Chinese Politics & News
‘My money’s on China’, Some Grey Bloke
A little humour to lighten the mood about the whole thing. H/T Pandapassport, via Hao Hao Report (like this video? Be sure to vote for it.)Read More
China Expat Advice
China’s multiple entry visas cut off until after Olympics
In what can only be assumed to be fear over increased problems related to the Olympic games, China has cut off multiple entry travel visas, and limited them to 30 days. As Journey to Nowhere reports from the SCMP (which stoically continues to charge for online content): Beijing has stopped issuing multiple-entry visas, risking major …Read More
Chinese Politics & News
Chinese netizens strike blow at Western media ethics
Chinese citizens and netizens alike have long claimed Western media shows an unfair bias towards their country, and though most Western media outlets seem to pay it no heed, one site has caused them to pause and take notice. Anti-CNN.com, as its name suggest, puts a thumb in the eye of US media giant CNN, …Read More
China Expat Rants
So, this is subversion?
Let me get this straight. A man dedicates his time, money and energy working to help the poor, the sick, the dying, the forgotten and the endangered. And rather than the acclaim and accolade he deserves, he is kidnapped, put under house arrest and now sentenced to 3 1/2 years of hard time in prison …Read More
General
Beijing, Dalai Lama reconcile
Rather shocking news as reported by Xinhaha earlier today: BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhaha) — After allegations by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao earlier this month that the Dalai Lama and his supporters were directly responsible for the recent violent insurgence in Lhasa and other parts of Tibet, a surprise announcement was made Tuesday that the Dalai …Read More
Chinese Politics & News
Inconvenient news
As you might have noticed, “Net nanny is on the rampage†– to quote Danwei – and a number of media websites are totally down when attempting to view within mainland China. This is due to the slowly escalating confrontations, clashes and clamp-downs in T*bet (the Opposite End of China blog managed to get itself …Read More
Chinese Culture
Troubles in China’s Wild West
I’ve been hesitant to write much about the violent [*pro*] underway in [*tib*], as I figured it was a sure way to get the site blocked(a la YouTube). However, I’m really impressed with the folks over at Peking Duck and their ongoing updates about the [*tib*] situation. Additionally, there’s some fantastic activity in the comments …Read More
China Business & Law
Communist Tax Lawyer – Clever Socialist Spam
There’s a new… umm… blog(?) coming to town and it’s aiming to clean up capitalist China consultants like they were Lenin’s laundry. While chatting with Rich Brubaker today (who was in turn also discussing the issue with Chris Devonshire-Ellis) I discovered I wasn’t the only one receiving cleverly crafted proletarian posters insidiously inserted in my …Read More
China Tech
Slouching toward Beijing
China wouldn’t be my first guess of places American lawmakers would look for legislative ideas. But Mashable points to a proposed law in Kentucky that would make it illegal for websites to allow anonymous comments and fine site owners $500 for the first offense. Tim Couch, the state representative who sponsored the bill, says it’s …Read More
Chinese Culture
Bad News for Baijiu
According to The New York Times, some Chinese officials are now requiring party cadres to submit to sobriety tests in the afternoons in an effort to curtail baijiu-soaked “liquid lunches”. The reasoning behind the measure is sound- these lunches are paid for by the public purse, and having a large amount of government officials spending …Read More
China's Environment
A fabricated frolic into folly
There are few things I love more than photography, Photoshop and good Chinese controversy. Imagine my delight then when I stumbled across a WSJ article, “China Eats Crow Over Faked Photo Of Rare Antelope“, that melds the three. In what has become this month’s journalistic black-eye (in a LONG line of similar cuts and bruises) …Read More
China Expat Rants
Space Invaders
With a U.S. ailing spy satellite being put out of its misery two days ago (Feb. 20th, 07:26 PST) by the U.S. Navy, comes a new source of confrontation between the U.S. and China, just a matter of a few days since Steven Spielberg resigned as an artistic director of the Beijing Olympics in protest …Read More
