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October 2006 - Posts

China conducts first penis transplant

Although China technology news usually involves some new online startup or a new manufacturing process, China may also be advancing quite rapidly in medical and biotech fields as well. For both honorable and disturbing reasons, the country undertakes Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 12:12 PM by msracid | 0 Comments

What the Beijing Ren are wearing and web browsing with for fall

Esteemed Chinese Media site Danwei.org took a stroll in downtown Beijing's Xidan district to conduct an informal poll of likes and dislikes of the common man (and woman) on the streets. The mercury has dropped in Beijing and winter is on the way. To mark Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 3:59 PM by msracid | 0 Comments

Come take a trip to the Global Metaverse

China probably now has the largest virtual online population on Earth. Korea may have a higher percentage per capita but by sheer numbers China's online citizens living in virtual worlds at any time is probably larger than many African and European countries Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:59 PM by msracid | 0 Comments

A Shanghai blogger's perspective on Microsoft's Market Practice in China

This article from Andrew Hupert in China makes a very good argument of why software piracy in China actually hurts second tier local software companies rather than Microsoft itself. Old China hands remember China Star software. In the early 90s, we started Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:12 by msracid | 0 Comments

Apple Service in China Part 2

This is a conclusion to my girfriend's quest to get her ipod Nano fixed in China. Having failed to get service in Beijing, even though the Nano in question was still under warranty, we went to Hong Kong during Golden Week which is still technically China. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 6:28 by msracid | 3 Comments
 
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