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Written By: 孙智谦 on November 29, 2006 No Comment

Yep, that’s right…rollercoasters in supermarkets. In China’s city of Shenyang, a grocery store has actually installed tracks in the aisles so that people can relax while they slowly move down the aisles and pick up what they want.

The good: It moves very slowly, so you don’t have to worry about puking on aisle [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on November 21, 2006 No Comment

In a move that pretty much everybody predicted, China re-banned its citizens from accessing Wikipedia only about a week after opening up access to the site.  The reason for the ban is apparently due to certain sensitive content on the site (Taiwan, the Falun Gong, Tibet, etc.).  And since the Chinese government can’t totally control the site [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on November 17, 2006 No Comment

This is a pretty interesting article on Gizmodo that speculates about that and which country will move in to take its place once it happens. 

Here’s a selected quote from the article:

“After all, the natural cycle in gadget production has been for a country to start out as a purveyor of discount knock-offs, then gradually reinvent [...]

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