IN-DEPTH: Marketers size up Asia's 'nerd' population From home-loving zhai in China to manga-obsessed otaku in Japan, the region’s geeks offer an intriguing, mainly youthful, niche demographic for marketers to tap. by John Tylee | 09/26/2012 | asia , marketing
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