The last two or three months have seen one landmark online event after another in China, heralding, perhaps, yet a further phase of change in the workings of Chinese politics. The internet has proved to be an extremely effective tool in China, with bloggers wielding extraordinary power over public opinion, perhaps even more so than their western counterparts do. And this, despite strict government controls, censorship - and over 30,000 “web police” constantly patrolling their web-beats.

First, there was the case of an ‘internet lynching’ of “Running Fan”, the teacher, ridiculed on the web for running out of his classroom ahead of his pupils during the Sichuan earthquake in May. The incident, and its subsequent coverage on the internet, inspired a public debate on social morals and caused the government to issue a new ethical code of conduct for teachers.

Then there was the surprising online chat with President Hu, in June, following shortly after the revelation that Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, apparently, has a very popular webpage on Facebook. And now, the rather spectacular sacking of four Communist Party, local police officials in Guizhou Province, for their part in the alleged mishandling, and possible cover up, in the terrible rape and murder of high school student, Li Shufen. There was even talk on the web that Shufen had been raped and drowned by relatives of local officials; riots ensued. Local citizens and online public were roused to protest by persistent bloggers who would not allow the case to be filed away. One blogger, reputedly the ‘ring leader’, Zhou Shuguang – aka, “blogger Zola”, posted emotive pictures and pleas from the murdered student’s family on the internet in a very western style media campaign.

Chinese bloggers are now claiming victory and the undeniable awareness that China’s leadership has displayed in recognizing the power of public opinion – and in responding to it, goes a long way to proving them right; only a short time ago, this would all have been unthinkable in the one-party state.

The story of Jack Ma is wonderfully inspiring. Ma, 43, founder and CEO of e-commerce giant, Alibaba.com, China’s largest business-to-business website, is packed with energy and has an eagle eye for business opportunities. Brought up in the industrial city of Hangzhou, a couple of hours drive south of Shanghai, Ma had already set himself apart from his peers by the age of 12. It was then that his interest in learning English motivated him to take what can only be described as exceptional action for one so young: Ma offered free tours to western tourists - just so that he could practice his English. This was no mean feat as it meant cycling a considerable distance to and from the hotel where Ma picked up his tourists each day. Even then, Ma’s characteristic drive and determination was phenomenal; in fact, Ma continued with this rigorous routine until he was 20.

Perhaps it was this exposure to foreign cultures at such a formative stage in his life that shaped his global vision. It was this global vision, together with his sharp talent for recognizing market potential that led Ma to found “China pages”, after his very first encounter with the Internet in 1995, when he spotted that Chinese manufacturers were not on the Internet. China Pages was one of China’s first Internet companies and was largely instrumental putting Chinese businesses on the global map. Since then, Ma, widely regarded as a Pioneer of the Internet in China, carried on to establish Alibaba.com, and Taobao.com – which competes with eBay in China.

Whilst Ma’s wealth and power are quite phenomenal, it is actually his ethos, which is most impressive, and a part of that ethos is even reflected in his choice of the name ‘Alibaba’. The allusion to the ‘Tales of Arabian Nights’ is clear – and not to the forty thieves, of course, but rather to “open sesame” – the password that opened the treasure- trove to the outside world.

Internet Marketing Coaching – Top 4 Things to Avoid When Choosing a Coach

Internet marketing coaching is almost a necessary thing in today’s fast moving internet environment. It is necessary to move as fast as you want to when you first get online. You see, when you get started, you know…nothing. And how do you learn the fastest? By learning from people who have done it already.

That is the bottom line – you need internet marketing coaching.

But there is good coaching and bad coaching.

This article is about bad coaching, which you want to avoid at all costs.

So what is bad coaching?

1) Getting coaching from someone who makes less than you do. Look, if they are not already doing what you want to do – or at least better than you are not – how do you think they will be able to teach you?

2) Getting coaching from someone who cannot effectively communicate. Make sure you can communicate with them via the communication type that you will be using for the coaching. If it is telephone coaching, spend 5 minutes on the phone with them before you buy. If it is email coaching (most popular) ask them a question via email and see how well they answer you. Can you learn from this person?

3) Getting coaching if you are not willing to listen. Look, they make $10,000 per month, you make $500 per month. Do what they say! When you are making $10,000 per month, you can do it your own way!

4) Getting coaching if you have no time to follow directions. If you are going to pay $500 per month for coaching – you need to have time to apply everything they teach you each month – and that generally means at least 15 – 20 hours per week of your time, working online.

The number of young kids under the age of 14 and infant, toddler and preschool in China is over 300,000,000, accounting for 25 per year in the following years, and the consumption of Chinese toy market will hopefully exceed 13,000,000,000 dollars.

In recent years, it appears some characteristics for toy sales in mainland of China:

1. Model Toys

Electric model toys attract both children and adults, such as tank cars, cars installed with alarm whistle and so on. Though these toys are not cheap in price, especially the electric toys, commonly between 8-10 dollars, some even as high as 80-100 dollars, but they have a strong footing in the market.

2. RC Toys

Appeared with high technology, for instance, electronic toys that can sound or shine, rc toys and interactive toys that can speak or perform a series of actions are salable goods. Presently, various rc toys on sale in the market reach about 1 hundred kinds, mainly are variety of rc toys (remote control toys) and hobby items, such as rc car, rc helicopter, nitro rc car, rc gas boat, remote control helicopter, remote control car etc., each rc car(remote control car) costs about 20-65 dollars，rc gas boat(remote control gas boat) is about 20-50 dollars，and the price of rc helicopter differs between 450 - 2,000 dollars.

3. Plastic Toys

Plastic has taken the place of metal, wood and have become the main material for toys making, because it costs low, easily deals with, safer and light.

4. Adult Toys

Besides the children toys, adult toys in mainland of China are also have large market. According to the latest investigation of China Social Investigation Office, 33 of the whole year consumption for Chinese citizens to buy toys, and with the toy development of top grade, brightness and series, in particular, rc toys (remote control toys) and hobby items, such as rc car, rc helicopter, nitro rc car, rc gas boat, remote control helicopter, remote control car etc., the toy consumption will be in the status of advancing.