Junde's BlogSingapore Chinese Newspaper’s widely read (beyond our shores, yes) official website zaobao.com has been blocked in China. 新加坡联合早报被封了!
For many in China, Zaobao has been a source of foreign Asian news perspective, written in Chinese. This follows the very recent shutdown of Yeeyan.com, which translates widely read English articles for Chinese readership.
must be the Tiger ads on zaobao.
more details later..
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Facebook has just gone under the GFW, presumably due to the ongoing riots in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Twitter and Danwei.org had also gone down over the past 2 days.
Also wondering if it’s time for me to take a break back in sg..
I spent $30 on 3 iStockphotos, put together the little picture above, and got
I think that makes me the Most Retweeted Singaporean Web Consultant in China for a single message.
A Simple 3-step lesson here:
Ok, so What about the Crab? and Bird?
Here’s the background:
The Bird - It’s the Twitter mascot.
The Crab - It’s actually a River Crab, though this one managed to climb atop the tree.
In China, whenever a website is been blocked, or comment/essay deleted, Chinese netizens comment that it has been “harmonized” (和谐 pronounced he xie). The River Crab’s literal Chinese translation, 河蟹 (he xie) bears the same pronunciation as 和谐 (harmonization). Hence the River Crabs are a non-sensitive alternative in online Chinese discourse.
I must also admit that I didn’t not draw the image by hand. I simply bought 3 images worth $30 on iStockphotos, then pieced them together on Photoshop. It was a little painful at first, to fork out $30 on these little illustrations. But from the response I got, I think it money well spent.
I consider this my first viral media success (although GZFreeze was also a minor success). Hope there’s more to come!
I hosted and presented at Web Wednesday Guangzhou last week at The Paddy Field Irish bar in Guangzhou. (The founder of Web Wednesday Guangzhou, Lonnie Hodge was away on faculty duty in Suzhou, so he asked and naturally, I agreed)
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The theme was Catalyst Night, (something like Barcamp, except we didn’t call it Barcamp). We sent out an open invite to anyone who has a idea to pitch, a business to talk about, or just anything they wish to communicate, and it doesn’t have to be the usual web/tech set meal. This was something different from the usual Web Wed GZ lineup, which was to invite VIP speakers to talk about hot Internet/Digital Media topics.
Web Wednesday Guangzhou audience at The Paddy Field
Here are the highlights:
Jeff Lyndon (Humble Gaming, Hong Kong)
Jeff Lyndon at Web Wednesday Guangzhou
Billy Huang, PRDGuide.com
Adeh DeSandies, FriendsMap.net
Billy Hwang and Adeh DeSandies from Kudelabs presented PRDGuide.com and FriendsMap.net respectively. Adeh also left a good early impression by enthusiastically greeting the crowd in mandarin.
PRDGuide.com provides over 1000 train, bus, and boat schedules between Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Dongguan, and other cities in the greater PRD region.
FriendsMap.net helps users visualize where your contacts are located on the globe. We use data that is published through services like Facebook and Twitter to build a map of your friends.
Sally Ho (Malaysia)
Sally Ho (photo unavailable because our photographer was at that moment stuck in the Guangzhou holiday eve jam) presented her research plans for the medical tourism industry in Malaysia, as a cost-effective medical tourism location. She is looking to spread awareness of such a market, and also looking for partners and investors.
Can Chan (Guangzhou)
Can Chan, Minnovate Advertising
Can Chan introduced his company, GZ Minnovate Advertising Company as the video content providers. They produce videos for online as well as offline publications.
Cecilia Li (Guangzhou)
Cecilia Li, our official Web Wednesday Photographer is also a full time photographer and artist by day. She gave us a simple account of her photos and motivations.
Rex Huang (Techsailor, Singapore & Guangzhou)
Rex Huang, Techsailor.com
Rex Huang from Techsailor (from Singapore and Guangzhou) presented their latest product, Jujuya （聚聚呀!）
Jujuya is a platform that enables anyone to create their online vertical social networks. This platform is targeted at the Chinese market.
Fidia Lim (Singapore)
Fidia Lim, GrandElitia.com
Fidia Lim from Singapore talked about her company, Grand Elitia who does business and networking for the “Young, Single and Loaded” audience.
Junde Yu (Singapore)
Yu Junde, Web Consultant & Communications Consultant in China
As for me, I spoke about Web Wednesday Guangzhou for the sake of all the new faces I brought along. I spoke about how we have moved from being a geek convention, with the help of other prominent speakers from the PR and news industries. It’s not so much of a “Digerati” convention, but more of how the “Digerati” among us, and professionals from other industries, can help each other with innovation, and synergy.
GZ Web Wed One year anniversary in June 2009!
We’re happy to announce that We’ll be having our first (one year) anniversary party next month on 17th June. Stay tuned for updates. And of course, you can also:
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Special Thanks to Pietro Mincuzzi, who rescued us from technical fault by dismantling, soldering and reassembling the projector cable. Pietro runs a HM Wizard, a software consulting company, as well as a private Italian kitchen in Guangzhou.
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