It is with a bit of sentiment that I announce this as my last post on CNET Asia, brining an end to the near year-long reign of the Tech Dynasty.

When I took over the China beat from Rick Martin after his move to Tokyo (and Tokyo Shift), I was honored to be a part of the proud pedigree that he and Will Moss before him had created.
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Aside from terrible traffic, row upon endless row of souless apartment blocks, and a rather brutal family planning system, China's massive population also assures that it's never short on bizarre news stories. And while traditional media outlets are never shy to publish a juicy or scandalous story, a number of blogs have popped up in recent years that do all-weird, all the time. What follows is a list of some of my favorite sources of weird China news.
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Dubbed Twittamentary, a new documentary about Twitter by Singapore filmmaker Tan Siok Siok, is setting up to take the term "social media" to a whole new level.
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There is a silent but ever-present chip carried around on the shoulders of many in this country about the nation's "what have you done for me lately" innovation sector. Sure, China is responsible for the compass, gunpowder, paper making and printing. However, a little over a thousand years ago, it hit a bit of a dry spell which it has only recently begun to pull itself out of.

And what a way to get back in the saddle--China has created the first-ever SMS worm:
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It's been a silent couple of weeks around the Tech Dynasty and for that I apologize. I headed off on vacation and spent two weeks desperately trying to pretend computers had never been invented. The vacation was great, but as is always the case, returning to work brings with it a mountain of things to do. While I process that, I wanted to share some photos I came across (via the most excellent All Roads Lead To China) depicting factory working conditions in China.

These images certainly put my white collar--or more often than not in this summer heat, no collar--job in perspective.
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