<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420</id><updated>2011-07-29T07:05:25.285+08:00</updated><category term='buzz'/><title type='text'>High &amp; Low</title><subtitle type='html'>a rose is a rose, is a rose, is a rose. Life is a rose, Hopfully.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>45</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-6180742442207081764</id><published>2010-02-11T10:10:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T10:17:01.029+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buzz'/><title type='text'>BUZZ</title><summary type='text'>New products come one after another. No superise with Nexus One, no big superise with iPad, then how about Google Buzz?possiblly no superise too.My colleage said Americans like to play the God role, google is as well as Apple. I agree.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/6180742442207081764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/6180742442207081764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2010/02/buzz.html' title='BUZZ'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-7632430728685163839</id><published>2008-07-14T15:03:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-07-14T15:05:21.446+08:00</updated><title type='text'>中国酷不酷</title><summary type='text'>中国酷不酷？是《金融时报》上的文章。文章从北京一系列酷劲十足的建筑——水母，鸟巢，水立方，大裤衩谈起。中心论点是：一个“酷”的中国应该是一个有风格感觉的地方，拥有为世界各地的年轻人争相效仿的本土品牌，还应该是一个创新活跃的自由之地。随着奥运会的临近，奥运建筑也是一个热点话题。鸟巢，水立方的建成，无论你喜不喜欢他们，他们都在那里而且已经成了一个个建筑图标，北京新地标。我的朋友，在鸟巢的设计方瑞士Herzong &amp; Meuron)工作的W3年前到北京玩时没有对鸟巢、水母，大裤衩说一句好话。最近虽也未说好话，但是转载了Herzong &amp; Meuron关于鸟巢的电影宣传片。鸟巢已经是一个国际话题，建筑的，艺术的，体育的和平民的。电影宣传片可以在这里看：http://www.herzogdemeuron-film.com/我个人也很难说很喜欢鸟巢，水母，大裤衩。</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/7632430728685163839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/7632430728685163839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post.html' title='中国酷不酷'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-4425894688670266547</id><published>2007-02-17T10:55:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T15:20:09.069+08:00</updated><title type='text'>LV和编织袋</title><summary type='text'>路易·威登，LV这个大牌终于找到灵感了！灵感来自中国春运时民工用的编织袋！不知道下次去法国时如果拿个编织袋是不是要被罚款？或者中国应该维权？罚LV的款，谁叫你抄袭我们的国粹编织袋了！几亿民工兄弟向LV维权！哈哈！！不晓得中国崇拜LV的小资们会不会去地摊买个编织袋挎上呢？还是花重金买个有LV印记的编织袋？然后告诉普罗大众：我的可是LV的哟！</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/4425894688670266547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/4425894688670266547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2007/02/lv.html' title='LV和编织袋'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/RdZwhBPMi-I/AAAAAAAAAAk/EcPd2wEyrm4/s72-c/5503932102000k0x.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-116909181817981251</id><published>2007-01-18T11:40:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-01-18T11:43:38.190+08:00</updated><title type='text'>土洋之争</title><summary type='text'>最近“洋”玩意儿在中国总是个话题，先有10个博士联名抵制圣诞节，现在又有了英语主持人请星巴克搬出紫禁城。理由都是保持中国文化。要说支持，我已经明确表达了不支持抵制圣诞节。这次星巴克的事情我是支持把他请出去的。包括把运通公司的标牌请出紫禁城。不过我倒不是因为他们两位都是洋的所以要出去。先说说运通公司赞助的那些个英语标志吧。首先，故宫博物院是收游客门票的。而且还不低。我有几年不去故宫玩了，不过网上说2006年旺季60元/人，淡季40元/人，钟表馆、珍宝馆另收费，听说这个价格还要涨。北京人的月平均收入不到2000元人民币，全国平均收入当然更低。除了门票收入，故宫每年还有国家财政补贴吧，毕竟故宫是国家的文化事业单位。再说说我在国外参观博物馆和景点的价格。去自由女神像，包括来回的船票是7美元。卢浮宫我去时是7欧元；凡尔赛宫后花园免费开放，去它的镜厅是11欧元，</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/116909181817981251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/116909181817981251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-post_18.html' title='土洋之争'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-116859245757149162</id><published>2007-01-12T16:54:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-01-12T17:01:49.116+08:00</updated><title type='text'>H&amp;M is coming to Shanghai</title><summary type='text'>H&amp;M is going to open a shop at Shanghai middle Huaihai Road! I am shocking to know the news.H&amp;M to me is a place to get cheap clothes, which are fashionable but not of high quality. You can wear an H&amp;M cloth when you are a student or an entrant-level career woman. But the brand is not for someone who has a serious job and get decent paid. It is a place I usually went to when I was a poor student </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/116859245757149162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/116859245757149162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2007/01/hm-is-coming-to-shanghai.html' title='H&amp;M is coming to Shanghai'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-116779156715022816</id><published>2007-01-03T10:30:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-01-03T10:32:47.153+08:00</updated><title type='text'>连线：数字时代的传媒梦想</title><summary type='text'>花了三天的时间阅读了《连线》，90年代新经济凯歌高进的年代又复活在眼前。中文版的《连线》是黑色的封面，凸出的书名，但是下面一行小字却很叫人倒胃口：互联网之父马云推荐。首先谁承认马云是互联网之父了？其次就算要推销书也用不着用作电子商务的马云来推销这本书吧，再次，要吹捧马云也不用如此肉麻吧。想来国内如我这般想的人还是不少的。后来在网上看见不少类似的评论。但是不管封面如何恶劣，买了的书还是要看下去的。故事讲得有条不紊，路易斯，间，卡尔等一干《连线》杂志和后来《热连线》的人物跃然纸上，包括那个时代。豆瓣上有豆友的评价，说路易斯是一个偏执的人，其实不然，他是一个有恒心的人。他的梦想就是办一本技术的《滚石》杂志，告诉人们新媒体来了，影响到了大家的生活。他在阿姆斯特丹的努力，在旧金山的努力就是为了这本杂志。人在困顿中努力靠偏执是不可以成事的，但是靠梦想则可以。《连线》创造了一个时代：</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/116779156715022816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/116779156715022816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-post.html' title='连线：数字时代的传媒梦想'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-116772925788571364</id><published>2007-01-02T17:10:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-01-02T17:19:22.860+08:00</updated><title type='text'>15 seconds of fame: the story of Yingying Wu and Pseudo HumanEvents</title><summary type='text'>Towards the end of 2005, a young undergraduate woman was known to the Chinese as an intellectual star. Her name is Yingying Wu, an undergraduate student of Beijing Normal University. In a press conference given by the University, she was described as a beautiful young women, who has more than 100 inventions and 3 patens, who was hired as VP of Topcpder, who with lots of titles. Just 2 days after </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/116772925788571364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/116772925788571364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2007/01/15-seconds-of-fame-story-of-yingying_02.html' title='15 seconds of fame: the story of Yingying Wu and Pseudo HumanEvents'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-116729114753614803</id><published>2006-12-28T15:31:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-12-28T15:32:27.550+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Who is afraid of Christmas?