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China

• 10.11.07
  China’s Tudou.com Bigger than Youtube?
  China Comments

  Marking Youtube's its 1-year Google acquisition; TechCrunch compares Youtube and its numerous competitors. However, on the other side of the Pacific hides a dark horse - Tudou.com, the most popular online video website in China. I just watched an interview of Tudou's founders, Gary Wang and Marc Vander Chijs. Wang makes an interesting remark, stating that Todou serves 15 billion minutes per month as opposed to Youtube's 3.5 billion. A big contributor to Tudou's numbers could be its copyrighted content. Wang does state that its users often ...

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• 08.10.07
  Top Blogs Censored in China
  China Comments

  This post is written from behind the great firewall of China. First of all, I'm having a blast here for my vacation. The hotel I'm staying in is amazing; it definitely beats any hotel I stayed at in the States. The food is really awesome. Moreover, I am also extremely impressed by the progress of the economy. However, being the internet-junkie that I am, I had to test out exactly how severe the internet censorship was. Specifically, I wanted to see which blogs are censored. The experiment: I tried to access the Technorati Top 100 list. The rankings ...

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• 08.08.07
  China Internet Startup’s
  China Comments

  I am waiting at SFO; I will be flying out to China tonight. Great Firewall of China, here I come! While I'm on the topic, here's a cool picture of all the thriving startup's half way across the world. Behind the online censorships are websites about to revolutionize the way 1 billion people use the internet.
  
  

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