The Alibaba E-Commerce Empire
“I want to influence others, not let others influence me.†– Jack Ma
Take a good look at the face in this picture. If there is one Chinese Internet company CEO that you need recognize it is Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group. Ma, named one of the world’s 30 best CEOs by Barron’s this past [...]
Quick Observation: Virtual Currency Leads To Real World Ad Revenue For This Chinese Web Company
帮忙找骗我4000å—钱的女的（120000MP)
(Help me find the woman who cheated me out of 4000RMB (120000MP reward)
Over the course of my research for last week’s post on renrou sousuo I came across this article on Sina Finance. MOP.com (猫扑) one of the largest Chinese BBS, media and renrou sousuo portals came up with a very clever way to build [...]
Cultural preferences for entertainment make China’s beer market #1
SMASH! Beer seeps through the fabric and in an instant my pants and socks are soaked. I look to my right and a red-faced balding Chinese man with a double chin begins to apologize as though he had just committed a crime. No one dares get up as the floor is covered in broken glass. [...]
The Chinese Social Media Prism
You have most likely heard of a number of Chinese social media companies and their global counterparts. Below are two excellent graphical representations that summarize the key social media companies to observe (A special thanks to Brian Solis and Sam Flemming at the SeeiSee Blog):
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What do you want for Christmas? Cow tongue cookies, a diamond ring or life insurance?
I have received some bizarre gifts during my time in China. I once bit into what I thought was a butter cookie that a friend gave me only to find it was stuffed with meat instead of chocolate. On another occasion a good friend in Taiwan gave me a package of cow tongue cookies (which [...]
Chemical Noodles: This Chinese State-Owned Enterprise’s Recipe For Success
In China it is commonly thought that northerners tend to eat more noodles while their southern counterparts prefer to eat more rice. I happen to be a 东北人 (from the northeast of the U.S) so one of my favorite dishes in China is beef noodle soup. Picture a steaming bowl of dark red spicy soup [...]
Restauranteering in China: Little Sheep Hot Pot
An old friend was in town from the US a few weeks ago and we planned to meet for dinner. I asked him if there was anything he had been craving since his last visit. He told me that we needed to go for a hot pot dinner.
What is hot pot? Hot pot (ç«é”…) is [...]
Online Gaming in China - An Escape From Reality
Looking through my last post on a Chinese perspective of Kaixin, Erica’s comment about Xiaonei being too much like real life really jumped out at me. Through my own observations I have found that there is a fairly large number of Chinese who actively seek out a means to separate themselves from the intense pressure [...]
He stole my parking space!
A Chinese perspective on the Kaixin social network
“He stole my parking space!†It’s 9 AM on Tuesday morning and my co-worker frantically runs over to my computer, types in his user name and password and begins to look at his social network profile. He is not angry about the guy who took his parking space [...]
Spread the message, China Mobile’s cashing in
3…2…1 RINGGGGGGGGG! When the clock strikes midnight on the eve of Chinese New Year fireworks are not the only cacophonous sound in the air. Millions of people’s mobile phones start ringing simultaneously as their friends and family send them bulk text messages (aka SMS messages) filled with New Year’s wishes.
That is how the bulk text [...]
