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Valiant effort by the Asians

Not so long ago, managers would look at Asian teams in the World cup and think it was a sure 3 points. Even in 2002, when South Korea reached the semi-finals, people thought it was only because of the fact the World Cup was staged there. Then Saudi Arabia were raped 8-0 by the Germans and people thought, yes same old story. It was considered a huge shock when an Asian team won and it would make the back and front pages of newspapers. Now times have changed dramatically. Teams have to dig deep and have some luck to beat the Asians. South Korea were unlucky not to get past Uruguay who had a wonder goal to thank and the Japanese were defeated on penalties. Australia, New Zealand were unlucky not to make it after some battling performances. North Korea even scored against Brazil.

Now Asians are going to be taken seriously in sports competitions. They have already made tremendous strides to become a future economic powerhouse, they have creativity here, the best products are made here in Asia, we have the largest number of online users. Now in sports events, we are making our mark too. Asia is truly becoming the main region.

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           Eustaquio Santimano
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Asian Film Awards 2010

The 4th Asian Film Awards (www.asianfilmawards.asia) ended last Monday.  DotAsia was (and still is) particularly proud to be the official production partner for this prominent event that celebrated actors, directors, designers, composers from across Asia.

You may wonder what is a domain name registry doing producing film awards?  Well it's not just any film award you see...the AFA is pretty much the Oscars of Asia.  Producing the Asian Film Awards is part of our commitment to integrating promotion of mass market usage of ".Asia" domains with meaningful community initiatives and entertainment related projects.  



Entertainment Matters in Asia
According to comScore, entertainment has out ranked email as the most popular Internet activity in Asia.  This includes listening to Mandarin music and watching Hong Kong movies online, reading Korean entertainment news or surfing on Japanese pop culture related sites.  Asian countries' path to prosperity and cultural similarities, especially in East Asia, make local celebrities attractive to regional-wide audiences.

Through our partnership with various Asian entertainment related groups DotAsia hopes to promote usage and create mass awareness for the .Asia domains.  We have brought together a strong team of expertise to make this year's "Asian Oscars" a razzle dazzle event.  DotAsia's partnership with the AFA has also led to the change of web address for the annual Asian Film Awards to a .Asia extension - www.AsianFilmAwards.asia.
 
Since our launch, DotAsia has worked with a number of artist and entertainment related events to promote their brand in Asia: www.VivianChow.asia, www.Ella.Asia, www.HKFilm100.Asia, www.HAF.asia, www.CJ7.asia, www.ParkingMovie.asia, www.BreakUpClub.asia, and the latest collaboration with Jackie Chan: www.LittleBigSoldier.asia / www.大兵小將.asia.



 
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Online Dating in Asia!

Online Dating has been gaining tremendous popularity in recent years and now in Asia it is one of the most favorite ways to meet people. Asians are always known to be the shy type and would not want to be the one taking the initiative in classrooms or in bars or anywhere. Online dating is the perfect avenue for them to fulfill their needs and start conversations with people of the opposite sex. Also in Asia there are still some strict family traditions of marrying someone of the same culture and country, so an Indian in India could easily look for an Indian in Hong Kong if he/she is interested in that area.

It opens many windows of opportunities. Ian Stewart, Director of youth research at Synovate put the situation of China into a simple paragraph, "Today's Chinese youth have grown up in a digital world that encourages them to surf the globe for answers to homework, for fun, games, music, and for finding friends with similar interests; this is the norm and many young people have more virtual friends than "real" ones. So it comes as no surprise that today's Chinese youth naturally believe that the Net also provides the chance for finding romance - both real and virtual. And why not? If you were somewhat shy, and had the choice between the one boy/girl at school that may/may not want to hang out with you, or thousands online that probably do, where would you look for companionship and maybe more? Online dating is no longer on the fringes of the Internet. To many young people in China and around the world, dating is the internet."

Getting a ".Asia" domain name will give the site the regional marketing help it needs, it will automatically let people know which area this online dating company is for. Also there are still many easy to remember and marketable domain names with the ".Asia" TLD, would be a great idea to start this kind of business sooner rather than later. Believe me people in Asia would be willing to pay big if it could help out their love life.

Source: http://www.synovate.com

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Go East! Go Asia!



















The Future is definitely looking very Asian indeed. In a recent article on the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's mainstream English newspaper, there was an article about how many expats and people who went west before and now returning home east and doing business here. Many of them returning are seeing brighter job prospects in Asia and expect it to outperform the west in years to come.

According to American investor Jim Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros. He thinks this century will be China's and now lives in Singapore, where his young children are learning Mandarin. "If you're in London, you're in the wrong place at the wrong time ... You've got to move east," he says. Most of the experts out there seem to think this will bridge the gap between east and west in terms of techonlogical development and marketing skills.

"These returnees will serve as a bridge between Asia and the rest of the economies," says Irvin Seah, an economist at Singapore's DBS, Southeast Asia's largest bank. With the exposure they have had in western economies and their local knowledge, they will be able to fill the human capital gap in Asia and significantly contribute to Asia's growth."

Future seems to be most of the people who started off taking their skills to the west, will be returning home to Asia and start their own business here. It will be a perfect mixture of their Asian grit and determination and their Western skills of marketing and IT developed which will be very beneficial for the Asian market. Come and be part of this trend too, if you cannot physically be here in Asia, getting into the Asia cyberspace in the next best thing.

Source:http://www.scmp.com

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"Michael Jackson will always be Michael Jackson. He may be gone, but he's still possibly the world's most influential figure in pop music today. Of course, this statement will continue to be challenged, but looking ... this ... Top Ten that may just convince you that it's true. We all know how much of an impact Michael Jackson has had on mainstream American pop culture - but let's take a look at how huge the impact has been beyond, in Asian and Asian American pop culture... The list is more than just a love letter to Michael Jackson, it's a visual essay of the many ways Michael Jackson's influence was translated and retranslated into something that is amazing on it's own. Michael Jackson's power have given many individuals the dream and motivation to become stars of their own. Over the course of his career, Michael Jackson broke down so many barriers for artists of color. He's the reason why there's such a thing as international stardom."

In many ways Michael influenced the music and movie scenes around the world and of course in Asia. The Top 10 list of MJ inspired performances compiled by UCLA Asia Institute Asia Pacific Arts (APA) is by no means exhaustive, but it does provide a comic glimpse into the late King of Pop's comprehensive impact on entertainment in Asia (http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090703/article.asp?parentID=110091).



If you do not read Chinese, well, the brilliance of this video lies in the lyrics. It took the MJ classic: "Beat it", and turned it into "逼的", which when sung sounds the same as "Beat it". The meaning of the phrase in Chinese is "we were forced".

I do remember many MJ tribute parts in different movies and concerts... Wonder if anyone found them to share...
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