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- Today’s China Readings May 24, 2012
| Posted: 24 May 2012 03:09 AM PDT
1. 媳妇刀捅公公 xífu dāo tǒng gōnggong – On the afternoon of April 3rd, a 37 year-old woman in Banam, Tibet stabbed her father-in-law with a knife, leaving him permanently paralyzed from the waist down. The woman, named Hu Xiaoli, did so in order to vent anger and gain her spouse's attention after a fight ending in the couple's decision to divorce. The woman left a message on her (soon-to-be) ex-husband's answering machine threatening, "I've stabbed your father. If you don't get here quick to take your one last look at him, I'll stab him again." Here's the story in Chinese. 2. 云南晋宁多人失踪案 Yúnnán Jìnníng duō rén shīzōng àn – After an extremely unsettling spate of unsolved missing persons cases in Jinning, Yunnan province, the local party government has removed the city's vice mayor and chief of police from their posts, on the recommendation of the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Bureau. Initially, the total amount of young people reported missing was eight, a number that has now expanded to seventeen. It has been confirmed that one college student of the seventeen has been physically harmed, and details related to the others are unknown. A special investigative commission devoted to the cases has identified one suspect, a 56 year-old male by the name of Zhang Yongming. Here's the story in Chinese. 3. 干露露 厨卫展 Gàn Lùlù chúwèi zhǎn – Chinese actress Gan Lulu first became a national sensation when her mother, in an attempt to bait potential husbands for her daughter, uploaded a video clip of Gan showering—followed up by the actress herself publicly posting a series of come-hitherly bedroom pictures. Today in Shanghai, the curious exhibitionist was once again exposed for indecent exposure when she wore a racy silver number to the Kitchen & Bath China Expo 2012. The jumpsuit, by no accident of design, put Gan's entire, bare left buttock on display. At a kitchenware trade fair, during the day. Here's the story in Chinese. 4. 赶走洋泼妇 gǎnzǒu yáng pōfù – In the wake of CCTV International "Dialogue" host Yang Rui's Sina Weibo posts calling for the "foreign trash" of China to be "swept out" immediately; insulting Melissa Chan, the Al Jazeera reporter recently expelled from China; and enlisting the help of an assortment of other word choices interpreted by several western media outlets as blatant xenophobia, netizens have finally begun chiming in regarding the talkshow star's behavior, partially in response to foreign commentators' recent push for Yang's dismissal. Some Weibo users seem to be in full support of Yang Rui's message, while others, backed by a host of domestic journalists, take issue with the way in which he conveyed his point, but not with the point itself, which, they emphasize, he meant to direct just at the "three illegals" and not at other foreigners in China. Others still think that everyone is overreacting, and that this may well be a publicity stunt on Yang's part, citing the fact that CCTV hosts are groomed to be fully aware and extremely cautious of how they are presenting themselves, which leaves little room for "he didn't mean it that way." Here's the story in Chinese. 5. 高校食堂现鲸鱼 gāoxiào shítáng xiàn jīngyú – Sina Weibo is currently abounding with re-tweets originating from a group of Shandong high school students who on May 21st discovered that their school cafeteria has been serving them "whale meat." Some of the students have commented on the taste of the meat, describing it as "sour, and slightly bitter." Others have remarked that they would never knowingly eat whale meat, out of concerns over cleanliness or "guilt over ingesting a protected species." Here's the story in Chinese. 6. 弃车活埋老人 qìchē huómái lǎorén – On the morning of April 30th, a 68 year-old woman was hit by a speeding black Volkswagen sedan on a major highway running through Cixi, Zhejiang province. Instead of rushing the woman to the hospital or calling for help, the driver and his girlfriend buried her alive and then ran from the scene of the accident, deserting the car on the side of the road. According to police reports, the driver, drunk at the time, assumed the woman was dead and, hoping to avoid DUI and murder charges, made the decision to hide the body. It has been confirmed that the woman's death was not due to blood loss following the impact, but rather due to suffocation after she was buried. Here's the story in Chinese. 7. 五粮液机场 wǔliángyè jīchǎng – In a culture where so much weight is placed on the meaning of a name, it would probably be a bad idea to name an airport after anything that might evoke associations with the loss of control. But the local government of Yibin, Sichuan has decided to do just that, naming their new airport after a liquor brand. The brand, called "Wu Liang Ye," is a famous Chinese liquor manufactured right in Yibin, and its management has donated a sizable amount of funds for the construction of the airport to boot, but netizens are still finding it to be an "unreliable" title choice for a major transportation hub and security checkpoint. Here's the story in Chinese. 8. 蒙牛添加牛尿 měngniú tiānjiā niúniào – Dairy manufacturing and distribution company China Mengniu, based in Inner Mongolia, first rose to international infamy when, in 2008, its milk powder samples tested positive for melamine. Now, a recent spot-check factory inspection has revealed that China Mengniu's Luannan, Hebei factory has been adding large quantities of cow urine to its milk. Here's the story in Chinese. 9. 