</title><summary type='text'>I came to the topic a little bit late, since Christmas has already gone. However, I still want to bring up this issue. Maybe some of you have noticed the news from China that 10 candidates of Drs' degree signed a partition to call the Chinese people against Christmas just 10 days before the Holiday. They said the invasion of the Western culture has great impact on traditional Chinese culture, the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/116729114753614803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/116729114753614803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2006/12/who-is-afraid-of-christmas.html' title='Who is afraid of Christmas?'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-116312521080861010</id><published>2006-11-10T10:09:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T10:22:57.883+08:00</updated><title type='text'>City 2.0</title><summary type='text'>We are living in a 2.0 word, everything has a label of 2.0, web2.0, wap2.0 etc. Now, I heard a new world city 2.0Yesterday, a friend of mine told me that her research topic for next year is "City2.0". City2.0? I wonder what is the new version of city? A city has no transportation? A city with airlines as the means of transportantion?City2.0, according to my friend is going to research on people's</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/116312521080861010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/116312521080861010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2006/11/city-20.html' title='City 2.0'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-114864581096319621</id><published>2006-05-26T20:03:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-05-26T20:16:50.980+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Dutch I knew</title><summary type='text'>Last week I participate a meeting organizaed by Netherlands Alumin in China, where I met vice mayor of Amsterdan, President of University van Amsterdam... In the meeting topics like Dutch image in Chinese's eyes were discussed. So I thought about my article on Dutch people written in Amsterdam.It is a discourse analysis based on my interview of International students in Amsterdam. So, following </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/114864581096319621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/114864581096319621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2006/05/dutch-i-knew.html' title='The Dutch I knew'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-114131136691724904</id><published>2006-03-02T22:39:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-03-02T22:56:06.930+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Findings of China Web 2.0 Report by ISC</title><summary type='text'>很久没有写出一行字来了。一方面工作太忙，回了家连计算机都不想看见就更别提写东西了。总是有做不完的工作。好了，无论如何，今天，谈谈中国的Web 2.0研究。Internet Society of Chian (ISC) released its report on China web 2.0 current situation and development trend survey.I filled the questionnaire several month ago and I remenber that in one of my article, I mentioned the study and mentioned I am looking forward to its result. Only simplfied report was released. I need to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/114131136691724904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/114131136691724904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2006/03/findings-of-china-web-20-report-by-isc.html' title='Findings of China Web 2.0 Report by ISC'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113992769743769766</id><published>2006-02-14T22:27:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-02-14T22:35:54.876+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Beijing 798: reflections on the White imagiation of modern Chinese society</title><summary type='text'>I visted Beijing 798, the art community locates at Dashanzi last weekend. Before I can find time and type what I thought, saw and heard at the garllies, I have to type down a small reminder. Beijing 798 is the holding space for "feng qing" (angry young) artists, reflects the white imagiation of the mordern Chinese society. Chinese culture was reduced to merely hollow icons which are meaningless </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113992769743769766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113992769743769766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2006/02/beijing-798-reflections-on-white.html' title='Beijing 798: reflections on the White imagiation of modern Chinese society'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113940727822492073</id><published>2006-02-08T21:59:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-02-08T22:01:18.226+08:00</updated><title type='text'>His world is flat, not mine</title><summary type='text'>Two chapters into Friedman’s new book "the world is flat: a brief history of the 21st century", there is one thing that I am sure about. This book will not be fully published in China, never, the abridged version, maybe, but never the full version.The author draw the conclusion that the world is flat during his visit to someplace called Bangalore in Indian. He excitingly described his observation</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113940727822492073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113940727822492073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2006/02/his-world-is-flat-not-mine.html' title='His world is flat, not mine'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113940706633278977</id><published>2006-02-08T21:57:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-02-08T21:58:30.500+08:00</updated><title type='text'>What gender is your brain?