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• Here, Again, Is Ye Shiwen’s Controversial Swim In The 400-Meter Medley
• Echo Sushi: Another Cookie-cutter Japanese Restaurant on Yanqing Lu
• Ai Weiwei Collaborates In Design Of London’s ‘Serpentine Gallery’ Via Skype
• Carrying the Torch: China's Medal Hopefuls
• Top 10 Search List (July 31)
• Acid Dumplings [23]
• Five vendors on Qipu Lu detained by police for expat attacks
• Today's Links: Tamil radio, the Taiwan flag at the Olympics and trouble on the Yalu River
• If You’re A Chengguan, It’s Probably Best Not To Fight An Old Man Surrounded By Townsfolk
• Ye Shiwen Has Been Accused Of Being “Unbelievable”
• BBC host questions Ye Shiwen’s incredible swim, Netizens angry
• Price gouging for appliance repairs
• Top 10 Search List (July 30)
• Olympics Links: North Korean underdog wins weightlifting, more reactions to opening ceremony, and Sun Yang breathes fire
• Interaction of China netizens on Luxury social networks.
• 50,000 mobile users bind Instagram to Sina weibo.
• China’s Top 10 B2C Websites in 2011.
• Smartphones concentrated among the wealthy in China.
• Sheraton: most buzzed luxury hotel brand in China.
• China B2C Transaction Value Hit 240 Billion RMB in 2011

Here, Again, Is Ye Shiwen’s Controversial Swim In The 400-Meter Medley Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:49 PM PDT All eyes will be on Ye Shiwen tonight (8:43 pm London, 3:43 am Beijing) when she competes in the 200-meter individual medley (she set an Olympic record in her preliminary heat). If she's anywhere close to the lead in the final turn, the competition is, as we say, over, because no one is in her league in the freestyle. Before that happens though, let us relive her swim in the 400 IM, which has come under scrutiny after an American coach accused her of being too good to have not cheated. A second quote from Ye has surfaced, a much cleaner denial than her first quote (included in the above link). Canada's National Post reports that Ye told reporters: "My results come from hard work and training and I would never used any banned drugs. The Chinese people have clean hands." And according to The New Zealand Herald: "There is no doping, the Chinese team has always had a firm anti-doping policy," she said. "Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the Beijing Games, and American swimmer Missy Franklin is also incredible. Why can't China have a talented swimmer?" Ye believes she can go even faster. "I feel like I still have room to improve my stroke," she told China Daily. "I've strengthened my backstroke and butterfly, so I am getting better at the start. But I am still young and have some more potential in my body. "I dreamed of winning the gold medal, but I never ever expected to break the record. So I am overwhelmed," she said. I think the above will play for those in North America, though you may need to pause to let it buffer.

Echo Sushi: Another Cookie-cutter Japanese Restaurant on Yanqing Lu Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:53 PM PDT Date: Jul 31st 2012 10:29a.m. Contributed by: miss_ng_in_action

Ai Weiwei Collaborates In Design Of London’s ‘Serpentine Gallery’ Via Skype Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:25 PM PDT Ai Weiwei, along with Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, designed the Bird's Nest stadium for the Beijing Olympics. This year, because of this work, they were invited to design the Serpentine Gallery in London, a temporary summer structure, as a tie-in between the two events. Messrs. Herzog and de Meuron went to London for the work, but their sidekick, Mr. Ai, still not permitted to leave China, had to find other means. So, he collaborated with them via Skype. No doubt once more to the chagrin of Chinese authorities. Here's a short video about the Gallery, beginning with Mr. Ai's comments. This guy seems unstoppable–and, once again, very brave:

Carrying the Torch: China's Medal Hopefuls Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:00 AM PDT Date: Jul 30th 2012 1:08p.m. Contributed by: jvb

