I just finished reading Hong Huang’s opinion piece in the China Daily entitled, “Dear laowai, don’t mess with our Chinese-ness” and I can’t figure it out. What I’d like to think, based on Hong’s reputation, is that it is self-depreciating humour actually directed at Chinese about Chinese superiority and penchants for stereotypes. If this is …Read More
I don’t know what I was expecting when I first came to China. I knew that I wouldn’t be picking up the language or some Kung Fu or finding enlightenment in a Buddhist temple or becoming the first man to discover a shopper’s paradise. I knew I could expect Blade Runner cities and Dickensian conditions. …Read More
Ever wonder what happens when an edutaining Chengdu traffic cop runs square into China’s fÄ“i zhÇ”liú culture? Well, wonder no longer. Thanks to the relatively new blog, Veggie Discourse, having subtitled this in English, we can all enjoy a gender-bending, hair-raising motorcycle safety video together: If you’re outside of China, or have a good VPN, …Read More
Long-time China expat blogger Oli, of djod.co.uk, is taking on the task of becoming “the world’s first Blogstar” via a rather zany new webcast called (appropriately enough) Blogstar.tv. The just released first episode, Window to the West, follows Oli on his search to secure more Chinese visitors to his blog. Anyone looking for seriousness need …Read More
London, not quite my hometown, but a city I know very well, has its own peculiar culture called Cockney, which is evident as an accent, in traditional clothing, and in the idiosyncratic ‘Cockney rhyming slang’. The Cockney accent and mannerisms were famously mis-represented by the actor Dick van Dyke in the Mary Poppins movie, and …Read More
“Sober?†you say. “What in heaven’s name makes you think I want to stay sober in China?†I admit that the following advice doesn’t apply to a large portion of foreigners in China, but hear me out. Whether you’re someone who never drinks, who only drinks socially, or one whose blood-alcohol level should be renamed …Read More
With half the country in holiday mode today, and the other half grumbling from the office that they didn’t get to start their weekend yesterday (who’ll be grumbling on Sunday?), there’s perhaps no better time to have a laugh. So, allow me to draw your attention to a great site full of China-themed comics: MandMX. …Read More
“You know how every major city in the West has a China town? Well, I live in the opposite of that” Yes, I hate to say it, but I am a resident of one of the many laowai ghettos that exist in the major cities all around China. Whenever my family or friends from home …Read More
Fortunately during these difficult times, the forces of harmonious ascent onto the global stage have an ally. Dolphins are highly intelligent marine mammals, and obviously recognize the importance of China’s role in international trade to the ‘greater good’ of the planet as a whole. As such, a large task force of Anti-Pirate Dolphins has been …Read More
There are few bloggers that have graced the English-language China blogsphere (seriously – there must be a better way to phrase that) with such wit and hilarity as has ex-Yellow Wings blogger, ex-Sinocidal blogger and ex-laowai Meursault (aka Chou Chou). Well, he’s returned — in writing at least — with a humorously cautionary guest post …Read More
I have traditionally posted an April Fools pseudo-news blog post on this date the past two years (see here and here), but the Taipei Times did it nicely for me this year: Pandemonium breaks out at Taipei Zoo Zookeepers became suspicious of the resident giant pandas’ true pedigree after Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan began …Read More
or Why I prefer Japanese Food After seeing what some people in China are willing to feed to human babies, it’s no wonder that so many animals in China are going the way of Blinky the 3-eyed fish on the Simpsons. Now I love Chinese food as much as the next guy, but I gotta …Read More
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