Scobleizer: Things I’ve learned in China so far
madcaow
· 1 year ago
hah. great post.
DJ Chang
· 1 year ago
Quick word of advice - Invest with care. Funds have a habit of disappearing - at every stage of a business project. Have fun and socialize.
James Feagans
· 1 year ago
China and their people will soon become compassionate.
James Feagans
· 1 year ago
Why don u pay for all of your theft.
Ray
· 1 year ago
Chicken feet are not bad but if you are in Shanghai, the best food should be the soup dumpling (Xiaolongbao). You must try it before you leave!
Ryo
· 1 year ago
Budweiser isn't american. It's Czech lager.
maychu
· 1 year ago
Try a Chinese reflexology foot massage while you are there. It is quite the experience and can improve your sleep if jet lagged. Also, haggle like crazy! They see you and they will jack up the price, cut it down to at least half or walk away. Also, get someone else to wash your hair at the hair salon, it should cost less than $10 USD and comes with a scalp and shoulder massage...the advantages of cheap labor...
Marc van der Chijs
· 1 year ago
Interesting observations so far, Robert. I would not recommend anybody to start a streaming live video service though. If you try to do it inside China you won't get a license (=end of business before you can even start) and and if you host outside China the service will likely be blocked within a few weeks.
The face masks are actually not for the pollution (a common misconception) but you wear them if you have a cold to avoid infecting others.
Cai
· 1 year ago
Ha! I read "If you could make face masks sexy you could make a mint here. The POPULATION is horrendous" and thought, that's rather uncalled for!
I wonder how India compares to China in terms of potential future impact in the tech industry. I imagine the Great Firewall will prevent the adoption and realisation of the openness ideas we're coming to accept / expect with new web apps.
Photo Calendar Guy
· 1 year ago
Yeah. I would think chicken feet might be flavorful just like the wing tip. I haven't tasted chicken feet though. Bring back a recipe. We can have them as snacks at a special Scobleizer conference!
Mike Chandler
· 1 year ago
I think I'm still going to go ahead and complain about California smog laws, at least those relating to cars.
This is a great post, thank you. I love travelogue stuff like this. Very much appreciated.
Stephanie Sibal
· 1 year ago
Robert,
Sounds like a great trip so far-- I have to admit that a blog posts admitting that trying out chicken feet wasn't that bad are few and far in between!
Gaby Bruna
· 1 year ago
Hey Rob...
ONE OF MY MEMORIES OF WEB-DRIVEN CHINA:
1-Going into tucked away internet cafes located in between apartments in Beijing. 2-Having to give in my ID and get it fotocopied (drove me insane) 3-Barely able to find a computer available because these room were FILLED with dozens of teenagers, men and women, all playing video games, smoking and drinking Sprite. 4-NOTE: This was of course on a Wednesday at 11am) 5-Adamant to judge, I must confess I did feel scared and felt sorry for all those young people in there. It was a weird vibe.
Chris Andrew
· 1 year ago
Sexy gas masks. Unfortunately I see this being big. Love the post.
With all of your "I am not an American", Socialist, liberal leanings, it's no wonder you have assimilated so well. Did you buy a one-way ticket or round trip?
Sparky
· 1 year ago
7. Yes, chicken feet are very tasty. My youngest son was born in Thailand. Earlier this year, we went back to the states for a vacation. We went to KFC. What did he ask to eat? Fried Chicken Feet! The staff behind the counter thought he meant chicken legs. Imagine the look on their faces when I explained what he really wanted.
Another chicken feet story, right before the Iraq War, an Iraqi Kurdish friend was visiting us in southern Thailand. At the local internet cafe, he came running up to me and said, "Oh my god, what are those people eating? It looks like some kind of weird animal." Nope, it was fried chicken feet.
Ben
· 1 year ago
You are braver than I am eating chicken feet. Have you tried drunken prawns yet?
tim
· 1 year ago
just to add to May's post: when haggling, offer .10 of the asking price. walk away at least twice.
Jan
· 1 year ago
just 1 point: I've lived in China over 20years, never seen ppl wear masks to protect their lungs, that's totally exaggerated. You'll lose your money if you sell masks here :)
Lori Ann
· 1 year ago
Chicken feet, tasty? Chewy, maybe, satisfying, perhaps, but I'm not sure they taste like... anything...
I live in rural China, so most of the rest of your points aren't the same here (low pollution, the American brands are mostly Oreos and Pepsi, not cars or beer, ec.). But I've traveled around other parts of China to know what you mean! (Especially about the driving... scary.)
Toma Bonciu - SEO Services
· 1 year ago
Hi,
All that pollution it's not good. China has now a great economical power and if they suffer I think we all will feel it.