Top 10 Search List (July 31) Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:33 PM PDT Today's Baidu Beat: Netizens continue to discuss Zhou Jun's Olympic misfortune, a journalist exposes corruption at a hospital in Shijiazhuang, and a post by Chinese actress Xu Haoying generates controversy. 1. 女举周俊0分 (nǚ jǔ zhōu jùn líng fēn)  Netizens continued to discus female weightlifter Zhou Jun's score of zero and subsequent elimination from the competition. Reuters covered her heartbreaking disqualification here. 2. 绿茶假装尿液 (lǜ chá jiă zhuāng niào yè) Swapping green tea for pee – a journalist secretly swapped out green tea for a urine sample, and revealed that the doctor came back with his results: he supposedly had a critical illness that would require a week of expensive treatment. The Chinese story can be found here. 3. 赵常宁 (zhào cháng níng) Female weightlifter representing Kazakhstan Zulfiya Chinshanlo set a new world record by lifting 95 kg in the women's 53kg weight-class clean and jerk competition. She has also made waves in Chinese media due to her unique backstory: the diminuative 19 year old Olympian also has a Chinese name, Zhao Changning, and was once a citizen of China. English coverage of her gold medal-winning performance here and a Chinese article on her personal story here. 4. 女子400米自由泳决赛法国 (nǚ zǐ sì băi mǐ jué sài fǎ guó) The women's 400m freestyle competition on Sunday saw France's Camille Muffat win the gold, while China's two competitors, Li Xuanxu and Shao Yiwen, did not qualify for the finals. Chinese language story on the competition here. 5. 广西床照门 (guăng xī chuáng zhào mén) Hearings began for an official from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region who made headlines earlier this year for revealing pictures of him that circulated online. Though he refuted the pictures were his, his superiors began to look into his affairs, and he came under investigation for using his position to accept funds in excess of one million RMB. Chinese coverage of the trail here. 6. 银川暴雨 (yín chuān bào yŭ) Torrential rains hit Yinchuan, a city in China's northwest. This is unusual given the area's arid climate, but comes on the heels of similarly violent rainstorms in Beijing and Tianjin that left at least 77 dead. Xinhua's English coverage of the storms here. 7. 徐濠萦微博 (xú háo yíng wēi bó) While having lunch with her family on vacation, Xu Haoying's picture was taken by several people who then walked away without saying a word. She angrily posted in Sina Weibo that Chinese people were rude, and the post went viral, generating heated controversy. She later deleted the post and apologized, but asked, "I'm Chinese too, and I want our people to be better. Why am I not allowed to be angry about my own people being rude?" Chinese coverage of the story here. 8. 严润哲 (yán rùn zhé) "Dark horse" competitor Om Yun Chol of North Korea stunned spectators when he set a world record in the men's 56kg weight class with his 168 kg clean and jerk. The Wall Street Journal covered his victory and declaration that his achievements could be attributed to "warm love and consideration of General Kim Jong Il and comrade Kim Jong Eun." 9. 邢延华 (xíng yán huá) Chinese-American ping pong player Ariel Hsing, or Xing Yanhua, lost to  Chinese champion Li Xiaoxia, but attracted attention both for the quality of her game and her famous fans – Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. English story here. 10. 吴文珊 (wú wén shān) On July 29, Hong Kong movie star Dexter Young and Wu Wenshan finally had a big white wedding after filling out the paperwork to become husband and wife last year. Hong Kong media covered the ceremony in Chinese here, complete with pictures. Courtesy of our friends at Tea Leaf Nation. READ MORE

Acid Dumplings [23] Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:00 PM PDT

Five vendors on Qipu Lu detained by police for expat attacks Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:11 PM PDT A police crackdown on touts harrassing and even attacking foreigners on Qipu Road has led to the arrest of five men, reports Shanghai Daily [ more › ]

Today's Links: Tamil radio, the Taiwan flag at the Olympics and trouble on the Yalu River Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:00 PM PDT A few links to start off your day: Tamil radio, the Taiwan flag at the Olympics and trouble on the Yalu River [ more › ]

If You’re A Chengguan, It’s Probably Best Not To Fight An Old Man Surrounded By Townsfolk Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:00 PM PDT The buildup is long and strange, but it's full of wonder and intrigue. Why is the old man's pants unbuckled? Why is he surrounded by three much younger urban enforcement officers, i.e. chengguan? Why does one of the officers appear to have a ripped shirt? Why does the old man taunt them, saying, "Come on, hit me?" We only know what the video title and description tell us, that this happened in Donggang, Liaoning province, and the old man had been riding a dray, significance unknown. The exposition comes to a tipping point at the 2:15 mark, and soon after the fists start flying. And then the crowd — which had been steadily bulking up with interested onlookers — gets involved, and a frenzied horde bull rush the chengguan. Cooler heads momentarily prevail, and we see no group beatdown. But far from a disappointing resolution, something can be learned here, I think, about the inscrutability of society and groupthink and enforcement or some other vague concept. We'll leave it for you to figure out though. Youku video for those in China after the jump.

