China Online: Netspeak and Wordplay Used by Over 700 Million Chinese Internet Users - Paperback

by Veronique Michel (Author), Claude Muller (Illustrator), Sebastien Koval (Illustrator)

Dive into China's new internet subculture of tech-savvy, creative digital citizens with China Online!Using Baidu, China's version of Google, young Chinese internet users have invented their own form of digital language. With this book, you can get an insider's view of how the new generation of Chinese youth communicates in code. Author and translator Veronique Michel acts as your guide on a tour of the lifestyles of modern-day Internet groups, or "tribes," including:

• The "Moonlight" or "Starlight" Tribe

• The "Low Carbon Footprint" Tribe

• The "Ants"

• The "Corporate Insects"

• The "Diamond Bachelor"

Author Biography

Véronique Michel is a translator, multilingual netizen, and speaker on multiculturalism and human resource issues. She is a polyglot who has lived abroad for over 25 years including many years spent in Asia. She holds degrees in Chinese, Japanese and several European languages.