blogging

Sina Blog’s Little Assassin in Feeds

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Chanced upon Sina’s smart “assassin” embedded in the feeds. Take a look at a normal blog post (above) first. Atom OR RSS feeds are not popular in China; not at all though blog platforms like Sina Blog does provide RSS feeds (you can get it from firefox address bar for example) though it’s not obvious [...]

China Internet Statistics 2009 Summary

The following statistics are based on data released by CNNIC for 2009. China Internet users: 384 million, with a penetration rate of 28.9% Broadband Internet users: 346 million China mobile internet users: 233 million (60.8% of total internet users) Internet users in rural areas: 106.81 million Registered domain names: 16.82 million (80% are .cn domains) [...]

How Chinese bloggers make their fortune online

As many consumers from all parts of the world, Chinese consumers turn to blogs and forums for product reviews before they buy. Reviews from popular bloggers or active members of a forum often matter a lot in consumers’ decision making; however, many consumers are not aware their favorite bloggers could be as well a stranger [...]

China’s Anti-Blogging Strategy: Tell the Truth, and Fast

via New America Media, Xinhua published an article titled “Ten Suggestions for Local Governments on How to Respond to Internet Opinion.” In a commanding tone, the article argued that local governments should release information early, “reporting facts fast, reporting causes with caution.” Crisis management is actually “crisis communication management,” it asserted. It cites that the [...]