Ye Shiwen Has Been Accused Of Being “Unbelievable” Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:16 AM PDT John Leonard and Ye Shiwen Ye Shiwen, the 16-year-old swimmer who set a new world record on Saturday in the 400-meter individual medley, has been accused of cheating. The Guardian's Andy Bull, who on Sunday published a very interesting and insightful account of Ye's swim and the reactions to it and her teammates ("Over the course of the 1990s [China] had 40 swimmers banned after positive doping tests. The sceptics – or perhaps cynics – would say that the doubts about Ye, [bronze-medalist] Li [Xuanxu] and [gold-medalist] Sun [Yang] are the inevitable consequence of that history"), has just published a much more controversial follow-up. In this article, John Leonard, executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, is given all the space he wants to explain why he — and, he implies, lots of others — thinks Ye cheated. Since the article is basically Leonard's editorial, we've gone ahead and cut out the middleman so you have just the American coach's published words: Unbelievable… disturbing… brings back a lot of awful memories. We want to be very careful about calling it doping. The one thing I will say is that history in our sport will tell you that every time we see something, and I will put quotation marks around this, "unbelievable," history shows us that it turns out later on there was doping involved. That last 100m was reminiscent of some old East German swimmers, for people who have been around a while. It was reminiscent of 400m individual medley by a young Irish woman in Atlanta. …Looks like superwoman. Any time someone has looked like superwoman in the history of our sport they have later been found guilty of doping. I have been around swimming for four-and-a-half decades now. If you have been around swimming you know when something has been done that just isn't right. I have heard commentators saying "well she is 16, and at that age amazing things happen." Well yes, but not that amazing. I am sorry. Unbelievable… I use that word in its precise meaning. At this point it is not believable to many people. No coach that I spoke to yesterday could ever recall seeing anything remotely like that in a world level competition. Where someone could out-split one of the fastest male swimmers in the world, and beat the woman ahead of her by three-and-a-half body lengths. All those things, I think, legitimately call that swim into question. You can't turn around and call it racism to say the Chinese have a doping history. That is just history. That's fact. Does that make us suspicious? Of course. You have to question any outrageous performance, and that is an outrageous performance, unprecedented in any way, shape or form in the history of our sport. It by itself, regardless of whether she was Chinese, Lithuanian, Kenyan, or anything else, is impossible. Sorry. [Michael] Phelps got consistently faster every year on a normal improvement curve. There has never been anything that you look at in any of Mr Phelps' swims that you look at and say "well, that's impossible, that can't be done." [Sun Yang, 20,] has a perfectly normal improvement curve, he is a dramatically spectacular athlete in our sport and I've no question about him at all. But a woman does not out-swim the fastest man in the world in the back quarter of a 400m IM that is otherwise quite ordinary. It just doesn't happen. I am sure that Fina and the doping authorities have taken every sample they can take. The sample will be tested and available for testing for the next eight years. And over eight years, if there is something unusual going on in terms of genetic manipulation or something else, I would suspect over eight years' science will move fast enough to catch it. I have every faith that eventually if there is something there to be caught it will be caught. Right now all we can say is Olympic champion, world record holder, and watch out for history. The Guardian's piece is still worth looking at though, if only for the measured response of Arne Ljungqvist, the chairman of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission and a veteran anti-doping official. Ye, for her part, has denied the accusations: "There's absolutely no problem with the doping," Ye said on Monday, according to a translation provided by the official Olympic News Service. "The Chinese team has always had a firm policy about doping."

