Archive for the 'China' Category

Domain Name or Domain Number?

November 17, 2006

As I observed some of the famous Web sites in China, there are a tendency of using number in their domain names. Some notable sites in China, e.g. China’s first search engine, i.e. 3721.com; a famous China social networking site, i.e. 51.com, and my favorite sites in China that are hao123.net or 163.com, they all [...]

IBM Chief Purchasing Operations Transferred to China

October 30, 2006

I just come across an article from China Supply Chain Council stated that IBM was transferring its chief purchasing operations to China, a move that highlights China’s growing importance in the field of global supply chain. This is the first time the headquarter of a IBM division has been relocated. No doubt Shenzhen has emerged [...]