent also launched its mobile phone text and voice messaging service in April last year, attracting more than 1 million Vietnamese users so far. Local media suspect the two internet companies are accessing and stealing information from users. Some former users have complained that the software is hard to remove after installation. Baidu’s search engine will automatically redirect usage patterns of Vietnamese netizens. If take-up passes 50 percent of local users, Vietnamese internet companies will lose their influence over the way people in the country surf the net.

Hilarious Wry Neck Cartoon Becomes Chinese Internet Hit

Oska Lee, Dec 25, 2012 4:06 PM, 2,195 views, Got something to say ?,

Recently, a group of wry neck cartoons are getting popular in China’s internet. So why all these cute little character are crooking their necks ? A giant asteroid made a flyby of Earth two weeks ago. The near-Earth asteroid ‘4179 Toutatis‘, which is about 3 miles wide, came within 4.3 million miles of our planet — or about 18 lunar distances — at its closest point. Many people worry that if the asteroid hit the earth, it is the end of the world. A Chinese cartoonist think that if everybody just crook their neck, this will let the Earth tilt, then the asteroid will not hit the Earth. He started to create a series of wry neck’s cartoon characters base on the silly theory …

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Chinese Government Introduces New technology to Power-up its Great Firewall

Star Chang, Dec 20, 2012 3:40 AM, 1,335 views, 4 Comments »,

China appears to be tightening its control of internet services by upgrading the abominable “Great Firewall”, which prevents more Chinese web user from reading overseas content. Companies and individuals are being hit by the new technology deployed by the Chinese government to control what type of info where people are getting inside the country. A number of companies providing “virtual private network” (VPN) services to users in China say the new system is able to “learn, discover and block” the encrypted communications methods used by a number of different VPN systems …

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More Mobile Phone User in China Love to Make Video Clips

Star Chang, Dec 19, 2012 2:37 AM, 1,795 views, Got something to say ?,

VIDEOS shot by mobile phone may generate over 90 million yuan (US$14.5 million) income in China this year, a 50-percent annual surge, thanks to the popularity of smartphones featuring high-quality cameras. So far this year more than 60,000 mobile-shot videos have been uploaded and income from online advertisements, sponsorship and mobile subscriptions is expected. According to Youku Tudou, the largest video hosting service in China, these videos have been viewed by over 40 million people either online or through mobile devices …

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Vocational School Teaches Chinese Students to Become Online Retailers

Kevin Chen, Oct 24, 2012 9:10 AM, 753 views, Got something to say ?,

A vocational school in China offers speical course which trains students to become online business owners by setting shop on the consumer e-commerce site, Taobao Marketplace. It says one of the graduates currently has an annual turnover of 10 million yuan (US$1.6 million). The first batch of students graduated in June from the Yiwu Industrial and Commercial College, located in the Zhejiang province, eastern China. Yiwu is the place well-known as the ‘China Commodity City’, where it is the largest small commodity wholesale market in the world. With huge geographic advantage, the school has been the focus since it launched its entrepreneurial classes three years ago …

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