I was in HK last week, noticed some weird things going on with google. Like I typed in google.com and it automatically goes to the chinese version. I didn't spend the time getting around it because I wasn't doing anything illegal.
Samething here in Canada. When I type google.com and hit enter, it will always go to google.ca. It's not a big deal. We are either censored by government or by the big corporations, no big difference to me.
Actually, whenever your search results are censored on google.cn, the result page you see have a very clear message telling you that the search results are being censored to comply with local law. Other China-based search engines don't display any such messages. Also, although google.cn is censored, the Chinese language version of google.com is still accessible in China and it is not censored. (google.cn's servers are located in China while google.com's servers are not).
Yao refused to be Toyota's pitchman? really? (Just trying to reel it back in here) Seriously, this thing has become something else, and is not pertinent to the rockets in any way. It's interesting, just not here.
Possibly it is a cookie on your PC. If you visit CNN the first time, it will ask you if you want to access the US edition or the world edition. Then you will be directed to that page automatically every time you visit CNN afterwards.
I'm sorry but "Great Wall" is an awful name for a car. Howabout something like "Feidao" (flying dagger) which sounds cool in both Mandarin and English. Plus could get Zhang Yimou to do direct the commercials.
Feidao would be a cool name, but it'd be really tacky if they go with the English translation. I don't think I want to drive a car with the name flying dagger printed in the back. I'm not sure the Chinese cars are going to have good names, here's the Chery lineup: Oriental Son, Flagcloud, Windcloud, Q Q and the Tiggo(http://www.cheryglobal.com/Products.htm ). Weird names for cars IMO.
I think Yao is doing the right thing by not risking his image and the hopes of the people in China. There's still plenty of animosity there, so it's best for Yao to stay out of it. Toyota gets plenty of pub just by Yao playing in their building, and that should be enough.
Yao Ming owns a Toyota: http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Yao_Ming_Licensed_To_Drive-71497-34.html Now all the racist Chinese fans can't like him anymore and don't have to start anymore of these threads.
Using the product is one thing, actively helping to sell the product is another. I am driving a toyota camry, but... Edit: why is this thread still in GARM? Put it in D&D or lock it. I was in great mood anticipating tonight's game against Suns.
Chinese can buy any Japanese products if you think they are good or cheap. But you can never advertise for it because there are some many Chinese who hated Japan so much out there. It is nothing about racism, just the hatred that derives from WWII. Japan is considered as mean, hypocritical and evil by most of Chinese philosophies and it does not have the courage to face the sin it committed.
Yes it's not racism, it's called "nationalism", which has been a highly destructive force for the past century (longer actually). This thread might be D&D material...
I am not sure if they think it's a crime in the 1st place. Remember, history is written by winner. I think they feel they just lost a war and wish they have won.
Pretty sure. Generally speaking, I think it doesn't nearly matter as much to claim anything is "American" or "Japanese" or whatever in this age of multi-national corporations and economic interdependence. In most Western societies, the consumer has moved beyond making decisions based on where a product is made, and now they are more interested in what most global consumers are interested in: quality, value, and at times brand loyalty. For the most part, I think consumers here in the U.S. are now aware of the fact that big corporations are only loyal to themselves, and appear to have shed their 'identity' as either 'American' or 'Japanese' or whatever else, which is expected since they attempt to appeal to a worldwide market, not just the U.S. or the Japanese or the Chinese markets. What's good for GM is not necessarily good for America anymore, or what's good for Big Oil is not good for American anymore, those companies are only concerned with their own well-being, they don't feel a sense of loyalty to their nations anymore.; in a way, the average consumer might be reciprocating this sentiment. Globalization is largely based on the assumption that anyone from anywhere can sell his/her product across borders by appealing to a more 'rational' and 'educated' consumer who is not easily swayed by sentiments. To give an example, the American consumer market seems to be headed that way (look at the automobile industry, for instance).
I currently drive a Honda and a Toyota (looking to get rid of the Toyota... it's seen better days), and drove many American cars back in the ancient days of good American cars, sadly missed. (I had a '65 Mustang fastback that was a screamer, one bought in late '64, when they first came out) I think Yao can endorse whatever he likes, of course, and doesn't have to give any reasons one way or another, if he doesn't want to do that. He's free to do as he likes, and I respect him, and his decisions. Keep D&D Civil.
