The American ambassador to China has usually been an enigmatic figure to the Chinese people. Sure John Huntsman “speaks” Chinese (he really does just not often in public), and has Chinese daughters, he remained a mystery to the Chinese public during his tenure as ambassador. Gary Locke on the other hand, has captivated the attention of the Chinese internet by doing pretty much the most mundane things.
Tomb-sweeping is usually a very sombre affair. Now in a surge to promote eco-friendly “burials” and body disposals, China has gamified the tradition.
Online gaming addiction is a serious thing, and in China where they limit gaming time and access it’s no laughing matter. But what happens when your addicted to gaming but you don’t have the money? Tecent recently reported a disturbing trend happening to China’s “Second Generation Farmers (农二代)” and their addiction to online gaming.
For many who live in Beijing, the first week of March is hell. Traffic is at its worst: random roads are cleared for black Audis with police escorts. This is all done for the National People’s Congress (NPC) and National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) sessions — commonly known as the two sessions.
Electronic Arts has lost its bid to win the domain “ssx.com” from a holdings firm that bought it up in October. While the holdings firm parked the domain and briefly served ads leading to the game — an action that EA used as the basis for its complaint — an arbitration panel didn’t see that as enough evidence of bad faith to justify turning over the domain.
Xbox Live. The PlayStation Network. Steam. This website. Your email. They’re all nothing without the internet. Yet do you ever stop and wonder what the internet actually looks like? Where all the cables go? Where it sleeps?