BBC host questions Ye Shiwen’s incredible swim, Netizens angry Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:36 AM PDT From Sina: 16 years old, incredibly swam the last 50 meters of the 400 IM final, faster than men's champion Ryan Lochte, beat her personal best by 5 seconds, broke the women's world record for the first time since the high-tech swimsuits ban, swept Asian Games, World Championships and Olympic Games and became the youngest grand slam swimming winner in China… During the interview after the game, Ye Shiwen expressed her excitement and joy, and credited all to her hard work and perseverance. However BBC host Clare Balding implied suspicion and questioned Shiwen's incredible swim.  Her questioning was later criticized by netizens and media. July 28th, When Clare Balding witnessed Ye Shiwen being crowned the Olympic champion with her 4 minutes 28 seconds and 43 new world record, she hesitated a little at first, then immediately turned to BBC guest commentator former British swimmer Mark Foster, "How many question will there be, Mark, about somebody who can suddenly swim so much faster than she has ever swum before?" Mark obviously heard Clare's undertone, but he firmly defended Ye Shiwen's reputation, "It was a five-second best time and it was the way she did it as well. Bearing in mind she is 16 years of age, and when you are young you do some big best times… it can be done." Clare's question was heavily discussed on Twitter later, some audiences were behind Clare, saying she has the courage to imply that it is possible that Ye has cheated; but another group of audiences was angry of Clare belittling Chinese swimmer's outstanding achievements.  Some people even suggested that Clare should resign from her position. Due to dissatisfied voices intensified online, BBC was under pressure to make an official statement: "The Chinese swimmer had just knocked five seconds off her personal best to break a word record; in her role as a presenter it is Clare's job to ask the experts (in this case Mark Foster), how she managed to do it". "There was absolutely no implication of doping." Due to Ye Shiwen's last 50 meters freestyle only took 28 seconds 93, which was faster than Ryan Lochte's 29 seconds 10, who won the men's 400 meters medley, many American reporters also could not believe.  Ryan Lochte said, "We were all talking about that at dinner last night," "It was pretty impressive. And it was a female. She's fast. If she was there with me, I don't know, she might have beat me."  The U.S. men's swimming team coach said, "Heck of a swim. You notice stuff like that… You guys can do the research. I think that's probably the fastest women's split ever." As voices of doubt grew, SwimmingWorldMagazine.com an US based magazine site criticized those who had been speculating about Shiwen. IT was going to happen. It was only a matter of when, and with how much force. Not minutes after Chinese youngster Ye Shiwen captured the gold medal in the 400 individual medley on the opening night of Olympic competition, accusations started to fly. You know the type. She must be doping. What a bloody shame.

Price gouging for appliance repairs Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:18 PM PDT by Allison Carroll Goldman on July 30, 2012 Today most Chinese newspapers dedicated their front pages to announcing recent victories at the Olympics. Yet the biggest picture on the front page of the Chutian Metropolis Daily features two twin boys from a poor family who were both admitted to the Huazhong University of Science and Technology. They grew up in a rural village, cared for by their mother. They used to compete with each other over who could earn the highest grades. At university, one brother will study mechanical design, manufacturing and automation, while the other will major in computer science. At the bottom of the page, another large headline reads: "580 RMB fee for an 80 RMB capacitor." The article describes all the traps involved in maintaining household appliances. Apparently one customer repairing his air conditioner was ruthlessly ripped off.  According to the article, the Wuhan Industrial and Commercial Hotline has recently been receiving an enormous number of complaints about after-sales maintenance of household appliances. People are being charged exorbitant fees. In response, on August 1, the Ministry of Commerce will introduce new regulations to manage all kinds of home appliance repair services. Regulations will include mandatory provider qualifications and fines up to 30,000 RMB for illegal business activities. The article describes several incidents in the past, where individuals have been severely overcharged for relatively minor repairs to their appliances. In other cases, individuals have paid to have an appliance repaired, only to find it broken again the next day. The article reminds readers that the Commercial and Industrial Bureau says repairmen should clearly lay out their prices ahead of time so that the consumer can either agree to the cost of repair or consider other options. As of Wednesday, all workers engaged in refrigeration and air conditioning work, electrical work and other special operations should have a license and special job qualifications issued by the state. The newspaper has opened a special hotline specifically for appliance repair complaints. Links and Sources Chutian Metropolis Daily: 图文：仙桃寒门双胞胎携手考上华科大  ; 80元小电容竟收费580元

