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Semi-news and non-news from Junko’s notebook.

The quiet defiance of the Beijing motorist

Junko Yoshida

8/6/2012 12:43 PM EDT

The rigidity of Chinese government’s control over people’s lives is well documented. Many foreign observers (including myself), however, often naively assume that people in China are equally rigid about complying with government rules.


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What has the Chinese government done to limit the vehicular and other pollution at the sources? Do ...

Slideshow: Flying cork

Junko Yoshida

7/19/2012 9:37 AM EDT

When I was at a farm in the Alentejo region of Portugal, I saw little connection between cork and engineering. Wrong. Cork has already taken flight -- from bottle caps to aerospace.


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Hi Junko! The problem is a diminished lack of respect to tradition. What ever happened to cork ...

Who recovers first? Panasonic, Sony or Sharp?

Junko Yoshida

6/29/2012 8:43 AM EDT

Recent reports from Japan on new CEOs at Japan’s two consumer electronics behemoths – Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. – should make you feel both hopeful and weary at the same time.


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Panasonic simply couldn't let go of Plasma technology and spent huge sums on it to maintain the ...

Mr. GPS leaves CSR

Junko Yoshida

6/28/2012 9:33 AM EDT

When an executive resigns from a company, it is announced in a dry press release in which it says that Mr. XYZ “is leaving the company for personal reasons to spend more time with his family.”


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Agreed. This was very refreshing, personal and passionate. Best of luck to Mr. Chadha in his next ...

China speed vs. China quality

Junko Yoshida

6/27/2012 1:17 PM EDT

Many of my friends, colleagues and readers told me that a flood of comments posted by EE Times community members’ after each of my China stories is more revealing than my reporting.


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Chanj - You make an excellent comment and I agree. Having worked in quality control in China for ...

Zzzz…Microsoft 'Surface' tablet for the U.S. market is a yawn

Junko Yoshida

6/20/2012 10:13 AM EDT

As I see a lot of ink spilt in the media over Microsoft’s upcoming tablet dubbed “Surface,” I can’t help but wonder where on earth Microsoft plans to sell this product.


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I need a fraction of the power of my laptop when I'm on the road. But, I need that fraction to work ...

China's social media:'Warp speed, Mr. Sulu!'

Junko Yoshida

6/17/2012 4:37 PM EDT

The speed of revolution among Chinese Internet social sites is so fast that it makes Google, Yahoo and Amazon look molasses in January on the Siberian border.


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Oh and I forgot another crucial difference - its truly an interactive marketplace. QQ chat is ...

Engineering as a career in China? Not so much

Junko Yoshida

6/10/2012 7:33 PM EDT

Why does a Chinese become an engineer? Enter the world of M. She is my new Chinese friend I met in Shenzhen.


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I am also engineer from china in shenzhen. Make a living is first. The CPI here is very high,one ...

Tweeting kanji from a Shanghai balcony, between sweat socks

Junko Yoshida

6/8/2012 2:04 PM EDT

While queuing up for customs at the airport, I quickly learned to play what has now become my favorite sport since I arrived in China: Reading signs in Kanji (Chinese characters) and guess what they mean.


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Japanese script is traditionly based on Chinese charactor but they developed more based on their ...

Slideshow: Rambus lights up GuitarMania

Junko Yoshida

5/27/2012 6:32 PM EDT

10-foot Fender Stratocaster guitars showed up in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland this Memorial weekend. Among them was a guitar illuminated with LED lights, developed by Rambus engineers.


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Rambus, you've convinced me. What the world needs is an electric guitar, the entire face of which is ...

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