Archive for July, 2005

PayPal China | More

Wednesday, July 13th, 2005

Just listened to an audio interview (is that already called a podview..) by Pacific Epoch with Paypal China’s country manager Jeff Liao.

To listen directly to the audio interview click here (mp3 format)

Interestingly enough they won’t charge anything directly in their Chinese version. They seem to want to get market share first. I […]

Paypal China and the World

Tuesday, July 12th, 2005

Paypal is coming to China and as always it is going to be the Chinese way. Because China is different. On the Chinese paypal pages you have two sweet maps to illustrate the difference.

Screendump of the translated page (thanks to Paymentnews.com )

You have paying in China in Renminbi and of course you […]

Bar Rouge | Shanghai Bar Review

Monday, July 11th, 2005

The terrace of Bar Rouge, part of Bund 18, is a good spot to enjoy the city from the standpoint of an early 20th century citizen, mixed with views on all things modern that Shanghai is building.

I have it in my list of Shanghai favorites for things-to-do when you have a visitor. The view […]

Shanghai Podcasts

Thursday, July 7th, 2005

Podcasting seems to be the next big thing.. at least for a very few “in the know” people right now. More than a month ago some bloggers and other podcast enthusiasts had dinner to talk about radio shanghai. (see chinaherald for the first steps …)

This was in the end of May and since […]

A Chinese Nap

Thursday, July 7th, 2005

From the moment I arrived in China I was amazed by the aptitude of the Chinese to take a nap.

No matter where they are, no matter how noisy the place nor how inconvenient the position seems, they are capable of dozing off in a nanosecond and steel some sleep.

Sometimes I am a bit […]

Yangshuo Updates

Monday, July 4th, 2005

I have just updated some more Yangshuo restaurant reviews. If i feel up to it I might, some day, continue with some more Yangshuo info. For now, just a last tip.

Bike out of West Street into the paddies. It’s great, it’s hot and you loose your breakfast fast. There are some […]

A Great Shanghai Daily Headline

Saturday, July 2nd, 2005

Some names seem to be missing in the mapping team, which names, …. , I have no clue ..

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