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Fact or Fiction IX: Homecoming
by Glen — Welcome back one and all to the August edition of Fact or Fiction. Those of you who read any or all of the last seven will know, every edition I will have a guest and we will discuss a few of the big issues in China of the day. Every answer will have a “Fact” or a “Fiction” and some justification to go along with it. My guest today is fello...
Expo Scoop: Miss World 2005 @ Iceland Pavilion
by Ryan — Miss World @ Shanghai Expo Iceland Pavilion If you’re heading to the Shanghai Expo and don’t feel like spending your day under the sun in line for one of the biggie pavilions; head over to the (surely cool) Iceland Pavilion, where you can rub elbows with Miss World 2005 Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir. According to the Iceland Expo site,...
Lasseter explores the Internet according to China
Weird Things That I Got Used to in China, Part II
by Jarrod — Part 2 of my two-part rip off of a Forbes article of a similar name. Did I mention there are two parts? This is the second one (of two). 7. The Internet I’m a freedom-loving American, so the whole idea of the The Great Fire Wall is a great annoyance to me and my values. It also screws with my mind. When I first came to China, Facebook still worked but Wikipedia was blocked. I had never realized how much I actually used Wikipedia...
Weird Things That I Got Used to in China, Part I
by Jarrod — Today I read part 1 of the Forbes China Tracker Blog article Weird Things That People Get Used to in China (a translation of a Chinese article on NetEase). I suppose it is about things that Chinese people get used to, but since I’m leaving soon (countdown: 4 days), I figured I’d write one based on the things I’ve learned over the past two and a half years. Here is my own part 1, in no particular order. 1. Making friends wi...
Video: Young & Restless — China’s Graduate Dilemma
by Ryan — Caught this SOOKSTV video being shared on Danwei, and felt it was well worth sharing. Very poignant mini-documentary on the difficulties faced by well-educated Chinese and their quest to find jobs that actually pay a decent wage. China will be producing 6.3 million graduates this year. Figures from 2009 indicate 13% of last years 6.1 million graduates were unable to find a job. That’s 793,000 graduates without a job. We take a look at the...
Photo: Outdoor Pool
by Lost Laowai — With Summer’s inferno holding much of China tight in her sweaty clutches, I thought it poignant for the latest featured photo to be a capture of something I had never seen before coming to China, and think is all around a fantastic idea — outdoor pool (as in balls and cues, not laps and pee). Throw in a bit of chuar and a whole lot of p...
Review: Invisible Browsing VPN (ibVPN)
by Ryan — A little down recently about my regular VPN’s lackluster speed, I started testing out a new service called ibVPN (Invisible Browsing VPN) and am decently happy with the results/ease of use. The service is strictly PPTP and not SSL, which I suppose is both a pro and a con. From my experience PPTP is faster and easier to setup as services go, b...
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