Sunday, February 26, 2012

Bei_SIM


In China there is no google, no youtube, no facebook. But they have made a copy for everything. For example, their google is called "baidu", and it is exactly as our google (excepts for the some contents, like Tibet or Tian'anmen) but the graphics, layout and how it works, are the same. And sometimes, better: for example, in "baidu maps" they have made a 3d model of the whole central part of the city of Beijing -something like the entire city of Milan-, all in a very fancy "Sim City" style.

In the picture, Tian'anmen square

link is
http://map.baidu.com/?newmap=1&ie=utf-8&s=s%26wd%3Dbeijing
(click on the upper right corner in the map, to activate the 3D visualization)

Friday, February 24, 2012

I will vs. you won't

The Great  Wall at Jinshanling, 120 km north-east of Beijing. But: "the strength of a wall depends of who guards it", as Gengis Kahn said before conquer his huge empire. (in the picture, mongolians where coming from the right).