Clubhouse in China: The app’s quick rise and fall created a battle ground for imitators
The wave of Clubhouse blew from Silicon Valley to Chinese social networks. Since Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, joined a chat room on Clubhouse, this audio-only social app has become a buzz with netizens around the world. According to App Annie, Clubhouse has exceeded 8.1 million downloads worldwide, and 4.6 million come from February […]
Daxue Talks transcript #82: Can you access LinkedIn behind the firewall in China?
Linkedin features in China Find here Daxue Talks 82. In this China business vlog, Julien Sicard and Tamar Hela from LinkedIn Local Asia (Shanghai) provide their insights on censorship in China and how top HR and headhunters utilize LinkedIn, one of the very few western social network platforms accessible in the local market. Full transcript […]
Daxue Talks 82: LinkedIn in China: The only unblocked western social network platform…or is it?
LinkedIn is one of the very few, or even only, western social network platforms accessible in China. But are there certain features of LinkedIn that cannot be seen? In this China business vlog, Julien Sicard and Tamar Hela from LinkedIn Local Asia (Shanghai) provide their insights on censorship as well as how top HR and […]
Internet Censorship in China explained
The Internet and social media are pervasive and transformative forces in contemporary China. Nearly half of China’s 1.3 billion citizens now use the Internet. Use of the internet in China began in three phrases. First, with the advent of Internet cafés. Second, with the expansion of home and office based computers. Third, with the widespread […]
The Great Firewall of China
The Great Firewall started since 2002 The name ‘Great Firewall of China’ came from an article written by a man called Charles R. Smith on May 17th 2002 about the internet censorship in China. It is another name for China’s national public network monitor system, also called GFW for short. GFW is a sub-function of […]