For anyone out there who wants to experience what it's like to surf the Net from inside China, you can do so by installing the China Channel Firefox addon. When turned on you will suddenly have a Chinese IP address, and you'll get a better understanding of what Chinese Net users face everyday. 
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I've always been impressed with the Nintendo DS educational capabilities. Arguably the most popular DS game is Brain Age, which requires you to complete certain tasks or puzzles and then tells you how old it thinks your brain is. But there are many more educational games available out there to choose from, namely a language study series from French gaming developer Ubisoft. And for anyone who is trying to acquire Asian languages you'll be happy to hear that My Chinese Coach and, just recently, My Japanese Coach have been released as a part of that series. 
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While I didn't get a chance to attend Open Web Asia in Seoul today, it looks like they managed to snag a few big names. The most recognizable name on the bill was Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo (meh...). While I have yet to see his speech from today, I was curious to see his thoughts on China after he spoke to Christine Lu recently:

The problem is, of course, is there advertising yet in China? Not really. And credit cards, not so much. So I would say that China's really, at least five years off from being a great market for American companies. (See full video interview)

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If you didn't get a chance to visit Beijing during the Olympics, here's an opportunity to see one of its most famous landmarks--well, virtually at least. IBM has created a virtual Forbidden City (website) in an effort to "provide the means for a worldwide audience to celebrate and explore aspects of Chinese culture and history". Check out the intro video: Read more »

Ok, I know this thing is a few years old. But I thought that for anyone who can't get to Shanghai to check it out in person, I'd post this short video so you can experience a little bit of the ride for yourself.

The Shanghai Maglev normally gets up to about 430kmh, but can apparently reach 500 clicks when she's in the mood. It takes about 7 minutes to do the Longyang-to-Airport run, and costs 40 yuan one way with a boarding pass stub. Check out the video below. Pay special attention at the 4.5 minute mark where I think we passed another Maglev, or possibly ran over a rabbit.
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