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POPSGoogle, Baidu Racing to Build Online Library in China The race to penetrate the enormous Chinese market continues. In a land where relationships are key, I have to assume that the US foreign-fronted Google will be at a serious disadvantage in cases such as this. Their technological preeminence will certainly make it an interesting battle though.
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POPSNews Corp in talks to bring MySpace to China Will be interesting to see if MySpace can do a better job than other US companies in China. The platform is so easy to replicate that I imagine a local company completely destroying them in the market.
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POPSRoman descendants found in China Fascinating stuff. Rome signed a peace treaty with Parthia in 20 BC and required Parthia to repatriate its soldiers captured 33 years ago. However, the remnants of the Roman forces in Parthia were nowhere to be found. Where did they go? via www.metafilter.com
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POPS2008 Olympics plans open source migration I continue to regard the 2008 games in Beijing as a major turning point for humanity -- the event that will see the reformed China open up and present itself to the world as the unstoppable economic, cultural and technological powerhouse for the coming century.