Social Bookmarking Soul mate

I was looking for love on both diigo and delicioius and found that delicious was much easier to use and I was able to find a unique soul mate. The user name is purescience who has some interesting sites bookmarked. I selected him over other users who may have more sites of interest because he seems to be a beginner as I am. His bookmarks are all recent and are still a work in progress. He has been active since September 14 and bookmarked most of his pages today actually.

Two articles in particular sparked my interest. The first one is an article on Mattel's Barbie which is going to be making a splash in China. This is quite significant as a move to this market could be a boon for Mattel which is seeing sagging domestic sales. However, with that being said, Barbie will have to deal with her Far Eastern counterpart, Yu-Sai Wa Wa. Interesting stuff.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/03/barbie-in-china-mattel-to_n_171540.html

Another link that peaked my interest was on China's youth appeal. It is a handy guide to what the youth are looking for. Important information considering growing retail sales. Social status is important to the Chinese and delivering a high end item at a good price could be a boon for a company looking to raise profit margins.

http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/china-s-youth-appeal-455785?full=true

On the opposite side of the spectrum, I found this link very interesting:

http://en.ce.cn/Industries/Consumen-Industries/200906/13/t20090613_19309926.shtml

This article from China Economic Net, comments on the reluctance of Chinese to consume luxury goods. Lamborghini and Hermes were given as a few examples. This is a good warning for other companies that are thinking of dabbling with a market that is often set in its ways. This article parallels the previous article on the appeal of brand names to the Chinese youth. For at some point, as salaries continue to rise in China, Western luxury brands will soon become more affordable.

While purescience's blog is not purely on China, the majority of bookmarks and tags are China related. Purescience has 22 bookmarks and 29 tags. Like mine, organization and volume needs work, but that can come with time. For 22 bookmarks, I feel that 29 tags is not a serviceable amount of tags. He should elaborate on this as many of his bookmarks simply are tagged "China" or "Business." Also, he has a few random blogs and sites amongst all his China sites which give it a disorganized appeal. I have checked many of purescience's sites of interest and did not find any evidence of comments.

I am sure if I continued to look, maybe I would find the grass greener on the other side, but I like the fact that this user is new and is focused on business in China. A more experienced user could have more information, but he would not be a good match for a fledgling upstart like me. At any rate I want to continue to monitor his progress and see what useful information he may decide to post in the coming days. Since he is a new user, I also want to see if he stays the course and continues to refine his site and add new bookmarks.