Access Blogger and Wordpress Blogs in China
Many of the largest free blogging services are blocked in China by the GFW. As we here at Lost Laowai believe strongly in freedom of speech and freedom of expression - below find instructions on how to set your computer up to access blogs that are hosted at two of the largest free blog hosts - Blogger/Blogspot and Wordpress.com.
A common way to access such blogs is to go through a Web-based proxy service, or use a collection of proxy/anonymizer programs such as Tor. Though these are well and good, the following method will allow you a much quicker access time - as rather than bouncing around the globe through a proxy service, this simply slips a non-blocked IP in place of the blocked one. That's cool, trust us.
How to get a QQ account in English
QQ, for those that don't know, is China's most popular IM software. Usage is so widespread that among the younger generation you're near as likely to get someone's QQ # as you are their mobile number.
For expats in China and wishing to make friends with local Chinese, having a QQ account is a must. Though Western-based IMs are also popular, with Windows Live Messenger quickly grabbing ground from Tencents QQ, using the Chinese-made product will win you lots of points with your new found friends.
Though Tencent has had an English version of the QQ software since 2005, until recently English-speaking QQ-wannabes had to bribe their Chinese friends to do the registration process for them, asking them to signup and get them a coveted QQ # that can be plugged into the software and connect you to the Chinese IM world.
Laowai Media
China is not always the easiest place to describe with the written word, sometimes it needs to be captured in a photo, a video, in song or through the spoken commentary of a podcast.
For this reason we've created the Lost Laowai Media depot. Using the skills of highly trained hamsters, we scour the Internet and compile some of the best media out there relating to China and expat life in China.
And if you'd like to save the hamsters some work, you're welcome to share media you've found online that you think should be featured here - whether it be your own, or just a good find you'd like to tell the world about.
Survival Chinese
This section of Lost Laowai is designed to teach you some basic survival Chinese - words and phrases that will get you by.
It is advisable to also visit our section on Chinese pinyin, as Chinese is a rather complicated language and even saying basic things can be difficult without an understanding of this core concept.
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