If you have been following this blog, you will notice that I haven’t updated for a while. The reason is simple. Access to my Blogger account has been blocked since May 15 by the Great Firewall of China, perhaps in anticipation of the Tiananmen anniversary on June 4. (The proxy server that I have been… Read More: Blogger blocked ahead of Tiananmen anniversary »
Pity the Motorola folks didn’t see this coming. Otherwise they could have dominated a new category of devices with variations of the same theme: LAZR, TASR, ERASR… you get the drift. The Rong Zun 758 Razor is a GSM phone that features a detachable bottom plate covering a built-in shaver, along with dual SIM card… Read More: A close shave for convergence »
Everything about these machines screams Wii, except that they are cheaper and, as you can imagine, of inferior quality. As if the Vii and Vii2 weren’t cutting it for cheap asses who want to play games, China Shenzhen Firstsing Co. Ltd has released a 7-in-1 console that features a wireless gamepad, two remote controls and… Read More: Wii knockoffs from China »
Temperature is gonna be a low of 6 degrees Celsius in Shenzhen for a couple of days. With any luck, this year’s winter may be colder than the last. Fortunately, there have been no reports of disastrous snowstorm (thus far). Migrant workers returning home for Chinese New Year may have a smoother journey this time,… Read More: Winter has returned »
Here’s how a change of word can alter the nuance of a sentence. In an Economist Intelligent Unit briefing titled “Cracking down on dissent“, there is this sentence: With the Chinese economy facing the worst slowdown in two decades, paranoia about massive social unrest is mushrooming among Chinese leaders. The above sentence is obviously written… Read More: Biased writing »
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