猪蹄厅长 zhūtí tīngzhǎng – In October of 2011, Liu Weizhong, director of the Gansu Province Department of Health, published an essay on the department's official website and microblog, in which he advocated eating "pig hooves" as a way to cure grave illness. Liu expounded upon the healing effects of pig hooves for patients confronting diseases as serious as AIDS and cancer, leading all sane peoples of the internet to question his professional background and scientific literacy in general. Netizens have hereby knighted him "Director Pig Trotter." Here's the story in Chinese. 10. 邮轮擦撞温州大桥 yóulún cāzhuàng Wēnzhōu dàqiáo – Yesterday morning on the Ou Jiang river in Wenzhou, a new, large ocean liner being pulled by four tugboats crashed into the Wenzhou Bridge. The ship's two funnels were damaged, but there were no casualties, and damage to the bridge is still being assessed. It was a tall boat, and it was a low bridge. So…here's the story in Chinese.        |
| Baidu releases 2012 Q1 Mobile Internet Development Trends Report Posted: 24 May 2012 03:02 AM PDT Baidu has been drawing upon its massive data base of user behavior data and detailed statistical data on mobile terminals in hopes to provide a comprehensive, authoritative and precise industry report for third-party developers and others in the mobile industry. Today, Baidu has finally released the "Baidu Mobile Internet Development Trends Report for 2012 Q1" for the public's viewing pleasure (http://open.shouji.baidu.com/?page=mireport). The purpose of this report is to provide cooperating partners with better insight into mobile Internet trends, so that they can make the necessary adjustments in operations and resources to take advantage of opportunities and stay competitive. Guangdong takes number one spot in mobile data traffic, correlated with conditions of the economy The 2012 Q1 report demonstrates, not surprisingly, that there is a positive correlation between a city's mobile Internet data traffic and its economic development and population. Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces have two of the highest volumes of mobile data traffic, which stands at 15.2 percent and 7.4 percent of total China traffic respectively. Additionally, Guangdong province's mobile Internet user data ratio shows clear signs of growth. Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong and Beijing rank in the top five amongst all Chinese provinces and provincial-level municipalities for having the highest levels of mobile data traffic. All five combined make up for 40.1 percent of the total mobile Internet data traffic in China.
Mobile Internet data catching up with PC Internet data Mobile Internet is catching up with traditional PC Internet at an increasingly rapid pace. Mobile Internet data traffic levels have already surpassed PC in Guangdong, Beijing, Fujian, Sichuan, Shanxi and Tianjin. This is especially the case for Beijing, Guangdong, Shanxi and Tianjin, where mobile Internet user traffic is significantly higher than for traditional PC. From the report, we can see that many more provincial districts will see its mobile Internet data surpassing PC in the not too distant future.
China Telecom gaining popularity, China Mobile continues to lose market share While China Mobile still remains to be the dominant operator with 63.8 percent of the market share, its market share continues to drop, decreasing by 7.8 percent in month-by-month and by 16.6 percent year-on-year. China Unicom and China Telecom have demonstrated significant growth through their 3G network build-out and development in various operations. China Unicom has increased its market share by 1.6 percent month-to-month, and 3.9 percent year-on-year. China Telecom increased its market share by 6.1 percent month-by-month, and 12.6 percent year-on-year. Market analysts believe that in the short-term China Mobile's market share will continue to drop, and will need to count on 4G if it wants to turn the situation around. Mobile Internet takes on traditional PC Internet, user behavior diversifying Mobile Internet user and PC Internet users are not only different in the devices they use to browse the Internet, they are also very different in the times of the day they browse the Internet and the way they interact with online content. There are significantly more users accessing the Internet from mobile devices than PCs between 7 to 10 AM in the morning and between 9 to 12 PM at night. This demonstrates mobile Internet's "wherever and whenever" mobility advantage. In addition, mobile Internet usage peaks at 10PM, while PC Internet usage peaks at 8PM. This suggests that mobile netizens tend to be younger than PC netizens and stay up later at night.
Nokia is becoming increasingly deprived, Huawei rising to the top In the first quarter of 2012, Nokia, counterfeit (shanzhai) mobile phones and Samsung remain in the top three mobile Internet slots, with market shares of 22 percent, 16.1 percent and 10.4 percent respectively. Nokia's mobile market share continues to drop, with 5.8 decrease month-by-month and 18.4% drop year-on-year. Shanzhai phones' market share is also steadily decreasing, with 4.3 percent decrease month-by-month and 10.3 percent drop year-on-year. Although Nokia still remains one of the biggest mobile brands by market share, it is faces a dire future if it does not innovate in an industry that is gradually gravitating towards smart phones. Apple now occupies the 4th spot with 5.9 percent of the market share, while Chinese brand Huawei has performed well in recent years, currently ranks 5th in market share with 4.6 percent.
