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China Youth Tour | Changsha After Dark
When the sun is out, most of Changsha’s youth escape the overbearing heat, but come nightfall, everyone emerges from their air-conditioned sanctuaries. Restaurants turn sidewalks into dining rooms as collapsible tables stretch as far as the eye can see. McDonald’s and KFC compete for attention...
July 28th, 2010 | China Youth Tour 2010, Nick, Travel | Read More
China Youth Tour | CouchSurfing Takes Off in China!
It’s been just over 3 weeks since I hit the road on my 4-month tour of China. As mentioned in my previous post, I’ll be CouchSurfing most of the way. It’s a great way to meet locals, and get a glimpse of their lives. My first host was Chandler Han in Wuhan. What a guy!
Chandler is...
July 28th, 2010 | China Youth Tour 2010, Nick, Travel | Read More
Announcing enovate’s 2010 China Youth Tour
Nick here, signing in from Changsha.
I’ve been on the road for a week, and what a week it’s been: playing fooseball with China’s original punks, following a local graffiti crew as they tread along a foot-wide ledge to leave their mark on a bridge, a late night swim in the Yangtze river...
July 13th, 2010 | China Youth Tour 2010, Nick | Read More
enovate Invades Hangzhou!!
What a weekend! This past Saturday, the enovate office met bright and early outside the Shanghai South Train Station to embark on our Hangzhou expedition. Despite some “alarm problems” that may have caused a few enovaters to miss the 9:29 train, we reunited in sunny Hangzhou shortly after....
June 14th, 2010 | Events, Music, Nick | Read More
Profile of a Shanghai Indie Photographer: Chihmin
During the next two weeks, the enovate offices will be focusing its secondary research on China’s photography landscape. We’ll be looking at everything from camera usage trends, “Zipai” (self-portrait) culture, and local photographers. We kick off our photo theme with a profile...
May 11th, 2010 | Feature IIII, Nick, Photography | Read More
Shanzhai Phones: The Great Socialist Experiment?
The world is learning chinese one word at a time, and the word for this month is certainly “Shanzhai.” It literally translates into “mountain village,” but nowadays it refers to Chinese pirated goods. Counterfeit goods are a massive market for China. According to Kunal Sinha:
Official...
April 7th, 2010 | Mobile, Nick | Read More
Greennovate’s Earth Day Event
Our friends Greennovate at just alerted us to their Earth Day activities, here’s the release:
Earth Day 2010 — A DIY Event by Greennovate
For the third year running, Greennovate will hold an exciting Earth Day event on April 22nd! This year’s theme will be DIY – Do It Yourself....
April 7th, 2010 | Miscellaneous, Nick | Read More
Interviewed: Tor Petersen, eno CEO and Founder
JLM Pacific Epoch just ran an interview with Tor Petersen – our sister company, eno’s, CEO and Founder. Here’s how it went:
Pacific Epoch retail analyst Marie Jiang caught up with Tor Petersen, the CEO and Founder of Eno, a creative lifestyle fashion brand that targets 18-24-year-old...
March 24th, 2010 | Design Thinking, Miscellaneous, Nick | Read More
8 trends which will shape Youth Behavior in India
“The Power of Many: young people have started realizing the sheer power of unity. They are now collaborating with like-minded individuals in order to combine their strengths with the aim of achieving sustainable success faster.”
So says a report our good friend Samyak Chakrabarty recently...
March 19th, 2010 | Global Youth, Nick | Read More
Electric Cars: The Future of Chinese Transportation?
As the world’s fastest growing automobile market, China can potentially be the largest market for zero-emission cars. These last two years, we’ve already seen a nationwide push to increase the number of electric cars on the road. Armed with a mighty bankroll, the central government has taken...
March 16th, 2010 | Nick, Transportation | Read More
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