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Google Knockoffs Face Obstacles in China

Sky Canaves, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 12, 2010 at 12:05 pm PT

Recently we reported on a pair of Google knockoff sites–Goojje.com and Youtubecn.com–that sprang up in the days following the U.S. Internet giant’s announcement that it might withdraw from the Chinese market. The sites, and the savvy Chinese Web users behind them, have garnered a lot of attention from domestic and foreign media, which isn’t necessarily a plus.

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In China, Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattering Google

Sky Canaves, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 29, 2010 at 11:08 am PT

In case you’ve missed it, China’s irrepressible shanzhai enthusiasts have been at it again, using imitation to pay tribute to Google. Since Google’s Jan. 12 announcement that it might withdraw from the Chinese market, two knockoff Web sites have appeared in China bearing an intentionally uncanny resemblance to Google sites.

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Chinese Web Users Plan Tech Workarounds

Sky Canaves and Loretta Chao, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 15, 2010 at 1:00 am PT

For Google Inc. users in China, the big question isn’t whether the Internet giant retreats from China, but if Beijing retaliates by blocking Google’s international search site. If Beijing decides to put the site on the other side of the “Great Firewall,” as the country’s system of Internet controls is informally known, college student Shi Yuchen has a workaround already planned. She’ll simply fanqiang, or “scale the wall.”

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A Blogger Briefing Ahead of Obama's China Trip

Sky Canaves, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 13, 2009 at 1:19 pm PT

China’s bloggers are a focus of organizers of the President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit, echoing similar efforts by the administration to use social-media tools to communicate with Americans.

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IPhone Arrives in China, but Where Is Pleco?

Sky Canaves, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 2, 2009 at 11:14 am PT

For students of the Chinese language, there is one electronic dictionary application that seems to stand in a class of its own, made by a small New York-based software company called Pleco. Certain language learners (myself included) have been known to carry otherwise useless (and outdated) Palm Pilots for the sole purpose of using the Pleco dictionary.

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People's Daily Site Accuses Google of "Malicious Revenge"

Sky Canaves, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 27, 2009 at 1:04 pm PT

Google has seen its fair share of troubles in China, from having its flagship search engine blocked to being scolded for peddling pornography. Last week, the Chinese Written Works Copyright Society accused the company of infringing the rights of Chinese authors through its Google Books project.

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China's Defense Ministry Goes Online

Sky Canaves, Lead Editor, China Journal, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 20, 2009 at 9:55 am PT

China’s normally secretive Ministry of Defense launched its first Web site for trial operation on Thursday, in Chinese and English versions, as part of an effort to promote the transparency and improve perceptions of the world’s largest military force.

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When "Internet Addiction" Turns Deadly

Sky Canaves, Lead Writer, China Journal, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 4, 2009 at 7:18 am PT

So-called “Internet addiction” among Chinese youths has led to a proliferation of clinics around the country that claim to be able to treat the recently defined disorder.

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Shutting Down Communications to Prevent More Protest

Sky Canaves, Lead Writer, China Journal, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 8, 2009 at 12:50 pm PT

The ongoing riots and protests in western China’s Xinjiang region have led to some extraordinary restrictions on communications in China: Internet service and mobile phone access around Urumqi have been curtailed, while social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Fanfou (a homegrown version of Twitter) are suddenly inaccessible to users around the country.

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In Google China Flap, An Accuser Is Accused

Juliet Ye and Sky Canaves, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 22, 2009 at 2:00 pm PT

China’s critiques of Google have sparked an online backlash among some Web users in China, in the latest sign of discontent with the government’s Internet control tactics.