There's an important aspect the writer seems to forget. If Facebook would enter China it would only be under the CCP's rules. That means heavy self-censoring of content. The writer does not ask the question if netizens would even have the need for such a platform. Driven by competitions of many copycats, most of the ... Full Comment>>

> narrow social circle, less active lifestyle, emotional issues, and inability to interact with the opposite sex Much of which is caused by the fact that as teenagers all they (can) do is study, study and study some more for the all important gaokao. And after university graduaction many focus fully on work. A ... Full Comment>>

The question one should ask here is ''if the average Chinese person could afford it, would he buy luxury products?'. And in that case I would have to say 'yes' in most cases. Simply because Chinese culture is driven by mianzi (face) and one of the best ways to gain mainzi is to flaunt your affluence by products. As ... Full Comment>>