A report released on Wednesday exposed the fact that the Chinese version of Skype has been snooping and storing the full text chat messages of TOM-Skype users (along with regular Skype users who have communicated with TOM-Skype users) on publicly-accessible servers. The report, BREACHING TRUST: An analysis of surveillance and security practices on China’s TOM-Skype …Read More
Every few months the media seems to dig up a new quality control issue with Chinese products. Many of these are largely just typical media fear factoring, but the recent “melamine in milk” debacle is very real and very wide-spanning. If you’re like me, you probably gasped in horror when it was reported that all …Read More
Photo by Shyald As the de facto editorial desk for Lost Laowai, I tend to get a lot of e-mail touting all the amazing things that “YOUR READERS WANT TO KNOW ABOUT”. I, perhaps overly liberally, trash the majority of them. However, having just received notice that the 1st World Mind Sports Games is coming …Read More
I just stumbled across a new Web site dishing out answers to all your China legal questions – for free! The rather IM-ishly named 15minutes4u.com believes that most legal questions us foreigners have about China could be answered in under 15 minutes of a legal professional’s time and they are striving to deliver just such …Read More
I remember back at the turn of the century, as I was just getting out of college and heading into a job at a music magazine, thinking how depressing the music scene was. As a highschooler growing up in the early-mid 90s indie scene, it was depressing to see the majority of listeners having turned …Read More
The Story Pastor/Professor Eddie Romero came to Beijing to “speak for those who can’t speak for themselves,” i.e. imprisoned dissidents Hu Jia or Shi Tao and others. He did some guerilla mural painting in a few Beijing hotel rooms, which is pretty ballsy for sure. Check out one of his videos below. Lets be thankful …Read More
Well, they’re over. With the barbarian hordes headed home and 1.3 billion Chinese looking around asking “what now?” – here are a couple links to some amazing moments captured on film during the course of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The first is a slick collection from the New York Times complete with a bit …Read More
If ever an argument needed to be made for watching less TV, the groups of Western “Free Tibet” protesters that have snuck in to China are it. There’s a four-page article running on the Washington Post’s site which explains in detail the mission of a group funded by Students for a Free Tibet (cue Mission …Read More
The streets are clean, the people are smiling, the transportation is free and the staff is able and willing to answer any and all questions. Is this Beijing or Disneyland? The city cannot be compared to any other city in Mainland China. All construction has stopped for the games which not only helps eliminate some …Read More
Floating around on the internet right now is a rare example of Chinese self-deprecating humor. It’s a parody of the Beijing Welcomes You song, which makes fun of the poor performance of the Chinese men’s soccer team. It’s called å›½è¶³æ¬¢è¿Žä½ or the National Soccer team Welcomes You, and particularly funny is how they take “our …Read More
Ba ba ba – as the crowds of Olympic spectators herd themselves into their seats for the opening ceremonies, the eights are everywhere. As, by now, everyone’s likely aware – “eight” is an auspicious number in Chinese culture and it’s no coincidence that The Games are starting at 8:08:08 pm on 08/08/2008. The reason for …Read More
This was actually game two for the day, but it’s hard to work a half-day in Suzhou, jump on a two hour train and get to the Nanjing Olympic Stadium (no Olympic events have been or ever will be staged here, by the way) in time for a 2 pm game. Plus, Chico and I …Read More
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