Do in China as the Chinese Do: An Overview of KFC's Localization Strategies in China Abstract Kentucky Fried Chicken has been one of the most household international brands in urban China since it opened its first Western-style quick service restaurant... Read more >>

where have all the flowers gone where the flowers gone where have all the young girls gone where did they all gone where have all the young men gone where the soldiers gone where have all the graveyards gone where... Read more >>

This mail was forwarded by one of my best friends. If you happen to know me, after reading all my answers do you think now you know me better? Sorry guys, you have to be able to read Chinese first.... Read more >>

Something trivial bugs me a lot. I seem to get lost in mind and not know what is going on. All the bad things resonate one another; the domino effect makes me feel worse. I know it's something called "selective... Read more >>

Read one post from Taiwan in CNBlog group mentioning about the 23rd page game. Following the links I finally got to stopdesign. The following is what I read from there: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to... Read more >>

Let's remember the day ten years ago. On April 20, 1994, the NCFC project opened a 64K international dedicated circuit to Internet through Sprint Co. of the United States, realizing a full-function linkage to Internet. Since then China has been... Read more >>

Don't panic, it's not virus! It's simply some Chinese. I'm sorry for writing this post in Chinese, but it's fun for me. If you can't read the Chinese, please make sure you've set your Encoding as Unicode (UTF-8). Sorry for... Read more >>

Liu, J. (2004). China Shuts Down Two Internet 'Blog' Sites. Reuters, Mar 18, 2004. Two of the largest blog hosting service providers in China were shut down by Chinese officials a few days ago. Given no any official explanation for... Read more >>

Selnow, G. W. (2000). Internet Ethics. In R. E. Jr. Denton (Ed.), Political Communication Ethics: an Oxymoron? (pp. 203-241). CT:Westport: Praeger publishers. The chapter titled "Internet Ethics" by Gary W. Selnow conducts an exploratory scrutiny into influences of the Internet... Read more >>

The name of the Visual Thesaurus caught my attention on a list of del.icio.us bookmarks. My first impression on the appearance of this dictionary is it looks exactly like a social software. Colorful nodes, solid/dashed lines, and expanding/shrinking animation. In... Read more >>

Now I totally understand what is "to look for a needle in a hay". Search for Marilyn Monroe's photo continues. The first step is to try "Marylin Monroe" in Google Images. Yuck! Look at the first one! Is it a... Read more >>

It's overjoyed to find the launch of CNBlog English portal, one of my favorite Chinese/English weblogs. Congrats and keep going!!! Before it turns bilingual, CNBlog is a terrific guide for me to sniff up new trends in blogsphere. It is... Read more >>

Well, I know it might seem kinda puzzling. To those who don't use Palm, it doesn't make any sense. But anyway, it can help a lot with those palmers. Okay, just hide the full text into extended entry.... Read more >>

What is RSS? Really Simple Syndication Mark Pilgrim's definition of RSS: RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal weblogs. [ What... Read more >>

Life as Research Assistant is always full of challenges. You never know what the next task would be. Okay, here comes one. I was asked to find out who owns the copyright of a photo of Marilyn Monroe. The most... Read more >>

Daylight Saving Time will begin this weekend. You should turn your clocks ahead one hour. The official time change will occur at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, April 04. Many people will turn their clocks ahead one hour before they... Read more >>