Thank you
Fred Grott
· 1 year ago
I think People fail to realize that the protectionist censorship philosophy has been rampant in China since China was first open to the west in the early 19th Century as a form of protection from invasion.
Thus the counter if to succeed would also have to philosophically have at its core the task of protecting China from perceived invasion..yes we all hate Xenophobia but in CHina its looke don as a Countries other military..
Udo Schroeter
· 1 year ago
> 7. Chicken feet are more tasty than one might expect.
This made me laugh :-) On the other hand, one already has pretty low expectations to begin with when it comes to chicken feet!
Have you tried the fried bugs yet?
Scott
· 1 year ago
What are the Facebook clones that are doing well?
cgrassi
· 1 year ago
did you make any video of the interior design of the Shenzhen book center? Would be great to share it, thanks.
Lucas
· 1 year ago
That's cool. Nice perception.
Diana
· 1 year ago
Nice post. But chicken feet! Eyuk. I have a habit of browsing blogs and having my dinner. I'm glad I was done with dinner before reading this post :)
Martin
· 1 year ago
Hi,
well Budvar is a Czech pilsner and a fairly good beer and Budweiser is a brown liquid that s marketed in the US as a beer but can be easily avoided if you for a real beer from a microbrewery.
Have fun
Martin
Ted Murphy
· 1 year ago
How were the chicken feet prepared? Fried? Anything tastes good fried.
Alain Saffel
· 1 year ago
Ahh, chicken feet. I stayed with family friends once when I was a kid and they served chicken feet. I refused to eat that night.
Years later, as a joke, my parents cooked up some chicken feet and put them in front of me. It was a good joke, but I still didn't eat them.
George
· 1 year ago
hey - thanks for visiting us at our Web2Asia office, it was a cool session with local entrepreneurs!
Vickywebworld
· 1 year ago
Great! Everone have something to learn from this.
Thanks for writing such a fabulous article
Ravit_Ustrategy
· 1 year ago
Robert, did you get to see the cover bands in China? They're amazing (in Singapore too). Everyone wants to be a music star. When I was there in earlier this year , I had serious talks with entrepreneurs about creating a "self publishing" business for these guys. It's hard to borrow the exact models of US-based music collaboration and publishing startups, but with mild modifications it can definitely be a huge opportunity.
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The face masks are actually not for the pollution (a common misconception) but you wear them if you have a cold to avoid infecting others.
I wonder how India compares to China in terms of potential future impact in the tech industry. I imagine the Great Firewall will prevent the adoption and realisation of the openness ideas we're coming to accept / expect with new web apps.
It was all going so well.
I did a little digging and found these two:
http://www.xiaonei.com
http://www.51.com/
Am I right?
Sounds like a great trip so far-- I have to admit that a blog posts admitting that trying out chicken feet wasn't that bad are few and far in between!
ONE OF MY MEMORIES OF WEB-DRIVEN CHINA:
1-Going into tucked away internet cafes located in between apartments in Beijing.
2-Having to give in my ID and get it fotocopied (drove me insane)
3-Barely able to find a computer available because these room were FILLED with dozens of teenagers, men and women, all playing video games, smoking and drinking Sprite.
4-NOTE: This was of course on a Wednesday at 11am)
5-Adamant to judge, I must confess I did feel scared and felt sorry for all those young people in there. It was a weird vibe.
my comments at http://www.commentino.com/orim
Another chicken feet story, right before the Iraq War, an Iraqi Kurdish friend was visiting us in southern Thailand. At the local internet cafe, he came running up to me and said, "Oh my god, what are those people eating? It looks like some kind of weird animal." Nope, it was fried chicken feet.
I live in rural China, so most of the rest of your points aren't the same here (low pollution, the American brands are mostly Oreos and Pepsi, not cars or beer, ec.). But I've traveled around other parts of China to know what you mean! (Especially about the driving... scary.)
All that pollution it's not good. China has now a great economical power and if they suffer I think we all will feel it.
Thank you
Thus the counter if to succeed would also have to philosophically have at its core the task of protecting China from perceived invasion..yes we all hate Xenophobia but in CHina its looke don as a Countries other military..
This made me laugh :-) On the other hand, one already has pretty low expectations to begin with when it comes to chicken feet!
Have you tried the fried bugs yet?
Would be great to share it, thanks.
well Budvar is a Czech pilsner and a fairly good beer and Budweiser is a brown liquid that s marketed in the US as a beer but can be easily avoided if you for a real beer from a microbrewery.
Have fun
Martin
Years later, as a joke, my parents cooked up some chicken feet and put them in front of me. It was a good joke, but I still didn't eat them.
Thanks for writing such a fabulous article
Best,
Ravit