Virtual China: online superstition

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Virtual China is an exploration of virtual experiences and environments in and about China. The topic is also the primary research area for the Institute for the Future's Asia Focus Program in 2006. IFTF is an independent, nonprofit strategic research group with more than 35 years of forecasting experience based in Palo Alto, CA.
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Lyn Jeffery is a cultural anthropologist and Research Director at the Insitute for the Future, where she leads its Asia Focus Program.
Jason Li is currently a design research intern at Adaptive Path. He previously worked at IFTF & Microsoft Research Asia, and recently graduated from Brown University.
Nan Yang is a freelancer in Shanghai whose many projects include part-time Mandarin teacher at MandarinShanghai.com, assistant for Eric Eldred from Creative Commons, translating manager for gOFFICE, translator for MeMedia, member of Social Brain Foundation, and author of 1idea1day.com. She is also passionate to take part in small and innovative seminars in Shanghai.
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March 23, 2006

online superstition

China's official news agency reports that online "high-tech fortune-telling" sites are poisoning Chinese teenagers, taking them away from their studies. Will try to find some of these in coming weeks!

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(via Gerry Groot at Chineseinternetresearch)

Posted by Lyn Jeffery on March 23, 2006 at 12:02 PM in Religion | Permalink

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How does China's official news agency report on the effectivness of online politics? Is it mentioned at all? Any articles would be great - uni student.

Posted by: Abi | August 29, 2006 at 07:51 AM

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