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Even though Facebook and MySpace are making strong efforts to increase market share in China, with Chinese -language equivalents of facebook and myspace, people in China still prefer their own home-grown versions of social networking – especially a service called “QQ.” Think of this in terms of how we’ve approached globalization in class – as a re-definition of the local, instead of as some kind of global homogenization.
In fact, nationalism runs rampant in the internet, especially in China. Take a look at this ad for baidu, the Chinese equivalent of Google (which also has a strong presence in China).