</title><summary type='text'>Your Brain is 53.33% Female, 46.67% MaleYour brain is a healthy mix of male and femaleYou are both sensitive and savvyRational and reasonable, you tend to keep level headedBut you also tend to wear your heart on your sleeveWhat Gender Is Your Brain?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113940706633278977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113940706633278977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2006/02/what-gender-is-your-brain_08.html' title='What gender is your brain?'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113610014277509422</id><published>2006-01-01T15:18:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-01T15:22:22.776+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year</title><summary type='text'>Year 2006 rings in. Everyone have their own memory of 2005. For myself, I moved in my new flat, have my first car, have a not bad also not so good (but interesting) job, several good friends, a happy family.30 years in my life, I am still wondering about my path. Can I find the right track in 2006?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113610014277509422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113610014277509422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2006/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113409311358738945</id><published>2005-12-09T09:35:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-12-09T09:51:53.596+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lunar embassy, real estate on sale in China</title><summary type='text'>On Dec. 7, a speacial hearing was held in Beijing. It is special becasue the charged company is on the business of selling real estate on the moon!The company call themselves "Lunar embassy, China embassy" and sale moon land at the price of 289 yuan ($37) an acre. And customers will receive a special certificate to prove their purchase.The very moment when the "chinese branch of lunar embassy" </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113409311358738945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113409311358738945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/12/lunar-embassy-real-estate-on-sale-in.html' title='Lunar embassy, real estate on sale in China'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113404957474642191</id><published>2005-12-08T21:40:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T21:46:14.746+08:00</updated><title type='text'>blogspot sites down again</title><summary type='text'>Again, blogspot sites are down. Once again, I need proxy to view my blog.I think of move to other host site.  I know, although wordpress is can be viewed from China now. One day this site will have the same fate as blogspot.Disappointing.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113404957474642191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113404957474642191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/12/blogspot-sites-down-again.html' title='blogspot sites down again'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113404911602432999</id><published>2005-12-08T21:16:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T21:38:36.036+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mobile MP3 guy on a bus</title><summary type='text'>I encountered something strange on the bus this morning! This morning, a young guy of his 20s seat close to me on the bus with a fancy NOKIA mobile phone. Suddenly, I heard music come from him. Thatwas music loved by my parent's generation. Trust me, I know music. Thinking it was ring-back-tone, I waited someone pick it up. The sound was so noicy, people seat on the front rows began to try to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113404911602432999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113404911602432999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/12/mobile-mp3-guy-on-bus.html' title='Mobile MP3 guy on a bus'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113332017895191482</id><published>2005-11-30T11:06:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-11-30T11:09:38.983+08:00</updated><title type='text'>2005-2006 Development of Web 2.0 in China survey by Internet Society China</title><summary type='text'>I encountered a survey on the development of web2.0 in China online. The survey was held by Internet Society China. It is an online survey about web2.0 knowledge, usage, intention of usage and attitude. Maybe this is the first large scale survey about web2.0 in China. Nice to find out authorities are paying attention to the new generation of internet.I always want to act as someone who “picking </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113332017895191482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113332017895191482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/11/2005-2006-development-of-web-20-in.html' title='2005-2006 Development of Web 2.0 in China survey by Internet Society China'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113324923863250076</id><published>2005-11-29T15:26:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-11-29T15:27:18.706+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The horserace for 2006 CCTV prime-time advertising space</title><summary type='text'>This is a late article about the annual auction for China Central Television Station Prime-time advertising space. I have been thinking about this for a long time, just lack of time and energy. Anyway the auction is annual.Maybe I should not use the word “horserace”, but the race for the primer time advertisement