#28512
Tag cloud displays tags in a website which emphasize some of the tags by showing them with larger font sizes, and/or in darker colors. Moreover, tags in a tag cloud are usually arranged in alphabetical order. Tag cloud seems to work in the English world as a means of visualization as well as an extra means of navigation - what about in the Chinese world or more specifically, what about in Hong Kong?
Wong, Rex. uiGarden (2007). Articles>Information Design>Metadata>China
#29246
In light of growing interest in technical communication around the world, cross-cultural teaching opportunities may challenge basic assumptions about teaching and learning for both teachers and students. A faculty-development project in the People's Republic of China illustrates various ways facilities, educational practices, and worldviews from each side of the exchange require significant compromise. A negotiated, student-centered classroom environment may be a significant strategy for instruction in such settings.
Dautermann, Jennie. Technical Communication Quarterly (2005). Articles>Education>Technical Writing>China
#24295
Technical Communication in the People’s Republic of China: Part I, Bridges and Barriers 
In May of 1997, a delegation of twelve technical communicators and technical communication teachers (all members of STC) from the United States and Canada visited the People's Republic of China. The delegation was sponsored by the Citizen Ambassador Program of People to People International, an organization founded in 1956 by President Dwight Eisenhower to promote international cooperation. In a series of professional meetings with teachers of language, science, and engineering at universities in Beijing, Guilin, and Suzhou, the delegation explored the current status of technical communication and its teaching in China.
Scroggs, Debbie L., Sam Dragga and Sylvia Thompson. STC Proceedings (1998). Articles>TC>Regional>China
#24294
Technical Communication in the People's Republic of China: Part II, Principles and Practices
In May of 1997, a delegation of twelve technical communicators and technical communication teachers (all members of STC) from the United States and Canada visited the People's Republic of China. The delegation was sponsored by the Citizen Ambassador Program of People to People International, an organization founded in 1956 by President Dwight Eisenhower to promote international cooperation. In a series of professional meetings with teachers of language, science, and engineering at universities in Beijing, Guilin, and Suzhou, the delegation explored the current status of technical communication and its teaching in China.
Scroggs, Debbie L., Sam Dragga and Sylvia Thompson. STC Proceedings (1998). Articles>TC>Regional>China
#27137
Technology in and Beyond the Classroom
Many professors are using the Internet and the Web in connection with teaching traditional classes. Even if you don't want to use the Internet or the Web extensively, you may want to consider using them for some communication functions (see below) or for some information technology topics you might choose to include in a traditional course. Civil procedure professors, for example, may find it useful to visit websites linking to caselaw and commentary about the criteria for obtaining personal jurisdiction over those who maintain websites or on cyberspace as its own jurisdiction. Torts professors may find of interest Web-based materials on the potential liability of online service providers for torts committed by users. A panoply of materials about the Communications Decency Act and the Reno v. ACLU case are available on various websites for constitutional law courses. At the very least, law professors may want to treat the Internet and the Web as useful sources of information when preparing their classes.
Samuelson, Pamela. University of California Berkeley (1998). Articles>Technology>Regional>China
#26394
The Top 10 Myths and Truths about Design in China
Are you worried as a designer in the U.S. that design jobs will migrate to China? Are you concerned about the increasingly competitive pricing on design jobs and its resultant outsourcing? Are you curious about the quality of design work over there?
Ann, Elaine. uiGarden (2005). Design>User Centered Design>Regional>China
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#25392
Usability Half-Way Round the World
Is usability the same in New York as in China? As I thought about it, this is really two questions: Is our professional practice the same? Are we working from the same basic assumptions about how to approach the job of making products and applications work for their users, and do we use the same techniques and methodologies? Do western usability principles apply to a Chinese audience? Can we apply what we have learned from usability tests in the US and Europe, or are cultural differences so great that we must rethink what usability 'means?'
Quesenbery, Whitney. uiGarden (2005). Articles>Usability>Regional>China
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#28204
We Got Sick of Hearing About Design and China, So we Got on a Plane and Went There
There has certainly been a great deal of speculation lately regarding the real or perceived rise of Chinese industrial design. We say 'perceived rise' to emphasize that their impending world domination in this field is not a foregone conclusion, despite the frequent flurries of listserve chatter and design-conference panel discussions supporting such a notion.
Tharp, Bruce M. and Stephanie Munson. uiGarden (2006). Design>Web Design>Interaction Design>China
#27172
这项研究调查了西方可用性规则是否可以应用于中文网站。Nielsen 等在2000年根据研究领域内的观察提议了一套207条可用性规则。我们采用了其中48条作为子集，研究四家中文在线书店的依从率（译者注：另译为顺应度）（一个网站所符合的规则条数，除以总的规则条数），任务完成时间，任务准确程度，以及用户的可用性感受和喜好程度。结果显示遵从可用性规则和站点可用性有显著关系：随着站点依从率的升高，用户所感受到的站点的可用性和印象也在提高。这一结果揭示了决定中文用户行为的规则和西方用户极为相似。简言之，这一研究质疑了很多人认为亚洲站点和西方站点的可用性（标准）应该不一样这一普遍的直觉。
Yau, Josephine K. Y. and William G. Hayward. uiGarden (2005). (Chinese) Design>Web Design>Usability>China
#32163
When West Meets East: Teaching a Managerial Communication Course in Hong Kong 
Although considerable previous research has focused on Chinese students' expectations and experiences while studying in English-speaking cultures, little research to date has focused on how the instructor's cultural background affects the learning process within a managerial communication classroom Using qualitative and quantitative approaches, this exploratory case study involves two U.S. instructors teaching a managerial communication course to 106 Chinese students in Hong Kong. The findings from this study provide implications for managerial communication pedagogy and further research.
Roberts, Elizabeth. Journal of Business and Technical Communication (2008). Articles>Education>Business Communication>China
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Putting China's Technical Communication into Historical Context
Examines the Chinese culinary instruction genre. Analyzes culinary texts produced from 500 BC to the present. Argues for a historicized and contextualized understanding of technical communication in China.
Yu, Han. Technical Communication Online (2009). Articles>TC>History>China
