On 30th October, along with a high-profile event in Beijing and 30 ceremonies in major cities, China Unicom started selling iPhones equipped for 3G service officially at 2,000 stores nationwide.

Without a key feature of WiFi connectivity and at higher prices than widely available black market models, China Unicom’s iPhones are absolutely not able to satisfy Chinese consumers. As a result, it is ridiculed as a “Castrated iPhone”. I came across this cartoon last night. It is a classic visualization of such satire……

[China Social Media Jobs]

Agency: Razorfish | digital

Position: Social Media Manager (Beijing)

[China Social Media Jobs]

Agency: Effect Ripple | social media

Position: Online Community Manager (Shanghai)

On 22 October 2009, Edelman APAC launched the first ever quarterly Digital Brand Index (DBI) derived from Brandtology data. The DBI is the first research project to compare online conversation and digital engagement across eight markets (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia) in Asia Pacific. The study is based on 800,000 online mentions of 233 major technology brands, contained within 4,348 influential channels monitored between July and September 2009……

Microsoft officially launched Windows 7 operating system in China on October 23, 2009. This is a product that Microsoft really wants to make a big splash on the market and help the company stave off competition from Apple. So let’s do a quick check on consumers’ reaction and their feedback on the Internet.

This quick study contains search data from Baidu Index and online buzz from Chinese BBS/Blogs……

Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. By doing so on the same day, the blogging community effectively changes the conversation on the web and focuses audiences around the globe on that issue.

Blog Action Day 2009 will be one of the largest-ever social change events on the web. With thousands and thousands of web sites pledging to post today, the 15th of October, millions of readers from over 140 countries will find out a great deal more about this years topic of climate change……

Xiexielong is a new online cartoon character created by a young creative collective called Dong Li Fang. The team, lead by Zhejiang University of Media and Communications graduate Pangjun, currently has six Beijing-based members.

On October 4th, Dong Li Fang issued it’s latest animation piece, titled Xiexielong’s Private College Diary: Let’s Reminiscence on Tudou and Youku. Check it out below. You will find it contains quite a few obscure Chinese 80-generation cultural references. For example, teasing TV series of our youth, like Legend of the White Snake, Growing Pains, and even the more recent TV show Super Girl……

[China Social Media Jobs]

Company: Dell | computer

Position: Education Online Community Manager (Beijing)