position was and will continuous to be horseracing, neck-to-neck.On Nov. 18 2005, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113324923863250076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113324923863250076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/11/horserace-for-2006-cctv-prime-time.html' title='The horserace for 2006 CCTV prime-time advertising space'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113323027196041407</id><published>2005-11-29T10:09:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-11-29T10:11:17.603+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Design for China</title><summary type='text'>Emerging countries is the key word in my life for the past months. I am not surprised because China is the most exciting one among them. In the article I read, I found the word for another time.Business week has a cover story on design for China.…And foreign companies such as Sony are starting to see that as Chinese consumers get more discriminating, they’re no longer content with the tired, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113323027196041407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113323027196041407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/11/design-for-china_29.html' title='Design for China'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113281057600960813</id><published>2005-11-24T13:29:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-11-24T13:41:08.623+08:00</updated><title type='text'>I hope my empolyer never sees this</title><summary type='text'> The picture is from here and interesting. A good way to make you smile a little at the middle of the day. Especially, those days I feel low in energy.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113281057600960813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113281057600960813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-hope-my-empolyer-never-sees-this.html' title='I hope my empolyer never sees this'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113264574755756777</id><published>2005-11-22T15:43:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-11-22T15:49:07.566+08:00</updated><title type='text'>I am a Haymaker?!</title><summary type='text'> I took a crazy quize "what kind of humanist are you" and it comes out, I am a haymaker!You are one of life’s enjoyers, determined to get the most you can out of your brief spell on Earth. Probably what first attracted you to atheism was the prospect of liberation from the Ten Commandments, few of which are compatible with a life of pleasure. You play hard and work quite hard, have a strong sense</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113264574755756777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113264574755756777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-am-haymaker.html' title='I am a Haymaker?!'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113262474956139313</id><published>2005-11-22T09:55:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-11-22T09:59:09.563+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Verso, Skype and China</title><summary type='text'>This is not a piece of "NEWS", because it has been leaked out on 8 Nov. But I want to brought it out again.  The OLD news is that Verso, a US company based on Altenta just begun a paid trial for 'NetSpective'. Verso hopes to use NetSpective, and M-Class filter to block VoIP calls made using Skype in China. The blocking thing is not NEW also, because during the past summer, a telecom operator </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113262474956139313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113262474956139313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/11/verso-skype-and-china_22.html' title='Verso, Skype and China'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113128520982143244</id><published>2005-11-06T21:46:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-11-06T21:55:51.343+08:00</updated><title type='text'>What’s going on in Paris? Or, what’s going on in Europe?</title><summary type='text'>Ten nights of riot that brought thousands of attacks on cars, nursery schools, stores and other targets in France including Paris, the French capital.I am worried about my friend who lives in the heavily violent concentrated Seine-Saint-Denis region. This region is poor, full of immigrants. The answer from her is somehow, surprising that she thinks this is understandable. The reason is that she, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113128520982143244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113128520982143244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/11/whats-going-on-in-paris-or-whats-going.html' title='What’s going on in Paris? Or, what’s going on in Europe?'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113124636704794545</id><published>2005-11-06T10:56:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-11-06T11:06:07.046+08:00</updated><title type='text'>my blog was listed by Blogwise</title><summary type='text'>I seldom manage this blog recently due to lack of time. I have tons of thing to do for my job, for decorating my home, for my readings...About 2 months ago, I submistted my blog to blogwise and about one month ago I received their e-mail of notification that this blog was listed. Now, I find time to make a link and note it down.I also blog in Chinese PHK189-1, which is more about books I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113124636704794545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113124636704794545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/11/my-blog-was-listed-by-blogwise.html' title='my blog was listed by Blogwise'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-113050692248987192</id><published>2005-10-28T21:27:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-11-06T10:55:32.183+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Just notes on what I did and thought in the past weeks</title><summary type='text'>Oh! Even myself can't imagine what kind of mess I have been through in the past month! I didn't get re-freshed by my trip to Europ, but more stressed. I got stressed more about the other trip. And all those conferences, meetings and talks brought me even down.So I don't have time to write a word here for a month. Just let me to put down some words about my thinking and what I did.