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Friday, March 28, 2008 11:59 PM
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A foundation controlled by Li Ka Shing , dubbed "Superman Li" for his wealth and success and practically a business deity in many parts of Asia, has just doubled its investment in Facebook from 60M to 120M. The eleventh richest man in the world obviously Read More...
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Saturday, February 09, 2008 7:33 PM
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It's the Chinese New Year holidays, the weather is freezing and overcast, so like most people I stayed home and watched TV. I saw the American Idol auditions and something Simon Cowell said got me thinking. Another contestant had just made it to Hollywood Read More...
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Monday, January 07, 2008 9:52 PM
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The Peter Principle states that "In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence." A generalized version of it states that "anything that works will be used in progressively more challenging applications until it fails." We see Read More...
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007 11:39 PM
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A recent news scandal in China has been the purported discovery of fake steamed pork buns made out of minced corrugated cardboard, and the subsequent confession from the journalist that the story was falsified . But the scandal continues, because some Read More...
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Saturday, August 04, 2007 9:58 PM
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The Facebook discussion topic of the moment is whether it's suitable for business. Publishing 2.0 has this to say: Yes, Facebook Platform makes Facebook infinitely extensible, but the core, native Facebook apps and features are ABSOLUTELY UNCHANGED since Read More...
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Saturday, July 28, 2007 7:53 PM
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Interesting that in Business 2.0's map of Web 2.0 startups around the world, only one from North America is included. Is that a deliberate omission or has innovation slowed down after Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc. etc.? For Business 2.0' s global issue Read More...
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Friday, July 20, 2007 9:50 PM
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The big news today is the Chinese media and blogosphere's reaction to a German-made t-shirt with an offensive tag line. A t-shirt from Germany with the words “F-U-C-K You China” and “Manufactured in Europe” printed on the front has caused a furore in Read More...
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Thursday, July 19, 2007 4:35 PM
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Designer Anya's Hindmarch's popular canvas bags, which created a feverish rush when they recently went on sale in Hong Kong and Taiwan, went on sale in New York yesterday. As can be expected, the environmental message was not the main reason for their Read More...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007 7:14 PM
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Looks like Starbucks in the Forbidden City was never meant to go, Internet protest or not, according to this post in the Time blog. AFP / Getty Source: Starbucks and the Forbidden City: Some Closure - The China Blog - TIME Update: Starbucks voluntarily Read More...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:25 AM
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Danwei.org quotes Newsweek on the results of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and WorldPublicOpinion.org poll: [This survey was] conducted among 18 countries over the last year and ... finds that a majority of citizens in 8 of 14 countries surveyed Read More...
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Saturday, May 26, 2007 9:29 PM
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Cnet has an interesting picture of "Grasscrete": "...an environmentally sustainable alternative paving system used to create footpaths while leaving room for greenery. It will be part of Olympic Forest Park in northern Beijing, a multimillion-dollar, Read More...
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Monday, May 21, 2007 1:48 AM
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My colleague Jackson Jeyanayagam forwarded this eMarketer article on the growing amount of eyeball time for non-TV devices. Still, there are interesting factors to consider in Asian culture and how this impacts us. For example, it’s a very common practice Read More...
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Monday, May 21, 2007 1:37 AM
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Marketing Magazine's blog printed a hilarious email from Justin Lim, Leo Burnett's creative director, who found the Japanese had discovered a creative use for plastic bags that runs against everything we've been taught as youngsters: “Plastic bags certainly Read More...
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Sunday, May 13, 2007 1:28 AM
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This week's Asia edition of Newsweek has a great article about the recent trend in "slow travel," how holidaymakers are foregoing air travel for slower modes of transport such as trains and boats, to savor their vacations more and also to be kinder to Read More...
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Saturday, May 12, 2007 12:07 AM
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If you buy counterfeit goods as presents for your grandchildren, should you be penalized? The case of the Oregon man who bought fake Rolex watches on Jan 2007 trip to Shenzhen (just over the border from Hong Kong) who was then asked to pay a fine of US$55,300, Read More...
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