Wish I could stick around for the 3rd Chinese Blogger Conference to be held in Beijing on November 3rd and 4th. The folks behind China Web 2.0 Review will be talking about social networking applications and the requirements for using them. Although there is as yet no Chinese version of Facebook they note that's exactly the right name:
"In Chinese, face or mianzi is a strong factor behind social activities.
It seems Facebook has got a relevant name in Chinese culture even
before rolling out a Chinese version."
- China Web 2.0 Review
Karen Christensen, publisher of Guanxi: The China Letter, notes that social media conferences are springing up everywhere in China. I was invited to speak at Nurturing & Commercializing Online Communities in Shanghai, Nov. 28 - 29, 2007 but declined as I couldn't make the trip back to China so soon. Darn. Karen, who's a friend, is moderating the final panel.
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