Top 10 Search List (July 30) Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:55 AM PDT Today's Baidu Beat: China's weight lifting teams suffer surprising setbacks, Wu Minxia and He Zi pocket gold for China, news stories about Chinese celebrities continue to entertain. 女举周俊0分 (nǚ jǔ  zhōu jùn  0 fēn) To everyone's surprise, the 17-year-old Zhou Jun of China's women's weightlifting team failed her three snatches in women's 53 kg competition, and was eliminated from the competition after that.  This came a surprise to many viewers, since the Chinese team has routinely won gold medals in weightlifting since 2000. This surprising result sparked discussions on the selection procedure of Chinese Olympic athletes among Chinese media. Chinese-language story here. 女子400米自由泳决赛法国 （nǚ zǐ  400 mǐ  jué sài  fǎ guó) In Women's 400m Free Style competition yesterday, Camille Muffat of France won the gold medal while breaking the world record for this event. Two Chinese athletes, Li Xuanxu and Shao Yiwen, were competing in this event too. However, neither of them was able to qualify for the final. Chinese-language story here. 女子3米板双人跳水 (nǚ zǐ  3 mǐ bǎn  shuāng rén  tiào shuǐ) Wu Minxia and He Zi took home the gold medal for Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard event yesterday.  China's team won all 8 events at the world championships in 2011, and many believe that it will likely do the same in the Olympics this year.  Teams from United States and Canada took home the silver and bronze medal, respectively. English-language story here. 黄少祺 (huáng shào qí) Huang Shaoqi, a Taiwanese actor and former model, has attracted netizens' attention as rumors of his relationship with actress Hu Xing'er surfaces. Hu Xing'er is a popular actress in Hong Kong; she has recently ended her 8-year relationship with actor Huang  Zongze, and the rumor of her "relationship" with Huang Shaoqi emerged as media try to piece together the reasons behind the split.  Hu Xing'er has denied the alleged relationship. Chinese-language story here. 杨天经 (yáng tiān jīng) Yang Tianjing, a Hong Kong actor and celebrity, held his wedding banquet in Hong Kong on July 29. Even though he was officially married last year, his banquet did not take place until now due to scheduling.  Chinese-language story here. 陶吉新 (táo jí xīn)  Tao Jixin, a national class-one actor of China, has been accused of making sexual advances on a young actress and taking away her role in his production after she refused. The news was first broken on Sina Weibo, where an art and media analyst named Zhang Yaojie posted cellphone texts between Tao and the young actress, showing that Tao invited the actress to chat with him in a hotel room. The actress rejected his advance, and was told that her rejection has cost her a role in his production. Chinese-language story here. 潘长江女儿大婚 (pāng cháng jiāng  nǚ ēr  dà hūn) Pan Changjiang, a national class-one actor of China, recently saw the marriage of his daughter to Shi Lei, a business man who was said to have studied piano with Lang Lang in America. The wedding grabbed much media attention because the bridegroom is rumored to be a high-net worth individual with his own  jade business. Chinese-language story here. 吴景彪 (wú jǐng biāo) Wu Jingbiao of China's Men's weightlifting team received a silver medal for the 56kg weightlifting event. However, since he was expecting better performance, he was visibly upset when he was interviewed by media afterwards, and apologized to his Chinese audience for his less-than-ideal performance.  Chinese-language story here. 祖儿菲娅 (zǔ ēr fēi yà) Kazakhstan's Zulfiya Chinshanlo (Zu'er Feiya is the Chinese translation of "Zulfiya") won the gold medal and set a world record in the women's 53 kg weightlifting event on July 30. Unbeknownst to many audiences outside of China, Zulfiya Chinshanlo also has a Chinese name—Zhao Changling. She was originally a Chinese athlete from China's Hunan Province, but was exchanged to Kazakhstan as an exchange athlete in 2008. She is now a Kazakhstan athlete and represents Kazakhstan in all international competitions. Chinese-language story here. 欧云哲(ōu yún zhé) North Korea's Om Yun Chol  (Ou Yunzhe is the Chinese translation of his name) won the gold medal for men's 56 kg weightlifting event even though he was only sorted to the B-group (it's less competitive than A-group). Om Yum Chol was definitely the black horse in this competition, and China's own Wu Jingbiao took the silver medal for this event. Chinese-language story here. Courtesy of our friends at Tea Leaf Nation. READ MORE

