Tom Spender

Freelance journalist & photographer in Beijing

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Entries Tagged as 'internet'

China – integrating offline, diverging online

September 1st, 2011 · No Comments · China, Journalism

Is the Chinese internet more sophisticated than the rest of the web? Thoughts from Bill Dodson, author of the book China inside out.

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CIB stories

November 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · China, Journalism

Stories in China International Business magazine on social networking as well as real estate in Beijing and New York.

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Surfing China’s consumer boom

May 7th, 2010 · No Comments · China, Journalism

Story in China International Business magazine about Wooha.com, a Chinese internet fashion retailer with an interesting business model – selling expensive foreign fashion lines that are unavailable in China over the internet, using a combination of Fedex and Chinese logistics companies to deliver anywhere in mainland China. It works, according to the company, because a) [...]

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China and Google

January 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments · China, Uncategorized

Google is saying it is ready to pull out of China if it is not allowed to offer uncensored internet access following what it says was a sophisticated cyber-attack originating in China and attempting to hack the Gmail accounts of Chinese activists. It’s a highly unusual slap in the face for the Chinese government, who [...]

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