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	<title>Thomas Crampton</title>
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	<description>China, Internet and new media seen from Asia</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Yay, I&#8217;m 254th on Wikio</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/media/yay-im-254th-on-wikio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Internet is all about metrics, so while blog rankings have never obsessed me, I do pay attention.
Traffic over my blog has steadily increased as I post more regularly, but funny things seem to happen with external measures of popularity.
1- Plunging on Technorati
Founded by blog pioneer David Sifry, Technorati has long been considered the gateway [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China votes for Barack Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/politics/china-votes-for-barack-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/politics/china-votes-for-barack-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomascrampton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
At least that is the conclusion of the Asia Society.
The Asia Society compiled a nicely presented video of policy leaders from across Asia saying which US presidential candidate is viewed most favorably in their part of the world.
Barack Obama won hands down in countries across the region.
China would vote for Obama in part because he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sophie Richardson: Olympics Coverage Guide for Journalists</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/sophie-richardson-olympics-coverage-guide-for-journalists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/sophie-richardson-olympics-coverage-guide-for-journalists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomascrampton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
 
  
Sophie Richardson, Asia advocacy director of Human Rights Watch, interviewed by Hugo Restall, Editor of The Far Eastern Economic Review about the Chinese government&#8217;s attitude towards media.
Richardson recently published a new report, &#8220;China&#8217;s Forbidden Zones: Shutting the Media Out of Tibet and Other &#8216;Sensitive&#8217; Stories.&#8221;




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		<title>Can Taiwan change China?</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/can-taiwan-change-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/can-taiwan-change-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomascrampton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article by Jonathan Adams in the International Herald Tribune described a certain cult unpopular with Beijing that was recruiting mainlanders visiting Taiwan thanks to the cross-straits detente.
The Taiwan government is powerless to stop the activities due to strong laws protecting assembly of private citizens.
The broad question this raise to me is whether Taiwan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ross Dunkley</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/people/ross-dunkley-myanmar-times-phnom-penh-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/people/ross-dunkley-myanmar-times-phnom-penh-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Myanmar Times]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phnom Penh Post]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ross Dunkley]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam Investment Review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A brash and veteran newspaperman of greater Indo-China, Dunkley has headed the launch of publications including the Vietnam Investment Review, Myanmar Times (English and Burmese-language editions) as well as the conversion of The Phnom Penh Post into a daily newspaper. (Planned for August 2008)
Dunkley often has strong views and has never been known to hold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HK Economic Journal gets a website</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/media/hk-economic-journal-gets-a-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/media/hk-economic-journal-gets-a-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomascrampton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the era of newspaper downsizings, somebody is stepping up to launch:
For the first time in its history, the Hong Kong Economic Journal, a small but highly respected Hong Kong newspaper, today launched a website.
Welcome to 20th century, guys!
(Irony alert: Richard Li, of PCCW and telecoms fame, is a major shareholder.)
They are looking for feedback, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen Vines: Hong Kong&#8217;s schizophrenic China patriotism</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/uncategorized/stephen-vines-hong-kongs-schizophrenic-china-patriotism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/uncategorized/stephen-vines-hong-kongs-schizophrenic-china-patriotism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomascrampton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Eleven years after Britain returned the crown colony of Hong Kong to China, Stephen Vines, a longtime Hong Kong-based journalist and entrepreneur, highlights the territory&#8217;s schizophrenic patriotism in this video.
While many in Hong Kong cheer the Olympic victories of China, the commemoration of the June 4 crackdown shows the complexity of the territory&#8217;s relationship with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IPTV service for Taiwan and China?</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/iptv-service-for-taiwan-and-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/iptv-service-for-taiwan-and-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomascrampton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
  
When I pitched this business idea about a week ago in a blog post, I received numerous emails of encouragement and some with helpful suggestions. This is a refined version of the business plan presented on video and set to drumbeat.
Would you want this service?




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		<title>Leo Horn: China developed by luck, not planning</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/leo-horn-phathanothai-china-developed-by-luck-not-planning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/leo-horn-phathanothai-china-developed-by-luck-not-planning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomascrampton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Economist and Beijing-based national coordinator for the UK-China Sustainable Development Dialogue, Leo Horn-Phathanothai, attacks the notion that China offers a new model for economic development. 
China developed by luck, not good planning, Horn says.
Development experts and ideologues of all shades are touting the ‘China Development Model’ as incontrovertible evidence in support of their disparate theories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hong Kong Govt to citizens: Drink More Wine!</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/hong-kong/hong-kong-govt-to-citizens-drink-more-wine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/hong-kong/hong-kong-govt-to-citizens-drink-more-wine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomascrampton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I had lunch with Hong Kong&#8217;s Financial Secretary, John Tsang, who presented the Hong Kong&#8217;s government&#8217;s plan for turning the territory into a hub for wine.
As improbable as this may sound for a city where - to the best of my knowledge - grapes don&#8217;t even grow, here the plan:
- Drop wine taxes to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vivek Wadhwa</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/vivek-wadhwa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/vivek-wadhwa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomascrampton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Vivek Wadhwa is a Wertheim Fellow at the Harvard Law School and executive in residence at Duke University who specializes in studying innovation in business. He was formerly a tech entrepreneur who founded two tech companies. 
His studies, published at Globalization Research, have included looking at the level of innovation in China, the relative gap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vivek Wadhwa: China is NOT the new Silicon Valley</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/vivek-wadhwa-china-is-not-the-new-silicon-valley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/vivek-wadhwa-china-is-not-the-new-silicon-valley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomascrampton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While William Bao Bean said in a recent interview that we should Expect More Digital Garages in China, Vivek Wadhwa disagrees, asserting that China is not innovating and has still has not moved beyond copycat status.
&#8220;China is simply unable to innovate,&#8221; said Wadhwa, a Harvard fellow and Duke University professor. A former technology entrepreneur, Wadhwa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Searches from China, but Koreans Search more often</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/more-searches-from-china-but-koreans-search-more-often/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/more-searches-from-china-but-koreans-search-more-often/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomascrampton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[South Korea&#8217;s Internet searchers conducted an average of 104 searches in April, nearly twice as many as Malaysians, who clocked in at 54 searches per searcher in April, according to Comscore&#8217;s latest findings.
Perhaps the Malaysians should help the South Koreans find what they are looking for?
Asia&#8217;s largest number of searches, not surprisingly, came from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalism jobs in Shanghai</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/media/maria-trombly-china-shanghai-tromblyltd-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/media/maria-trombly-china-shanghai-tromblyltd-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomascrampton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Maria Trombly,  whose company covers a range of topics from Asian securities to payments and technology for trade magazines, is constantly on the lookout for freelance copy editors and reporters.
Now, she is also looking for a full-time entertainment industry reporter.
The jobs pay local scale &#8212; not US rates. But she says those working for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Govt: No blogger accreditation in Hong Kong</title>
		<link>http://www.thomascrampton.com/media/ernst-herb-fcc-hong-kong-betty-fung-isd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thomascrampton.com/media/ernst-herb-fcc-hong-kong-betty-fung-isd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomascrampton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong does not recognize bloggers for accreditation to official media events, Betty Fung, the Hong Kong government&#8217;s Director of Information Services, told me today.
(Fung, the top spokesperson for the government,  is seated next to Ersnt Herb, the recently elected president of the Foreign Correspondents&#8217; Club of Hong Kong.)
The lack of blogger accreditation in [...]]]></description>
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