Olympics Links: North Korean underdog wins weightlifting, more reactions to opening ceremony, and Sun Yang breathes fire Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:22 AM PDT Chris O'Meara / AP China women's volleyball's sweet midnight-blue uniforms. The excitement continues. Here are some of the more noteworthy stories from the Olympics. The Chinese women's basketball team improved to 2-0 today with its 83-58 blowout of Croatia, and games are only expected to get easier (with the exception of the final game vs. the US). This team is my favorite of these Olympics so far. I'll get myself to make a gif of Chen Nan coming off pick-and-rolls soon. BBC host implies 16-year-old Chinese swimmer was on artificial performance enhancers because she was awesome. "When Clare Balding witnessed Ye Shiwen being crowned the Olympic champion with her 4 minutes 28 seconds and 43 new world record, she hesitated a little at first, then immediately turned to BBC guest commentator former British swimmer Mark Foster, 'How many question will there be, Mark, about somebody who can suddenly swim so much faster than she has ever swum before?' Mark obviously heard Clare's undertone, but he firmly defended Ye Shiwen's reputation, 'It was a five-second best time and it was the way she did it as well. Bearing in mind she is 16 years of age, and when you are young you do some big best times… it can be done.'" [Sina via China Hush] While Wang Mingjuan won China's first weightlifting gold in the women's 48-kilogram division, the more dramatic competition was over on the men's side, where double world champion Wu Jiangbiao was competing in the clean and jerk. We'll let the Associated Press describe what happened: North Korea's Om Yun Chol, all of 5 feet and 123 pounds, won a gold medal by confidently lifting an Olympic-record 370 pounds in the clean and jerk Sunday at the London Games. That was more than three times his body weight, something only a handful of others have ever done. How unlikely was the upset victory? Om was in the "B" group with lower-ranked competitors and lifted weights of 160 and 165 kilograms on his first two attempts early in the day. He got the crowd roaring when it was announced he would go for 168 kilograms — the Olympic record. As is customary, Om thanked the late Dear Leader: "How can any man possibly lift 168kg?" Om was quoted as saying by the internal Olympic News Service. "I believe the great Kim Jong Il looked over me." I disagree with Ai Weiwei's assessment of Beijing's opening ceremony, but here's what he had to say about London's: "Brilliant. It was very, very well done. This was about Great Britain; it didn't pretend it was trying to have global appeal. Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics. But for China that was the only imaginable kind of international event. Beijing's Olympics were very grand – they were trying to throw a party for the world, but the hosts didn't enjoy it. The government didn't care about people's feelings because it was trying to create an image." [Ai Weiwei, The Guardian] Empty seats filled by public servants. "More than 50 soldiers took seats at the North Greenwich Arena on Sunday morning when they were left empty by the 'Olympic family.' Some of the troops, working at the Olympics to provide security, said they were scheduled to start shifts but instead were offered courtside seats at the basketball arena to watch the USA v France. // Despite featuring superstars including Kobe Bryant and being close to a sellout with the public, there were around 40 empty seats in the arena reserved for Olympic and sporting officials. 'We're seat fillers,' said one of 15 soldiers drafted on Sunday afternoon. 'They asked who likes basketball and we put our hands up.'" [Guardian] Non-Olympic table tennis interlude: Finally… The Hater's Guide to the Olympics. [Drew Magary, Deadspin] Asian and Pacific Islanders at the Olympics: a list. [Asian Weekly] Olympics basketball primer. [NiuBBall] Chinese reactions to the London opening ceremony. [BBC] Finally, finally… What Chinese netizens think of Sun Yang

