/tags/china/ Recent bookmarks tagged #china Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:49 +0000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanzhai Shanzhai (Chinese: 山寨; pinyin: shānzhài; Cantonese Jyutping: saan1 zaai6; Vietnamese: sơn trại) is a Chinese term literally meaning "mountain fortress" or "mountain camp", whose contemporary use usually encompasses counterfeit, imitation, or parody products and events and the subculture surrounding them.[1] Shanzhai products can include counterfeit consumer and electronic goods, which can involve the imitation and trademark infringement of brands and companies.[2] The term's modern usage grew around 2008 when shanzhai smartphones reached their greatest domestic use.[3][4][5] Today, some relate the term with grassroots innovation and creativity rather than with falsehood or imitation.[6][7]<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #brands #china #shanzhai #tech</p> Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:02:22 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:38810 brands china shanzhai tech https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/17/climate/china-hefei-clean-energy-drones-evs-robots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k8.1fIH.r6yQXTdljzCN&smid=bs-share If all that sounds futuristic and perhaps bizarre, it also shows China’s ambition to dominate clean energy technologies of all kinds, not just solar panels or battery-powered cars, then sell them to the rest of the world. China has incurred huge debts to put trillions of dollars into efforts like these, along with the full force of its state-planned economy.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #china #flyingcars #future #tech</p> Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:02:27 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:38121 china flyingcars future tech http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3040 Recently, I paid $12 at Mingtong Digital Mall for a complete phone, featuring quad-band GSM, Bluetooth, MP3 playback, and an OLED display plus keypad for the UI. Simple, but functional; nothing compared to a smartphone, but useful if you’re going out and worried about getting your primary phone wet or stolen.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #china #electronics #gadgets #hardware #imported:pinboard #mobile #phones #to:fb</p> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:53:48 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:32374 china electronics gadgets hardware imported:pinboard mobile phones to:fb http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog?p=3040 Recently, I paid $12 at Mingtong Digital Mall for a complete phone, featuring quad-band GSM, Bluetooth, MP3 playback, and an OLED display plus keypad for the UI. Simple, but functional; nothing compared to a smartphone, but useful if you’re going out and worried about getting your primary phone wet or stolen.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #china #electronics #gadgets #hardware #mobile #phones #to:fb</p> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:53:48 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:23561 china electronics gadgets hardware mobile phones to:fb http://ifixit.org/1856/why-the-ipad-has-to-be-made-in-china/ Today, an American electronics company can only be exempt from China’s rare earth export quotas by manufacturing within China. So that’s what most companies, including Apple, are doing. The only other solution is for us to stop consuming so much—an option that people rarely find appealing. Not as appealing as a retina display, at least.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #apple #china #environment #gadgets #hardware #imported:pinboard #rareearths #tech #to:fb</p> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:32:27 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:32945 apple china environment gadgets hardware imported:pinboard rareearths tech to:fb http://ifixit.org/1856/why-the-ipad-has-to-be-made-in-china Today, an American electronics company can only be exempt from China’s rare earth export quotas by manufacturing within China. So that’s what most companies, including Apple, are doing. The only other solution is for us to stop consuming so much—an option that people rarely find appealing. Not as appealing as a retina display, at least.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #apple #china #environment #gadgets #hardware #rareearths #tech #to:fb</p> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:32:27 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:21507 apple china environment gadgets hardware rareearths tech to:fb http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/eric-schmidt-google-still-has-growing-and-profitable-business <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #china #google #tech</p> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:21:17 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:19603 china google tech http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/business/2011-11/02/content_14025477.htm The focus now for AVOS, which acquired Delicious from Yahoo in March, will be to improve the bookmark service and bring back its old users while attracting new customers. "The most important thing is to finish the product first," he said. Good luck with that.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #avos #china #delicious</p> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:12:54 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:19375 avos china delicious http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/02/1032454/-Herman-Cain-warns-China-trying-to-get-nukes-theyve-had-since-1960s JUDY WOODRUFF: Do you view China as a potential military threat to the United States? HERMAN CAIN: I do view China as a potential military threat to the United States. [...] They've indicated that they're trying to develop nuclear capability and they want to develop more aircraft carriers like we have. So yes, we have to consider them a military threat.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #china #hermancain #nukes #politics</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:15:30 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:19312 china hermancain nukes politics http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2009/07/im-really-thinking-maybe-i-shouldnt.html "We all know that there's no fucking way in the world we should have microwave ovens and refrigerators and TV sets and everything else at the prices we're paying for them. There's no way we get all this stuff and everything is done fair and square and everyone gets treated right. ... everything you own, it's all done on the backs of millions of poor people whose lives are so awful you can't even begin to imagine them, people who will do anything to get a life that is a tiny bit better than the shitty one they were born into, people who get exploited and treated like shit and, in the worst of all cases, pay with their lives."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #china #economics #economy #gadgets #politics #standardofliving #technology</p> Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:58:57 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:12458 china economics economy gadgets politics standardofliving technology http://www.chinalawblog.com/2009/07/free_china_legal_advice_do_not_1.html "if you are having product made in China with your name on it, you had better register your trademark in China, even if (especially if?) your China presence is through a third party. "<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #china #law #offshoring #trademarks</p> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:20:13 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:12405 china law offshoring trademarks http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/oly.kids/index.html "Games organizers confirm that Lin Miaoke, who performed "Ode to the Motherland" as China's flag was paraded Friday into Beijing's National Stadium, was not singing at all. ... Lin was lip-syncing to the sound of another girl, 7-year-old Yang Peiyi, who was heard but not seen, apparently because she was deemed not cute enough. ... "The reason was for the national interest," said Chen Qigang, the ceremony's musical director, in a state radio interview. "The child on camera should be flawless in image, internal feeling and expression. ... Lin Miaoke is excellent in those aspects.""<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #ceremonies #china #cnn #fake #lipsyncing #olympics</p> Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:30:18 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:11201 ceremonies china cnn fake lipsyncing olympics http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/bbs_china_social_networking.php One man's "old school BBS" is another man's new-school fancy web thing. Mine made screaming noises on the telephone.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #bbs #china #web</p> Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:15:03 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:10260 bbs china web http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_man "Tank man or The Unknown Rebel is the nickname of the anonymous man who became internationally famous when he was filmed and photographed standing before a line of seventeen or more tanks during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 in the People's Republ<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #china #history #nifty #photos #rebellion</p> Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:25:11 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:6081 china history nifty photos rebellion