So after almost two years in beta mode, QQ International - the English-language and other version of the wildly popular QQ chat platform - is finally officially released. You can read about it here with Techcrunch or in this older exclusive on Cnet, or you can just give it a whirl by downloading it here. And you may not remember this, but Shanghaiist actually has a QQ group: 35321512. We promise to get on it now that it's for real. more ›

Jianshuo notes a similar flower bloom on MSN in 2004 and observes:

I just want to share with my friends on this blog about the reality, or to be more exact, about the reaction/perception of what happened in London and Paris. People may evaluate about the result of the protest. It is the time to find a way to communicate a message that is acceptable by the Chinese people. I heard a lot of criticism about the perception, but I only see "different", not right or wrong.