     36 Hours in Hong Kong & Macau36 Hours in Hong Kong from Dror Poleg on Vimeo. Click on the link above for a larger version. Continue reading "36 Hours in Hong Kong & Macau" » 5 Days in Japan5 Days in Japan from Dror Poleg on Vimeo. Click on the link above for a larger version. Continue reading "5 Days in Japan" » Chinese New Year TreatSouthern Weekend (Nanfang Zhoumo 南方周末), China's biggest and most influential weekly newspaper, published a special edition for Chinese New Year with photos and stories from across China. The special issue features three of my photos, and a short interview about my work and activities in China. A online version ( in Chinese ) is available here.Continue reading "Chinese New Year Treat" » Is China Mobile dangling the ultimate cookie in Beijing’s face?China Mobile might be on its way home. The rumors have been around for a few weeks. On Sunday, Forbes and several other financial news outlets published an AFX story claiming “China Mobile Ltd is expected to start procedures to...Continue reading "Is China Mobile dangling the ultimate cookie in Beijing’s face?" » Is Steve Ballmer the Deng Xiaoping of Microsoft?Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called on the phantom of Mao Zedong while trying to convince the Wall Street Journal that the Redmond giant will flourish without Bill Gates at the helm: “There have been many companies who lost their greatness...Continue reading "Is Steve Ballmer the Deng Xiaoping of Microsoft?" » China and Iran caught in Israel's WokThe Wok is a Hebrew-language blog about China, Israel and everything in between. Following the current commotion in Israel's northern border, The Wok published an article that examines the relation between events in the far and middle east. A full...Continue reading "China and Iran caught in Israel's Wok" » Yahoo-eBay War Rages in ChinaBelow is an excerpt from an article I co-wrote for Red Herring ( with Kaiser Kuo ). Get the full story here. BEIJING–Peace may have broken out between eBay and Yahoo in the United States, but one of the bloodiest...Continue reading "Yahoo-eBay War Rages in China" » Yahoo! China in a tangle as mommy goes to bed with the enemyRed Herring reports today about a new alliance between eBay and Yahoo!, in a bid to “resist rivals like Google and Microsoft”: “The companies plan to expand an existing advertising and search relationship so that Yahoo becomes the exclusive third-party...Continue reading "Yahoo! China in a tangle as mommy goes to bed with the enemy" » Bilingual brands: Love in the time of IKEAIs IKEA china playing love games with its local competitor? IKEA opened its first store in China in 1998. AIKA, one of its biggest local competitors, uses a brand name that is disturbingly similar to that of the Swedish giant....Continue reading "Bilingual brands: Love in the time of IKEA" » Bilingual brands: Google China’s GuGe yarn continuesGoogle doesn’t seem to draw much comfort from its activities in China. Earlier this year, the world’s largest media company copped some flak over the launch of Google.cn, a local version of its search engine that saves people the trouble...Continue reading "Bilingual brands: Google China’s GuGe yarn continues" » Dao bless America: The Congress, China, and counter productivity.Imagine the following scenario: The American congress passes a bill that makes it practically impossible for American Internet companies to operate and compete in the Chinese market, in attempt to prevent censorship and spread freedom. The new law puts a...Continue reading "Dao bless America: The Congress, China, and counter productivity." » China and the Internet: It’s access, stupid.Representatives from technology giants Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Cisco Systems faced questioning at congressional hearings in Washington earlier this week. US lawmakers are increasingly concerned with the way in which companies from the Land of the Free cooperate with governments...Continue reading "China and the Internet: It’s access, stupid." » Jajah VoIP - Skype killer on the loose in ChinaLast week saw the launch of Jajah.com, a new service that is set to revolutionize the way people use the Internet to make phone calls. The VoIP industry has been heating up for a good while, climaxing with eBay’s purchase...Continue reading "Jajah VoIP - Skype killer on the loose in China" » Google China: Reshape one's foot to fit into a red shoe.A few years ago, Internet users trying to access Google.com from mainland China were redirected to a government approved search engine, usually powered by one of the local universities or by a state-owned company. These days, Google’s international services are...Continue reading "Google China: Reshape one's foot to fit into a red shoe." » Marxism, Communication, and the Great Walls of ChinaI recently revisited my copy of the Manifesto of the Communist Party. I was struck by the passage below, which is both clear and perplexing at the same time. How is it relevant in 2005? The answer is up to...Continue reading "Marxism, Communication, and the Great Walls of China" » Theorising on the Run: An Impulsive Account of Online Writing"People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us,...Continue reading "Theorising on the Run: An Impulsive Account of Online Writing" » Googling for the Right Metaphor: The World’s Leading Search Engine, and the Reason We Trust It“Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody” -Agatha Christie Introduction In 1958 the American social psychologist, Merton Deutsch, described trust as a set of actions that increase one’s vulnerability to the actions of another...Continue reading "Googling for the Right Metaphor: The World’s Leading Search Engine, and the Reason We Trust It" » Incredulity towards Postmodernism: Baudrillard, Pessoa, and the Simulacra of Precession‘Let's act like sphinxes, however falsely, until we reach the point of no longer knowing who we are; for we are, in fact, false sphinxes, with no idea of what we are in reality. The only way to be...Continue reading "Incredulity towards Postmodernism: Baudrillard, Pessoa, and the Simulacra of Precession" » Rank Utopia: Google , Hegemony and Access to InformationIntroduction The opportunity to ‘seek, receive, and impart information and ideas' is recognized by the United Nations as a paramount value. Article 19 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) proceeds to stress that people should be able to...Continue reading "Rank Utopia: Google , Hegemony and Access to Information" » Hegemony and Counter Hegemony in The Godfather TrilogyPart 1. Introduction The Marxist thinker Antonio Gramsci argues that mass media plays a significant role in the creation of values and beliefs that are to be followed by the general public. Political power is derived from the moral and...Continue reading "Hegemony and Counter Hegemony in The Godfather Trilogy" » |
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