China Videos
E-RICH: Jack Ma Banks on ONLINE ERRTHING
Jack Ma is working so that you never have to go to the bank again.Read More
News
Great Firewall upgrade killing some VPN services
A recent upgrade to China’s Internet censorship apparatus has VPN users in China scrambling to find new ways around the country’s Great Firewall.Read More
China Tech
Amazon expanding international shopping & fast shipping for Chinese consumers
Ordering from international Amazon sites is soon to be much easier for those of us living in China. The e-commerce giant has announced that starting this Single’s Day, November 11, China-based customers will be able to order from Amazon’s US, German, Spanish, French and Italian stores and have their purchases shipped to them in China.Read More
China Tech
Mark Zuckerberg Delivers Tsinghua Q&A in Chinese
This past Wednesday Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg delivered his “first ever public Q&A in Chinese” at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. Handled with humour and aplomb, Zuckerberg discussed, “connecting the world, Internet.org, innovation and the early days of Facebook.” According to his Facebook update, earlier in the week he joined the Tsinghua University School of Economics and …Read More
China Tech
Google addresses a problem with Mainland searching … finally
For a bleeding-edge tech company, it’s sure hard not to feel Google’s been a bit slow to acknowledge and address a phenomenon that anyone in China has been witnessing for years — search results are censored. In a new video and blog post, the folks at Google illustrate the problem and explain that they will …Read More
China Tech
Twitter: “Taiwan, Province of China”
Despite all the talk, all the late night sweats in Beijing, and all the curses from VPN-lagging China-based twitterers; it turns out Twitter and the PRC see more eye-to-eye than either side would have you believe. The following is a screen capture by Nick (@riceagain), a Kiwi splitting his time between Taiwan and the Mainland, …Read More
Expat Stuff
The China-Wide-Web
As I write this, I am listening to Radio Free Asia, a podcast which I subscribed to on iTunes with no hassle. After I finish writing this, I plan, just for shits and grins, to run a Google search on Liu Xiaobo and proclaim my love for a free Tibet on Twitter. When I first …Read More
China Expat Advice
How-to: Setup an HTPC for better TV in China (Part III – Media Sources)
In my previous two posts I outlined how to get your computer connected to your TV and where to get some good media centre software, as well as the setup I’m using. I continue in this part with where to find things to watch on your newly setup HTPC (or how to justify the purchase …Read More
China Expat Advice
How-to: Setup an HTPC for better TV in China (Part II – My Gear)
In my last post I explained how to get your computer connected to your TV and where to get some good media centre software. Before I share a few resources for getting content for your newly configured media centre, I thought I would talk a bit about my home setup and some of the more …Read More
China Expat Advice
How-to: Setup an HTPC for better TV in China (Part I – Getting Setup)
If you’re like me you probably long-ago did away with the bland programming of CCTV9, the endless carousel of period dramas, and ever-more-annoying variety shows that China’s cable providers offer up. For some that means getting outside and getting a life. For people like me, that means finding better ways to get the entertainment I …Read More
China Tech
Chinese search giant Baidu in some US legal (bai)doo-doo
This is clever. So a few years ago Google enters China and is put under a global grilling lamp on whether or not it will adhere to local laws regarding censorship and its search results. Don’t Be Evil held for a little while, but 300+ million Chinese Internet users was bound to make anyone check …Read More
China Tech
A guide to using an Android smartphone in China, and how to get paid apps
I’ve been enjoying my past few months of being a new Android user; but residing in China entails some frustrations and difficulties in getting the most out of your Google-powered smartphone – especially with regards a lack of paid apps support, and some popular apps missing from the Chinese version of the Android market. Here …Read More