一直忙于各种事情，</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113050692248987192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/113050692248987192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/10/just-notes-on-what-i-did-and-thought.html' title='Just notes on what I did and thought in the past weeks'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112808544208658968</id><published>2005-09-30T20:53:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-30T21:04:02.093+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Take a break</title><summary type='text'>Tomorrow is the beginning of the National Day holidays. And finally, I can have a break from the job, research and reading. I can be lazy.Also, I am going to Paris for several working days. I am so excited to go back to the city. Besides Amsterdam, Paris is the city I loved most in Europe.Hope this time I can see more of the city, working along the streets, buying books, doing a little bit </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112808544208658968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112808544208658968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/09/take-break.html' title='Take a break'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112668063261538090</id><published>2005-09-14T14:29:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-14T14:50:32.620+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Consuming culture and public politics</title><summary type='text'>I planned to write something on Super Girl. Today, I readed this article online and decided to quto it. You can read more in the following paragraphsSorry for those who cannot read in Chinese.  The article said that Super Girl election is turned from a entertaining event to a social event. For me, I would rather say that it is a media event. Ordinary people have no where to hide from this media </summary><link rel='related' href='http://column.bokee.com/89138.html' title='Consuming culture and public politics'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112668063261538090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112668063261538090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/09/consuming-culture-and-public-politics.html' title='Consuming culture and public politics'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112661684757305911</id><published>2005-09-13T20:59:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-13T21:07:27.573+08:00</updated><title type='text'>When a dull person becomes keen to new technology</title><summary type='text'>Mobile to me was merely a phone. I made phone calls with it and sometimes I send SMS to my friends. That’s all. I never tried MMS, WAP, IVR even the popular ring tone. My mobile was not personalized. However, this has changed about 4 months ago when I choose to work as a researcher for a telecom company.It could be strange for most people to think that a person who is familiar with mobile phone </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112661684757305911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112661684757305911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/09/when-dull-person-becomes-keen-to-new.html' title='When a dull person becomes keen to new technology'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112661632264536478</id><published>2005-09-13T20:55:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-13T20:58:42.653+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Heroes vs. Celebrities in Contemporary China: thinking about sports stars</title><summary type='text'>“The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his image or trademark. The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media. The hero is a big man; the celebrity is a big name” (Boorstin, 1978)Heroes are a national issue with a thick context for the Chinese. It has to do with the special history of China. Politics, history and society impact Chinese young people in a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112661632264536478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112661632264536478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/09/heroes-vs-celebrities-in-contemporary.html' title='Heroes vs. Celebrities in Contemporary China: thinking about sports stars'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112609620420321263</id><published>2005-09-07T20:17:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T20:30:04.206+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Home Sick?</title><summary type='text'>All of a sudden, I am thinking about Amsterdam today. I don't know why and what brings Amsterdam to me today. I miss the flowers there, the narrow streets there, my small appartment there, the bridges there. But first of all, the buildings in the University, Bushuis liberary where I spend A LOT of my time. How are my friends? How are the swans swimming in front of the building? Can I call it home</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112609620420321263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112609620420321263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/09/home-sick.html' title='Home Sick?'