I only drove once in China, and that was already a long time ago. It was on a toll way between Kunming and Dali, it was dark and the only occasional traffic we noticed were trucks.
Well, if you noticed them at all as they all had broken rear lights. I scolded these drivers […]
China has now 162 million internet users according to the CNNIC. A big jump form the previous 137 million at the end of 2007.
I wrote a short article including charts comparing the end of 2006 with the stats from June 2007.
Check Chinese internet stats June 2007
The girls are waiting today for flowers, belgian made chocolates and a romantic dinner in a restaurant that has overprized its food for this special day. Valentine’s day has gotten some traction here in Shanghai as I noticed last year and I’m sure this year it will be even more popular.
To stay in the […]
In our search for an apartment we have seen about the whole centre of Shanghai. Most of them huge buildings. Close by transport, especially the subway, is one of the key factors in deciding where we want to live next left. Many new developments mention that ’soon’ a subway line nearby will be ready. […]
The racing cars are coming to town. As it is, the F1 these days is as boring as watching a cup of coffee being made in Starbucks. Okay, I have to correct myself here. The first 5 minutes of the race can be fun as this is the moment with the highest probability cars […]
Since March 2006 Google has again added China to their monthly zeitgeist.
Zeitgeist is described by Google as:
a cumulative snapshot of interesting queries people are asking – some over time, some within country domains, and some on Google.com – that perhaps reveal a bit of the human condition.
The queries show trends and are not […]
We’re dipping our toes in the real estate market in Shanghai and as a first step called an agent who was referred to us by a friend.
After telling him the price range, the first question was: “How many bathrooms do you want?”
Are bathrooms the new status symbol?
Data about construction in Shanghai
from the latest […]
The latest numbers from CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center) about internet usage in China show that usage is rising faster than before. CNNIC says that China now (July 2006) has 123 Million users. That’s 12 million more than the last survey.
January 2006 vs July 2006
The last time CNNIC published numbers was in January […]
Chocolate will get more expensive. Why, because the Chinese seem to like it more and more.
Some chocolate makers predict that in 10 years the demand for cacao will be bigger than the supply.
Some chocolate consumption statistics
Europe - yearly 7 kg/person
Holland - yearly 4.5 kg/person
China - yearly 150 grams/person
In Shanghai the number of chocolate […]
Baidu is still very much in the lead and expanding it’s reach in the Chinese war of the search engines. At least according to Shanghai based company Iresearch.
The data used to come to this conclusion is based on address bar search, Alexa data and a survey they did themselves.
It’s hard to interpret the data […]
