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The “Chinese Software Developer Network” or “China Software Developer Network”, (CSDN), operated by Bailian Midami Digital Technology Co., Ltd., is one of the biggest networks of software developers in China. According to the community homepage, which was relocated from http://expert.csdn.net to http://community.csdn.net in June 2004, had 1,301,024 registered users as of October 2006.

CSDN provides Web forums, blog hosting, IT news, and other services.

Services offered
* Web forums with an experts-exchange-like rank system and similar topics.
* Blog hosting, with 69,484 bloggers at April 7,2005;
* Document Center, a selection of blog articles.
* IT News.
* IT job hunting and training services;
* online bookmark service

Read more about CSDN in Wikipedia

Chinese News Highlights

 

Chinese software Kings plot expansions

By Judy Hua and Vinicy Chan

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two of China’s largest and fastest-growing listed software firms, Kingsoft Corp Ltd (3888.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) and Kingdee International (0268.HK: Quote, Profile, Research), plan to raise cash, boost spending and buy firms to take on the likes of Microsoft (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) in a booming, multi-billion dollar arena.

Kingsoft Corp Ltd will boost research staff by a third and lift spending up to five-fold this year to capture a larger share of an Internet games market set to hit $5.7 billion by 2010.
Read more at Reuters.com

ILOG Expands in China

SHANGHAI, China, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — ILOG(R) (Nasdaq:
ILOG; Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364) today announced its growing
operations in China have resulted in a move to its first purpose-built
building in China at No. 81, Bo Xia Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech District in
the new Pudong Software Park in Shanghai — making it the first French
company to be located in the Park. The occasion will be marked today by an
opening ceremony, officiated by the Consul General of France, French
business leaders and ILOG executives as well as Pudong government and Fudan
University officials.
Read more at PRNewsWire.com

Chinese job market raises the stakes

The process is known as “the China Price” - the way that Chinese companies have managed to enter one industry after another over the past decade and drive down the prices to previously unimaginable levels. Low costs have been at the heart of China’s remarkable economic rise.

Yet recently, China’s image as a paradise of low-cost business has taken a number of blows. Some factories in the south have reported shortages of new workers, and wages in manufacturing are rising sharply. Moreover, the spate of scandals about the quality of Chinese products has raised questions regarding just how those costs were actually cut.
Read more at FT.com

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May 21st 2008 Getting Paid While You’re Disabled

Last night I didn’t have much to do so I went to this site. Sick leave in fact is a special kind of disability insurance. Most private companies have vacation time, but that’s not what sick leave is. However there are cases where companies just call their sick leave a part of vacation time. Sick leave can be used for a few hours if you’re at a doctors appointment. Sometimes it can be used if you’re sick for a multiple amount of days. Click here to check out this site about short term DI.

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May 21st 2008 Control High Blood Pressure With Natural Remedies

The other day, I was trying to look for ways to lower blood pressure naturally. While there are many sites online that claim that they provide natural cures for high blood pressure, you’ll have to do your due diligence. Those natural ways to lower blood pressure may not work for you. Why you might ask? First of all, most people try out a bottle and then quit…expecting that a single try will do wonders for them. My situation is a bit different. If you have a sensitive stomach, make sure that you check out the ingredients label. Is there anything in the product which you might have issues with? Are you the allergic type…the type that will sneeze at anything:) If so, then make sure you do not make the mistake I once did. I totally ignored the label and it had an ingredient which I knew I was allergic too. As you can see, your body chemistry has a big part in your cardiovascular health, and what you can take to maintain your health.

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