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112601418282004685</id><published>2005-09-06T21:40:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T21:43:02.826+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Youth and Instant Messenger</title><summary type='text'>I am conducting researches on Chinese youth and their usage of Internet services. I have been thinking why QQ, the Chinese local instant messenger is such a big success.Because of the one child policy, most of the teenagers are the only boy/girl in their family. They have no one to share their secrets, their dreams, their happiness and sadness. So they turn to IM for accompany. Even if they do </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112601418282004685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112601418282004685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/09/youth-and-instant-messenger.html' title='Youth and Instant Messenger'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112601227444782416</id><published>2005-09-06T21:04:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T21:11:14.453+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Do celebrities sell product or not?</title><summary type='text'>Recently a research agency released their study and one point is that celebrity endorsement is of little influence on Chinese people’s consumption. Chinese think celebrities are too far away from their daily lives.The conclusion, somehow, conflicts to my own studies. I agree with the second point that celebrities are far away from ordinary Chinese, however, in the other hand, they are longing to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112601227444782416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112601227444782416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/09/do-celebrities-sell-product-or-not.html' title='Do celebrities sell product or not?'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112583922290206115</id><published>2005-09-04T21:06:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-04T21:07:02.906+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Digital Divide</title><summary type='text'>Freshly admitted college students rush to their new lives freshly and happily. Shops are happy to find their pockets are full of money and eager to spend somewhere for digital devices such as MP3, mobile phone, and laptop. Well, maybe not all of them, there’s divide between students from well-to-do families and poor families.When the students from well-to-do-families rush to digital shops, the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112583922290206115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112583922290206115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/09/digital-divide.html' title='Digital Divide'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112540700233130277</id><published>2005-08-30T20:59:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-30T21:03:22.940+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Political campaigns</title><summary type='text'>Political campaigns offer plenty opportunities for communication academics, research companies, advertising agencies, public relation agencies, etc. Political campaigns feed a chain of industries. Politics is moving online in the western countries. I come to the conclusion after I encounter an article online.In 2002, when the Internet bubbles went out, several online advertising agencies and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112540700233130277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112540700233130277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/08/political-campaigns.html' title='Political campaigns'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112540481367447108</id><published>2005-08-30T20:24:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-30T20:26:53.680+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Finding the right track</title><summary type='text'>Tons of things happened during the past 15 days. I find myself standing at the cross of road. I may find opportunity in each of those roads. I can do a Ph.D degree at a university in the field I like. I can keep on working in the current company, where I have potentials. A Ph.D or not is really a question for me.I have been longing for such opportunities for a long time, since the moment I got my</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112540481367447108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112540481367447108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/08/finding-right-track.html' title='Finding the right track'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112488992756048889</id><published>2005-08-24T21:21:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-24T21:25:27.566+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dreams of life</title><summary type='text'>My French partner asked me a question, which brings me back 20 years ago. The question is: “I heard Chinese used to have four dreams in their lives, what were the four dreams?”My Dad’s bicycle flashed in my memory, it is a big black one older than I am which was brought in 1974. The bike was one of my Dad’s dreams. I can still remember my father clean it during weekends. Now, it is old and rusty,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112488992756048889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112488992756048889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/08/dreams-of-life_24.html' title='Dreams of life'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112480879249403790</id><published>2005-08-23T22:40:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T22:53:12.496+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jury Duty</title><summary type='text'>Today I got two auto-replied messages from my Friends in the U.S to notify me that they will be out of office for Jury Duties. I am sure they are not sitting for the same duty since one is in Atlanta and the other one lives in New York.  