The more the red power is trying to conceal the three Ts that they consider as taboos: Tibet, Tian'anmen Square and Taiwan, the greater curiosity aroused among its people. There's even an article to testify the fore-mentioned theory.
If all the mainstream news outlets have trending topics like Twitter does, "Google In China" tops the charts unquestionably. Ironically, it's not a trending topic on Twitter, not for a second yet. Check "In The News" section on LATimes.com
Google.cn's gone, but the spirit of an enduring fight for freedom of information searching survives.
Forgive me if I'm talking too much about politics. I am everything but one who gives a hoot about politics.
But I do love the way they are using basketball as a bridge better than political strategies to fill the gap between China and the U.S.
Many Americans would assume that the best ambassador from NBA would be Yao Ming. What's shocking is that to most Chinese fans, Kobe Bryant would be a more ideal candidate.
Yet, the most shocking fact is, believe it or not, Tracy McGrady outpowers Yao and Kobe combined. Evidence? If you missed the heated discussion about the 2010 All-star game Western starters' voting nightmares, especially to Steve Nash/Chris Paul/Deron Williams/..., then you can't miss the latest news that a recent poll on Chinese website Tecent showed that Tracy McGrady's New York Knicks got four times more favoring votes from Chinese fans than the so-called Chinese people's team Houston Rockets before the game between the two.
Speaking of the 2010 NBA All-star, I just stumbled upon an interesting article about the advertising over this year's all-star, thanks to which I got the unbelievable stats: NBA fans are 60 percent male and 40 percent female.With almost half of the NBA lovers women, how come I always felt like I was the only female online, fascinated and crazy about the game.
Another thing that might single me out might be the ones I'm rooting for: Chris Webber and his Sacramento Kings. I loved them the most when the NBA was in a purple and gold era. I hated their fate rival, aka the Lakers, the most when Robert Horry accidentally picked up the rebounded ball and made a even-if-it-was-a-two-point-ball-it-would-not-change-the-result's three point shot. I had always thought that I was an enemy of states since everyone, no matter in the west hemisphere or east, had the blood of purple and gold inside.
It was not until the end of the Laker's OK era that I realized, everybody hated the Lakers, just the way everyone hates Duke. Among all the theories talked about as why everyone hates Duke, I found the BIRGing and CORFing one particularly stimulating. Lesson 2: it's a common term in sports marketing and social psychology: Basking In Reflected Glory and Cutting Off Reflected Failure.
I won't deny that the reason I supported CWEBB at first was in no small part because that made me special. Imagine a world where most people wear the jersey in purple and gold, wouldn't it be cool, unique and eyeballs-attracting to wear a white and purple one that has a crown as a logo instead of a "Lakers"? But that's just the way I picked my favorite team when I had no other options to make a decision.
And the greater plus side is love at first sight lasts long. That's how I became the one and only CWEBB&KINGS female freak in China. Hats off to my loyalty.
Even though I found out that I've got tons of anti-Lakers companions, yet still, there are geeks who are even experts at the celebrities with court-side Lakers' seats, whether Chinese geeks or American geezers.
My pal Ronan, also a sports freak, but a male sports freak, has an amazing video website about American footballs. He has mania for English Premier Football: the Arsenal soccer team, and our school's football team: USC trojans football.
As a student in Communication Management, I'd also like to share something from my reading assignments everyday.
Today's quote would be:
Six principles of successful ideas:
Simplicity + Unexpectedness + Concreteness + Credibility + Emotion + Story = SUCCESS
haha, I am very happy to see my name in your blog. When you bacome famous, I will tell everyone about it!! Althrough I do not watch NBA for a long time, I still love Sacramento Kings. I can not forget their fascinating and unique attacking style which has disappare in NBA now. And as a Kings' fan, you should not forget the one who make all this happen:J-Will. He may not be a great player, even not a good player, but he is the one who can play bascketball like an artist. There might be another MJ, Like LJ or KB, but ONLY ONE J-WILL.
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