Interaction of China netizens on Luxury social networks. Posted: 25 Jun 2012 07:45 PM PDT   From Slideshare.net: Luxury efluencers means netizens who have influence and effective interaction with luxury fans. Based on luxury buzz content, there are 4 clear behavioral characteristics in the online community: shopaholic, style guru, fashionista, brand fan. Luxury efluencers refer to both style gurus and fashionistas. Interactions consist of conversations (opinions expressed and emotions exchanged) and activities (things like offline event, brand promotion, and fashion show). 转自Slideshare.net：奢侈品网络影响者指在网络社区中积极互动，对粉丝有很大影响的网民。分析奢侈品话题内容可明显辨别出网络社区中四类不同行为者：购物狂，时尚专家，时尚潮人，以及品牌粉丝。其中购物狂与时尚专家可算是奢侈品网络影响者。所有互动主要围绕线上交流，线下事件两条主线展开。

50,000 mobile users bind Instagram to Sina weibo. Posted: 30 Apr 2012 06:11 PM PDT From TechWeb: Instagram was acquired by Facebook with a 1 billion USD on Apr.9. Popular in US, the free photo sharing program gained a great popularity in domestic China as well. Initially supported on iOS, the company launched 2.2 version and added Sian Weibo sharing On Mar.1st. More than 50,000 users bind Instagram and Sina Weibo account, to share nice photos on the famous platform, 100,000 times sharing reached by now. TechWeb报道：刚刚被Facebook以10亿美元收购的Instagram，在国内也受到追捧。作为iOS平台上最受欢迎的图片社交分享应用, Instagram用户已达到3000万名。3月1日推出2.2版，加入了新浪微博分享功能。到目前为止，已有超过5万名用户绑定了instagram和新浪微博账号，以便将照片分享至新浪微博平台，分享量已达十万次。

China’s Top 10 B2C Websites in 2011. Posted: 09 Apr 2012 08:11 PM PDT From China Internet Watch: Tmall (now Tianmao) still the biggest player in china whose total sales last year exceeded 100 billion yuan (about USD $15.88 billion) with strong growth in mobile. 来自China Internet Watch:　淘宝商城仍然是中国B2C市场的老大，2011年总销售收入超过1，000亿元人民币，并且在移动收入增长强劲。

Smartphones concentrated among the wealthy in China. Posted: 08 May 2012 08:11 PM PDT From 199IT: China will overtake the US as the largest market for smartphones in 2012, driven by demand among the affluent. According to a March 2012 report from the International Data Corporation (IDC), smartphone shipments in China will surpass those in the US during 2012. IDC's "Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker" data forecasts China to have a 20.7% share of worldwide smartphone shipments in 2012, compared to 20.6% for the US. But who is buying these smartphones? A Q1 2012 data from Ohio-based research firm ProsperChina's InsightCenter answered the question, they conducts a quarterly survey of a panel of approximately 16,000 internet users in China, smartphone users resemble the survey sample in terms of both gender and age, but index significantly higher among wealthier internet users. 转自199IT：根据iDC发布的数据，2012年中国智能手机出货量将超过美国，IDC数据预测中国智能手机出货量将占全球份额的20.7%，而美国为20.6%。 但是谁买这些智能手机？ 根据ProsperChina 2012年Q1的数据，其每月调研16000名中国互联网用户，智能手机在富裕的互联网用户中比例更高。

Sheraton: most buzzed luxury hotel brand in China. Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:11 PM PDT From CIC: Marriott and Sheraton are the most buzzed luxurious hotels brands in China. In budget hotels, YHA is the most buzzed due to emerging budget travel trend. 根据CIC发布的旅游业网络口碑显示，喜来登和万豪成为网上讨论最多的高端酒店品牌。在经济性酒店方面，YHA成为讨论最多的酒店，大家喜欢在那里分享旅行小贴士并寻找同行伙伴。

China B2C Transaction Value Hit 240 Billion RMB in 2011 Posted: 17 Apr 2012 08:11 PM PDT According to the Seasonal Survey of China B2C Market 2011 Q4 released by EnfoDesk, China B2C market has created 76.41 Billion Yuan in Q4， 2011, with a sequential growth rate being 23% and a year-on-year increase of 77.3%. The total transaction value is 240.1 Billion Yuan for the year 2011, up 130.8% compared with last year. Once more, it is doubled. 根据易观智库的数据显示，2011年第4季度中国B2C市场交易规模达到764.1亿元，环比增长23%，同比增长 77.3% 。2011年中国B2C交易规模达2401亿元，同比去年增长130.8%，再次翻了一番。

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