– Our Photo of the Week comes from Graeme Nicol, a laowai in Dalian who makes fine use of his camera. Graeme easily has some of the most interesting and most original photos I’ve had the pleasure of looking at. Every week we’ll feature a funny, interesting or otherwise noteworthy photo here. If you have a … Read More »
– What can I really say to this, other than: if necessity is the mother of invention, poverty is her sick and twisted evil half-sister. BEIJING (AFP) – Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China, threatening to spread sexually-transmittable diseases they were originally meant to prevent, state media reported Tuesday. In the … Read More »
– This week’s Photo of the Week is a photo I’ll often return to should I ever leave this country. There are few images that fill me with (pre-emptive) nostalgia than a happy guy hamming it up for the laowai with a bottle of Er Guo Tou in his hand. The photo is by #johnny5ive. Every … Read More »
– As a white guy married to a Chinese woman, I’ve had to deal with my share of “The Stare” – the look other Westerners (mostly recent arrivals) give to … well… white guys in relationships with Chinese girls. Sometimes it’s delivered as a plastic smile on the street, a nudge and whisper to a friend … Read More »
– Alright, now with a good chunk of the Lost Laowai writers being women, I know I’m on shaky ground with this post, but well… The Beijing Olympics Fan blog brings us news that there’s a new competition on the go searching for a few hotties to shake their RMB maker and launch a whole new … Read More »
– I didn’t blog about the YouTube block earlier this month because I just couldn’t accept it as the truth. Sure, I got the denial of service message just like the rest of the folks stuck here behind the GFW, but something just wouldn’t let me believe it was actually happening. I woke up each day, … Read More »
– This week’s Photo of the Week is by an extremely talented photographer, Shelby Karns. I chose this photo because it captures the action and the joy of the moment, but also because it reminded me that sometimes things aren’t so different for kids here as they were for me when I was a tot. Every … Read More »
– There are few things the Chinese seem to take as seriously as their coveted Traditional Chinese Medicineâ„¢. Though TCM is a complex and multi-faceted health practice, some of it, it needs to be said, is complete bunk. Walking into any pharmacy here is like taking a step into the hovel of MacBeth’s three witches. I’ve … Read More »
– This week’s Photo of the Week comes from Douglas M. Paine. It’s a shot I’ve seen a hundred times, and have several of myself, however Douglas’ use of HDR gives this shot of Pudong just a sweet, sweet finish. Plus, check out that creepy looking face in the clouds on the right. Every week we’ll … Read More »
– Well, with YouTube blocked in China, and all the search engines all getting redirected to Baidu, what’s a boy to do but play with himself… erm… his Web sites. I adore the Hao Hao Report. She’s my little baby, but her looks have always irked me. Due to a rather crappy separation between source code … Read More »
– We again return to Derrick’s great photography for this week’s Photo of the Week. Derrick has a knack at capturing a lot of emotion in his photos, as can be seen in this picture taken at the National Day [*pro*] in Macau. Be sure to check out his site – www.maskofchina.com – for more great … Read More »
– As some of you may have heard, the Olympics are coming to Beijing next August. No, really. And beside colourful rings, fancy logos and a bunch of sickeningly cute paraphernalia, the key imagery of the event has got to be the Olympic Torch. Starting last June the Olympic committee began hunting out the near 22,000 … Read More »
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