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China Online: Netspeak and Wordplay Used by Over 700 Million Chinese Internet Users
Contributor(s): Michel, Veronique (Author), Muller, Claude (Illustrator), Koval, Sebastien (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0804844364     ISBN-13: 9780804844369
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $11.66  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2015
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - General
- Travel | Asia - China
- Foreign Language Study | Chinese
Dewey: 495.17
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.5" (0.45 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Chinese
 
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Publisher Description:
Dive into China's new web-based subculture of tech-savy, subversive netizens with China Online

Using Baidu, China's form of Google, young Chinese web-surfers are creating their own language on the Internet. With this book, you can get an insider's view of the way the new wave of Chinese youth communicates in code. Author and translator V ronique Michel guides you on a tour of the lifestyles inhabiting modern-day tribes on the Internet:

  • The Moonlight or Starlight Tribe
  • The Ant Tribe
  • The Corporate Insects
  • The Diamond Man
China Online describes a youth culture in transition--using humor and creativity to survive in a hugely competitive environment. They enjoy puns--including the ingenious talking numbers used to say more things with fewer keystrokes and characters. There is a great deal that lies under the surface. Learn the secret netspeak used by over half a billion of the coolest people in China, and be in the know