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Networking 2.0 Series: Online Networking with Chinese Characteristics

August 23, 2017 By Bennett Voyles

Online social networks are changing Chinese professional culture—simply sending out resumes to get a job is inadequate. Compared to Americans, young Chinese spend more time networking and leverage social sites to find jobs. Recruiters are active participants in this trend. As a Shanghai-based employer says: “I don’t even call people anymore.” Instead of waiting for resumes that may contain dull business mug-shots, employers look at applicants’ social profiles, chatting to ones they find interesting and learn about their business and leisure time and maybe, if lucky, get a rough idea of their personality.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Connections, Know China, Technology Tagged With: LinkedIn, online social network;, professional culture, QQ, WeChat

E-books: Black, White and E-read All Over

January 29, 2014 By Suzanne Edwards

E-books are heralded as the future of publishing all over the world. Is China blazing a trail or dragging its feet? No one expected China’s electronic book scene to get so steamy in the spring and summer of 2013, but all of a sudden, E.L. James’ sexual thriller Fifty Shades of Grey was everywhere, though […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Consumers, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Technology Tagged With: Amazon, E-Books, E-reading, QQ, Slider, Technology, Xiaomi

China’s Social Media Giants

December 13, 2012 By CKGSB Knowledge

  Unknown to most people outside China, the country has a very vibrant social media landscape. A surprisingly large percentage of people across both urban and small-town China are hooked to micro-blogs and social networking service (SNS) products. Over the years, Chinese social media companies have come up with some very innovative products and services, such as Tencent’s WeChat, […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, China, Infographics, Technology Tagged With: Facebook, Infographic, QQ, Qzone, Sina Weibo, Slider, Social Media, Tencent, Twitter

Playing for keeps: Online gaming in China

June 10, 2009 By CKGSB Knowledge

Over the past decade, online gaming has boldly entered the heart of mainstream mainland entertainment. Parents who may have once chastised their children for spending too much time playing online have, themselves, become zealous fans of zombies and angry birds. “In North America, Europe, or Australia, if you tell people, ‘I’m a World of Warcraft […]

Filed Under: 2009, All Articles, Best Practice, Consumers, Culture, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Know China, Technology Tagged With: 3D, Blizzard, Game Industry, Game Industry in China, Gaming, MMORPG, Online Gaming, Ourgame, QQ, World of Warcraft

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