UCWeb market share drops for the first time, mobile browser war intensifies Mobile browsers are important entry points for the mobile Internet. The fight for dominance in the mobile browsers domain is intensifying. Data from the 2012 Q1 report shows that UCWeb browser remains to be the leading mobile browser with 28.9 percent of the market share. Webkit's own browser and the QQ browser follows with 18.5 percent and 16.5 percent market share respectively. While UCWeb browser still ranks first amongst mobile browsers in terms of market share, its market share still slipped unprecedentedly by 4.3 percent. Its arch nemesis, the QQ browser, has seen a 1.7 percent increases month-to-month. Looks like UCWeb needs to watch out.
Audio video and image applications overshadow games applications, wins award for "most popular" 2012Q1 Top 100 Android applications data shows that 70 percent of applications are software applications, while 30 percent are considered games. Audio video and image applications make up for 21 percent of the software applications. Leisure puzzle games take up 22 percent of all games applications. Whether it is Android's top 10 or iOS' top 10 most downloaded applications, both have 7 software applications and 3 games applications. Applications download ranking can be seen in the image attached below:
Baidu's "Mobile Internet Development Trends Report" is released on a quarterly basis, and has become the "bible" and "must-read" for mobile internet industry insiders. Industry experts believe that as with PC Internet, Baidu is also the number one entry point for mobile Internet. Hundreds of millions of mobile users browse the Internet through Baidu on a daily basis. Baidu takes advantage of its leading mass data analysis and crawling technology to study the industry trends behind user behavior, and hopes to provide the industry with timely, accurate and authoritative trends report. Please proceed to the following link to download the report in Chinese: http://open.shouji.baidu.com/?page=mireport |
| Today’s China Readings May 24, 2012 Posted: 23 May 2012 05:27 PM PDT CCTV's Yang Rui may have another problem on his hands. Shanghaiist has just published a series of messages from Yang's Weibo in Is CCTV host Yang Rui an anti-Semite? One sample: Why do the US media not dare to support the call for the establishment of a Palestinian state? It's because they're afraid of getting fired by their Jewish bosses. When I interviewed the chairman of the US Jewish Association, I questioned him on this. He snarled at me ferociously and said that in America, no one would dare to speak to him this way. He was like a mafia chief. So please stop saying how beautiful American press freedom is. In my experience Yang Rui's comments are not outside the mainstream here, but attitudes towards Jews in China are complicated and tend more toward admiration and respect, at least among the Chinese I know. Isaac Stone Fish was recently sent an ad for a Beijing job, which he posts in Chinese business looking for a few good Jews: My contact is (deleted) and is slightly obsessed with Jewish people and thinks they are the smartest, so he naturally prefers this person to be Jewish. If he can't get someone Jewish, he would also like someone who went to a famous university — Harvard, Yale, etc. In 2010 I wrote China, Anti-Semitism and the "Goldman Sachs Conspiracy" about a book by Li Delin (since disappeared from public view after his detention for spreading rumors on Sina Weibo) and specifically his numerous comments about Goldman Sachs and its Jewish founders and executives, including a comparison to Isreali Shar Pei dogs. At the risk of wading into a real morass, he is an excerpt from the 2010 post: As for any anti-Semitism, I should have given more perspective in my original post beyond that it contains "an undercurrent of anti-Semitism". Apparently some Chinese people think that Isreali Shar Pei dogs are an especially smart breed. In my experience, Chinese tend to like Jewish people because they believe that the stereotypical Jewish person places very high value on family, education and money–just like Chinese do. In fact, some of my friends have told me that if their daughters have to marry a foreigner they hope he is Jewish. As anyone who has lived in China knows, the Chinese are very open about discussing other races and religions, sometimes pejoratively, sometimes not. Growing up I was taught to try to avoid viewing people through racial or religious prisms. Maybe that makes me too sensitive, or maybe not. I read through this book and thought about the firestorm that would erupt if Matt Taibbi or others had written about Goldman Sachs and said they had the IQ of Israeli Shar Pei Dogs (p. 26), referred to founder Marcus Goldman as having Bavarian Jewish blood (p. 217), or described J. Aron as a firm "with pure Jewish bloodlines" (p. 249). And these are just references I found skimming through a handful of chapters in the book; there are no doubt more. To my Jewish readers, do you think this has anti-Semitic undertones? Or are these just innocent descriptors used by Chinese with no inhibitions discussing foreigners? Thanks for reading, and remember the best way to see this daily post is to subscribe by email, especially if you are in China, as Sinocism is still blocked here. You can also follow me on @niubi or Sina Weibo @billbishop. Feel free to recommend to friends or donate. Today's suggested readings:
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