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I can’t deny that I’ve been using Facebook far more any normal person should. It’s like, if hotmail and crack were to somehow have sex and reproduce, the result would surely be something like Facebook. That said, it is most certainly a... ...full story at Lost Laowai

from Lost Laowai on Sun, Jul 15 2007

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30 Jan 08 visit Help Students for a Free Tibet Win 50,000  »  YouTube videoLog on to your Facebook account. If you don't have an account already, please open one at www.facebook.com. • Once you're logged in, go to: apps.facebook.com/causes/view_cause/47691 • Donate $10 to the Tibetan Freedom Movement. In order to...
24 Jun 08 visit Facebook’s China Foray  »  China Journal Facebook’s move to go international has taken it to the world’s most populous Internet market – sort of. Screen shot of Facebook’s simplified Chinese page The social-networking site hasn’t yet started a local operation in Chin...
28 May 08 visit The ‘People’s Premier’ on Facebook  »  China Journal Screen shot of Wen Jiabao’s Facebook page Just how approachable is Chinese Premier “Grandpa Wen” Jiabao? So far, he’s the only known living Chinese leader to have a Facebook page , though it’s impossible to tell whether he...
01 Jul 08 visit Facebook Gets Poked in China  »  China Journal Following Facebook’s recent launch of a Chinese-language version for mainland China, users in some parts of Beijing are finding the site’s homepage inaccessible. Screen shot of Facebook’s simplified Chinese home page Technical glitc...
03 Jun 08 visit Another Facebook Fan for Wen Jiabao  »  China Journal Wen Jiabao is rising through the ranks of Facebook popularity Xinhua apparently likes the Facebook page of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. In a complimentary news item today, the state news agency highlights Wen’s Facebook popularity, which has soared...
08 Dec 09 visit A Message to Mandarin  »  Sinosplice One of ChinesePod’s more active and positive users, simonpettersson, recently wrote an amusing Open letter to the Chinese language. Here’s how it starts out: You’re afraid, aren’t you, Mandarin? You’re starting to feel...

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