Darkness Botnet and Russian Politics. A fascinating look into the organized – and likely government-supported – world of Russian Hacking. Apart from the fact that it was a surprise to read an article on cybersecurity that didn’t even mention China, it provides a glimpse at how Putin seems to be building his own cyber militia. [...]
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Not Just China: Russian Government Mobilizing a Cyber-Militia
Posted by David Wolf on February 20, 2012
http://siliconhutong.com/2012/02/20/not-just-china-russian-government-mobilizing-a-cyber-militia/
When Life Should Imitate Art
In the Hutong Mahndei, Mahndei 0815 hrs. In a brilliant essay in The Atlantic by Orville Schell, the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, the venerable China scholar captures a spontaneous moment in a performance in Beijing by Meryl Streep and Yo-Yo Ma and turns it into the [...]
Posted by David Wolf on February 20, 2012
http://siliconhutong.com/2012/02/20/when-life-should-imitate-art/
Event: The Massification of Chinese Education
In the Hutong Shrinking the Elephant Arm 1341 hrs If you are in the Midwest this week and have an interest in China’s education system, you may want to stop by the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University – Bloomington. The Research Center for Chinese Politics and Business is continuing their colloquium series with [...]
Posted by David Wolf on February 19, 2012
http://siliconhutong.com/2012/02/19/event-the-massification-of-chinese-education/
Television Regulations: New Bottle, Same Wine (With Corrections)
In the Hutong Black Lung Control 1047 hrs. In the Valentine’s Day edition of The New York Times, Andrew Jacobs describes the new regulations issued yesterday by the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT), most specifically including two key restrictions: the prohibition of foreign programming during prime time, and the limitation of foreign [...]
Posted by David Wolf on February 15, 2012
http://siliconhutong.com/2012/02/15/television-regulations-new-bottle-same-wine/
Will China Actually Import “The Hunger Games”?
‘The Hunger Games’ In China | ThinkProgress. “The Hunger Games” is apparently scheduled to show in China, according to this piece (h/t to Jacqueline in HK, aka @lantaumama for this.) This movie, based on the first book of a trilogy telling the tale of a hardy young woman who inspires a rural uprising against a [...]
Posted by David Wolf on February 14, 2012
http://siliconhutong.com/2012/02/14/will-china-actually-import-the-hunger-games/
Apple’s China Strategy: Venturing to the Edge of Coolness
IPhone Scarcity During Chinese New Year May Give Samsung a Happy Holiday – Bloomberg. Right before Chinese New Year , Ed Lococo interviewed me for this story, asking me how much I thought iPhone sales would be affected by the company’s decision to sell the newest version of its handset via online channels only. The [...]
Posted by David Wolf on February 13, 2012
http://siliconhutong.com/2012/02/13/apples-china-strategy-venturing-to-the-edge-of-coolness/
The Beginning of the End of Outsourcing
Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China – NYTimes.com In the Hutong Working like hell 1530 hrs. In what China-based business sustainability expert Richard Brubaker calls “the best piece to date on just how rotten [Apple's] supply chain is,” Charles Duhigg and David Barboza of The New York Times have actually done more [...]
Posted by David Wolf on February 7, 2012
http://siliconhutong.com/2012/02/07/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-outsourcing/
Deconstructing China’s Nationalists
To Screw Foreigners by Geremie R. Barmé In an essay from 15 years ago that remains one of the best background pieces on Chinese nationalism that I have ever read, professor Jeremy Barmé of the Australian National University delves into the historical and philosophical underpinnings of this rising ethos. There is a growing consensus among [...]
Posted by David Wolf on January 18, 2012
http://siliconhutong.com/2012/01/18/deconstructing-chinas-nationalists/
There is More to Tablets than Cheap vs. Dear
How Apple Can Keep Control of the Tablet Market – BusinessWeek. GigaOM‘s Darrell Etherington believes that the way for Apple to sustain its dominance in the tablet market in response to challenges from the Kindle Fire is to offer a smaller, cheaper tablet. The case he makes – that a cheap tablet with a [...]
Posted by David Wolf on January 17, 2012
http://siliconhutong.com/2012/01/17/there-is-more-to-tablets-than-cheap-vs-dear/
Brands Add Value
Back in the Hutong Finally, blogging again 1657 hrs. As the debate over if, when, and how China will begin to produce global brands continues, someone quipped today that China will start building brands only after it starts creating products people want to buy. That’s a fair point, but I don’t think it goes far [...]
Posted by David Wolf on January 17, 2012
http://siliconhutong.com/2012/01/17/3106/
US Listed Chinese Companies: The Clock is Ticking
U.S. Regulators Push Chinese to Resume Auditor-Inspection Talks – Businessweek. The U.S. is ratcheting up the rhetoric in the battle to improve the quality of auditing being done on Chinese firms listing or listed on U.S. stock exchanges. The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCOAB) are trying to get [...]
Posted by David Wolf on November 24, 2011
http://siliconhutong.com/2011/11/24/us-listed-chinese-companies-the-clock-is-ticking/
Chinese TV: App to the Future
In the Hutong Back from CASBAA 1307 hrs. “China: The New Mobile App Dragon,” by Peter Farago, Flurry Analytics If one conclusion stands out after all of the panels at the Cable and Satellite Broadcasters’ Association of Asia (CASBAA) conference this week, it is that all of the broadcasters in the region see the challenge [...]
Posted by David Wolf on November 4, 2011
http://siliconhutong.com/2011/11/04/chinese-tv-app-to-the-future/
China’s Choice
As Number One, China To Face Hour Of Choice, by Richard Bush, YaleGlobal Online, June 30, 2011 Richard Bush, who is the director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, offers alarmists in the West some perspective about China and its seemingly inevitable rise to economic [...]
Posted by David Wolf on November 4, 2011
http://siliconhutong.com/2011/11/04/chinas-choice/
Eight Questions the WSJ Could Have Asked KPMG China
Managing in Asia: KPMG Audit Chief Benny Liu Faces China Risks – WSJ.com. As a public relations professional myself, I want to congratulate the KPMG PR team on their coup in today’s Wall Street Journal. In an interview with the Journal‘s Duncan Mavin, Benny Liu, the head of the Audit practice at KPMG China is [...]
Posted by David Wolf on October 24, 2011
http://siliconhutong.com/2011/10/24/eight-questions-the-wsj-could-have-asked-kpmg-china/
VIEs: The Long Resolution
In the Hutong Prepping the Pack Meeting 0917 hrs. In the course of some debates about China, all you learn is how strong peoples opinions are. Yet in a few cases, the debate itself is a socratic-style graduate seminar not only on the topic but on China. The back-and-forth online around the status and eventual [...]
Posted by David Wolf on October 14, 2011
http://siliconhutong.com/2011/10/14/vies-the-long-resolution/
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