[IBWSC13 Feature Stories] Why China Tolerates Internet Freedom
Could you live without Facebook, Twitter, and other Internet freedoms? And is unfettered access to the Internet an indicator of a free society? According to Hong Kong University Law Professor Fu...
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[IBWSC13 Feature Stories] What are you doing now that you are here?
Sebastian Linstrom, the chairman of an NGO Light For Children-Ghana, as well as an experienced traveler and film maker, addressed the students on Day 4 of the IB Conference at HKU. In his session, he...
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[IBWSC13 Feature Stories] Ni Hao, Konichiwa, Annyeonghaseyo: language classes at the IB conference
Embracing the IB spirit of global, cross-cultural integration, the IB conference at HKU offered a range of beginner language classes to participating students. As an evening activity, after a...
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[IBWSC13 Feature Stories] China’s Censorship Crisis
“It is a beautiful thing, the destruction of words,” wrote George Orwell in his classic political satire and science fiction novel, Nineteen-Eighty Four. The book, considered one of the...
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[IBWSC13 Feature Stories] Social Media and News: Participating in online news
In a Tuesday afternoon session, Masato Kajimoto, lecturer at Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) HKU, discussed social media and news with the students at the IB conference at HKU. In...
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[IBWSC13 Feature Stories] New Habit of Shopping – Offline? Online? Online to Offline (O2O)?
While almost all IB WSC students admit to having smart phones, and all of them use the internet on a daily basis, online shopping experiences vary from country to country. Even in the uber-connected...
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[IBWSC13 Feature Stories] Lessons from a Round-the-World Social Entrepreneur: Social Entrepreneurship Using Social Media
Referencing the Chinese saying "One idea can change everything", HKU Graduate Mr. Clive Lee, opened the week-long lectures of the Hong Kong based chapter of this year's IB World Student...
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Late Night Blogging @IBWSC
It's late at night after the second official day of IBWSC 2013 at the Hong Kong University now, and according to the official time, it's past midnight, so I'm already technically on the third day,...
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[IBWSC13 Feature Stories] Online or Offline?
Like it or not, smart phones dominate our lives. Mr. Donald Chan, the Vice President of Business Development from Cherrypicks, a cooperate specializing in Smart Phone app development with...
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[IBWSC13 Feature Stories] Artist or I-Banker: Pursue Your Own Passion
The IB conference at HKU kicked off with a talk by Clement Chung, the founder of Wiseman Education, a local company designing online English learning programs, one of which well known is English...
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