Introduction
Welcome!
I am a journalist, primarily for the International Fiber Journal, where I am their Asia and China correspondent.
Other places I have published include Linux.com, CM (Composite Magazine), PTCN, LaunchPad, Nailpro, Colored Stone, Lighthouse Digest, the Los Angeles Times, and more than other 50 Chinese, Singaporean, and Malaysian magazines and newspapers.
When not committing journalism, I work on other writing projects, and on some trade business.
In the past, I have been an assistant architect, a cartoonist, an official in Chinese government, and the owner [...]
Open source
China changes Linux tactics»By Chen Nan Yang Originally published at www.linux.com on December 23, 2005 (8:00:00 AM); reprinted with the author's permission.
China's Guangdong Linux Center (GDLC) and 27 universities last month set up the Guangdong Leadership of Open Source University Promotion Alliance (GDLUPA) to promote Linux in China's universities.
The GDLUPA founded several Linux Practical Bases, which are learning centers for the university students. "The students will proliferate Linux to the whole country after their graduation," Lo Sanlu, an official in the GDLUPA, said. He also [...]
Business
China's Beauty Industry»By Chen Nan Yang Originally published at Launchpad; reprinted with the author's permission.
From China's bamboo forest villages in Yunnan to the high-rises of Shanghai, Mongolian Cow Yogurt Super Girl—a hugely popular American Idol-like TV program—has created quite a stir. And when Li Yuchun, a music student with a tomboy haircut and girl next-door beauty, won the coveted title, she spawned a new short and edgy hairstyling craze among young girls living across the vast expanse of Mainland China.
Super Girl also created [...]
