China Technology Mattters: Saturday, 18 December 2010 06:06AM

Yes, Virginia, It is Christmas


As you can see, from this image, I am just back from choosing a Christmas tree in the Virginia woods. (Photo credit to Thuy-T...

Tencent Is Opening As Promised, Further Thoughts on Chinese Style Openness

The mysterious Tencent, has released its probably the first open API today, API for Tencent’s microblogging platform. So th...

Price War: 360buy Vs Dangdang

Two of the largest online retailers in China are having a price war. One of them is Dangdang, a leading online book store i..."

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