Stories about China from August, 2005
Chinese Blogger's criticism over Bokee.com
Bokee.com, formerly known as Blogchina, is the largest Blog Service Provider in China, with 2 million blog accounts. However some Chinese bloggers have been very critical of what Bokee did and the word “Boke”, Chinese translation of “Blog”, which Bokee has been trying to promote, was a highly controversial term...
China: The Case of Lu Xuesong
EastSouthWestNorth looks at the case of Lu Xuesong, a university lecturer who was dismissed from her position without having been given apparent cause. However, as is so often the case in China, there's more to the story than first meets the eye.
China: Shanghai, Meet Mr. Wal-Mart
China Herald reports that only 100,000 people showed up for the opening of China's first Wal-Mart.
China: I knew I should have worn my Testaverde jersey
An expat in Shanghai ponders the fledgling Shanghai hip-hop scene.
China: Banned words on Blogcn- Danwei
Danwei reports that a chinese blogger has discovered–and published–the list of banned words that China's second largest blog provider maintains. There are no real surprises on the list, though the absence of swear words and sexual content is kinda interesting.
Hong Kong: CCTV Producer to Speak on Weblogs
China Herald writes that Hu Yong, a CCTV producer and director of a Chinese-language blog portal, will be giving a lecture on Chinese blogging and the Chinese blogosphere in Hong Kong later this week. The interesting thing is that the talk will be given in Mandarin.
China & Japan: 60 years of ‘Sino-Japanese friendship’ exhibition opens in Tokyo, but not in Beijing.
An exhibition celebrating “60 years of ‘Sino-Japanese friendship'” opened in Tokyo over the weekend. However, Angry Chinese Blogger wonders if it wouldn't have been better to open the exhibition in Beijing…
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