The English language China Blog community does seem a little incestuous at times. So when I saw that fellow Canadian (and "Internet mogul") John Chow was in the Middle Kingdom, I was very curious to see his fresh thoughts.
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Or at least, as I see it.

I wrote before about Chinese crowd sourcing and how huge amounts of Nintendo game text could be translated in a matter of days by a few dedicated Chinese fans. I just found a quote on the China segment blog which, in a nutshell, sums up the idea of what I think to be China's greatest advantage:

"Any trivial matter multiplied by 1.3 billion will become a big problem; any astronomical figure divided by 1.3 billion will become a tiny number."
一个很小的问题，乘以13亿，都会变成一个大问题；一个很大的总量，除以13亿，都会变成一个小数目。

— Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (温家宝)

"A little kindness multiplied by 1.3 billion will become an ocean of love;
A great problem divided by 1.3 billion will become a trivial matter."
一点很小的善心，乘以13亿，都会变成爱的海洋；一个很大的困难，除以13亿，都会变得微不足道。

— Wen’s quote as altered by the Internet after the Sichuan earthquake. Source

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At 2:28pm today, 3 minutes of silence was observed for all those who died in the Sichuan Quake. To hear what it sounded like in Dalian China, click here. It's amazingly powerful to hear a city express its grief all at once. The Chinese Internet has followed suit, with most major Web sites wearing black to mark the day:
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Tangos Chan and Elliot Ng have both written posts explaining many ways that you can give to earthquake relief. I encourage you to check them out. According to Elliot, "there is widespread consensus that donating to the Red Cross is the most reliable way to provide immediate disaster relief".
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Horrible news of a massive earthquake in Sichuan province today. For anyone who's searching for the very latest news coming out of the Chengdu area, Twitter is a good source of real-time updates.

Searching twitterlocal.net for people tweeting out of Chengdu gives the following stream of tweets (RSS). There are a few people you may want to follow: In English, inwalkedbud, lyrrael, trusip, and chengdoo.
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