Tag: China
‘Coupon Cults,’ Inside China’s Newest Obsession
Supposedly 'obsessed' Chinese youth desperately 'dreaming of the next deal' while filing in line for discounts sometime before dawn have have become the newest initiates of the rather sarcastically termed 'cult of the coupon.'
The quickly...
Father of ‘toxic’ child jailed for speaking out by Chinese authorities.
What 'interesting' things happen to you in China when you launch a website questioning the safety of state milk that has poisoned your son?
Mainland China. In response to an incident in which Zhao Lianhai’s ...
Google is getting ready to veto China.
When you fuck with Google, Google fucks with you.
Out of the NY Times comes the fascinating revelation that hackers have sought to penetrate the email accounts of Chinese human right activists. As a result Google is now considering working...
Google, Censorship, and the First Lady.
The search engine Google has found itself in an extremely delicate situation this week surrounding an offensive image of Michelle Obama, and has taken a very confident and somewhat unexpected decision in how it has chosen to deal with...