One of them is a professor and the other is a journalist. What a coincidence it is!All my ideals about Jury duty come from Sex and the City, when Carrie was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112480879249403790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112480879249403790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/08/jury-duty.html' title='Jury Duty'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112428320387826354</id><published>2005-08-17T20:33:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-17T20:53:23.883+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Je m’appelle Helene</title><summary type='text'>HeleneJe m'appelle HeleneJe suis une filleComme les autresHeleneJ'ai mes joies mes peinesElles font ma vieComme la votreJe voudrais trouver l'amourSimplement trouver l'amourThe song is popular in China right now. I even don’t remember when was the first time I heard it. But I’m sure it was in a metro station. You can hear the song everywhere, from metro station, to CD shops, from radio station to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112428320387826354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112428320387826354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/08/je-mappelle-helene.html' title='Je m’appelle Helene'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112420017484396587</id><published>2005-08-16T21:47:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-16T21:49:34.853+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Culture Shock</title><summary type='text'>When I first arrived Holland, I encountered culture shock. Now, it’s time for my French visitors to experience the shocks.When they ask me questions about what they observed on the street, on television screen, in the bar…It is time for me to think about the cultural differences.My French visitors’ first finding is that Chinese people like story-telling, especially taxi drivers. Whenever they </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112420017484396587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112420017484396587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/08/culture-shock.html' title='Culture Shock'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112385323997393175</id><published>2005-08-12T21:23:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-12T21:41:27.560+08:00</updated><title type='text'>QR code</title><summary type='text'>Do you have any idea about this picture?The answer is it is QR code. 3 days ago, I thought, I would never use it or have any connection with the little square picture. But now, it entered my life all of a sudden. Actually, the small black and white picture knocked my door at the beginning of July. Little attention was paid to it at that momment. When my working partener holding a small green </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112385323997393175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112385323997393175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/08/qr-code.html' title='QR code'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112385242552596634</id><published>2005-08-12T21:11:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-12T21:13:45.533+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Excuse me, do you have working permit?</title><summary type='text'>The weather has been bad for several days across China. Typhoon Masta hit east coast cities bringing heavy rain and wind. Millions of people were affected by the flood. Even the modern city of Shanghai, too, was in flood. The Masta went north hit some cities I bet haven’t been visited by typhoon for 50 years. Then, scientists predicted that it was traveling  to Beijing. When the whole city </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112385242552596634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112385242552596634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/08/excuse-me-do-you-have-working-permit.html' title='Excuse me, do you have working permit?'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112375040642041077</id><published>2005-08-11T16:51:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-11T16:53:26.426+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chinese Media Spectacle on Discovery</title><summary type='text'>Space shuttle Discovery is hype right now in China. Maybe, it is hype not only in China but all over the world since the day it launched to the space.Yesterday, the media hype reached its peak by a live broadcast on 2 China central television channels (CCTV) out of 14 and 1 provincial channel out of 20 that I can receive. This hype is not over after the touching down of Discovery. 24 hours after </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112375040642041077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112375040642041077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/08/chinese-media-spectacle-on-discovery.html' title='Chinese Media Spectacle on Discovery'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511420.post-112268686946136000</id><published>2005-07-30T09:12:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-30T09:27:49.466+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Moving to blogger</title><summary type='text'>I am busy with moving my virtual home from blogXX to blogger. What makes me to make the decision? Two months ago, BlogXX got a great number of venture investment and ambitiously to build its website to a portal. Looking at it default page, you will find no differences from sina or sohu, those portal sites of China.A blog site for me is like a gathering place, for each bloggers to show their </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112268686946136000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14511420/posts/default/112268686946136000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cheztracey.blogspot.com/2005/07/moving-to-blogger.html' title='Moving to blogger'/><author><name>Beaver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03377466801887620402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t3aauY5RJ4Y/SYqhOOXzYcI/AAAAAAAAACk/4qxTv16z410/S220/DSC_4026.JPG'/></author></entry></feed>
