Oh, sure, you may THINK that 2008 begins in just five months or so, but for 1/5th of the world (give or take), it all starts one year from now – as today Beijing’s Olympic Clock hits the magic 365 days number. Yee haw! Many have said that these Olympics will be “China’s coming out …Read More
Last week, Louis Vuitton opened its Nanjing store. It opened with all of the pomp and ribbon-cutting and champagne and full-page newspaper ads announcing itself that one would expect from LV anywhere in the world. What I didn’t expect, though, was the literal mobs of shoppers that rushed the store the second the doors swung …Read More
Nary a week goes by that the Chinese media doesn’t provide us all with something to chuckle at and re-enforce our “oh those crazy Chinese” mentality. This week’s big news flub comes right from the top, Xinhua. The State-owned mouthpiece’s English-language Web site ran a serious story about a breakthrough in identifying what causes multiple …Read More
I love comments. Love how they add a depth of interaction with a readership that you could not have in traditional media. I think it’s awesome. However, net nannies of the world have a strong case for the need of an Internet tidy-up if you look at your average cross-section of comments on various China …Read More
Anyone that reads this blog often enough knows that I’ve no love for censorship. I down-right loath it. Freedom of speech is the apex of [*hr*]. There is not a situation I can think of whereby I feel a person should have their ability to speak on any topic they desire taken away from them. …Read More
About 10 days ago it was reported that steamed buns in China’s capital were being made with cardboard and pork flavouring. It was then announced earlier this week that the ‘cardboard baozi‘ story was a hoax created by a ‘journalist’ to up his ratings. While the many who touted it being a fake from the …Read More
Wait, should there be two free’s in that title? In a follow-up to the post from the other day, it seems the gears are in motion to get Oiwan the public support she so rightly deserves. Along with the Free Oiwan Lam Facebook group I made mention of yesterday, a new blog has been created …Read More
Who the hell is Oiwan Lam and why does she need freeing? That was the question I was asking myself as when I got the invite to join the Free Oiwan Lam Facebook Group. It was that question that led me to Imagethief’s post of the same title. Turns out Oiwan, an editor for Global …Read More
Seattle-based coffee hawker Starbucks has announced that they have closed their Forbidden City location in Beijing’s former Imperial Palace after operating there for the last seven years. The decision comes after a long line of criticism regarding the appropriateness of having such a symbol of the modern world in the middle of one of China’s …Read More
It somewhat amazes me that I’m still surprised when I hear of blatant copyright infringement by Chinese companies. I mean, am I naive to think this crap is ever going to improve? Is there something culturally missing in China that causes its people to be completely ignorant to the idea of “ownership” and OPS? I …Read More
I am always a bit behind in writing and posting ideas. This post would optimally have hit the blogsphere, sometime, say, in the months before an estimated 22 million Chinese women conceived in order to give birth to babies before the end of the year. But alas, it’s too late to stop them. However, my …Read More
Here’s a little something to brighten your day. Funny AND informative. 😉 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWTmg4dHiKg&v3Read More
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