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Tag Archives: Weibo

31Oct/17

McDonald’s new Chinese name mixed in translation

October 31, 2017Food and DrinkAnita, Anita Li, Blog, China, Companies, Company: MCDONALD 'S, Company: McDonalds, Country: China, Genealogy, Golden Arches, MCDONALD 'S, McDonald's, News media, Oak Brook Illinois, Restaurants, Reuters, Shanghai, Sumlock ANITA calculator, Weibosmbale

McDonalds has chosen a new name in China, but as Anita Li reports that’s not going down well in the country. Continue reading →

26Sep/17

Cooking pancakes on computer cover: Chinese ‘office chef’ becomes internet sensation

September 26, 2017Food and DrinkChengdu, China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Company: Weibo, Country: China, Food and drink, Google, Internet celebrity, Ms Yeah, Pancake, Public sphere, Sichuan, Sina Corp, Weibo, World Wide Web, Yeah, YouTubesmbale

CHENGDU, SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA (MS YEAH) – In what looks like a typical office setting, a woman takes apart the central processing unit of a computer and uses it as a hot pan to make Chinese pancakes. Continue reading →

04Jul/17

China casts an even wider net on internet censorship

July 4, 2017InternetBeijing, Censorship in China, China, Company: Weibo, Countries, Country: China, East Asia, Forms of government, internet crackdown, Joel Labi, online communities, Social Issues, Technology/Internet, Weibo, Xi, Xi Jinpingsmbale

Some of China’s most creative minds fear they’re next as China’s internet crackdown widens. Joel Labi reports. Continue reading →

11Apr/17

United Airlines under fire after passenger dragged from plane

April 11, 2017Transportairline, Airlines, Aviation, Business, Chicago, chicago o'hare international airport, China, China Airlines, Civil aviation, Company: United Airlins, Customer experience, Economy, Hoa people, Human activities, Jacksonville International Airport, LOUISVILLE, Oscar Munoz, Overselling, Police brutality in the United States, United Airlines, United Continental Holdings, United Express Flight 3411 incident, United States, Web hosting, Weibosmbale

CHICAGO, USA (APRIL 10, 2017) ( JAYSE D ANSPACH) – United Airlines sparked outrage on Monday (April 10) for the treatment of a passenger who was physically dragged off a plane the airline had overbooked.
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15Apr/15

Entrepreneur creates website to help Chinese avoid “strange” English names

April 15, 2015InternetAsian culture, Beijing, China, Chinese as a foreign language, Chinese characters, Chinese culture, Chinese language, Chinese name, Chinese surname, Echo Wen, Faye Cheng, Jin Limin, Karate Yang, Kung Fu, Languages of Asia, Languages of China, Languages of Singapore, Languages of Taiwan, Lindsay Jernigan, Minastirith Huang, San Mao, Shanghai, Sinology, Sophia, Tai Chi, Weibo, Zhou Weismbale

Entrepreneur creates website to help Chinese learners of the English language steer clear of English names that might sound strange.

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11Mar/15

#HongKong for Twitter

March 11, 2015MediaBlog hosting services, China, Computing, Facebook, FACEBOOK INC., Google, Huawei, Microblogging, Operating systems, Real-time web, Social information processing, social media, Software, Tara Joseph, Technology, Technology/Internet, Text messaging, Twitter, TWITTER INC., United States, Universal Windows Platform apps, Websites, Weibo, World Wide Websmbale

(BVO) – Twitter has opened a small office in Hong Kong aiming to gain a foothold in the world’s second-largest economy which has become a hotspot for social media activity.
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