The post I wrote a couple days ago, Block you! You motherblocker!, has gotten a fair amount of comments, and all of it seemed dandy until Zhong Guo Ren tuned in. Here is a recreation of their comment, as I had to sift through the database and manually delete it (when ever viewed, the page …Read More
On Sunday, June 10th, a rainstorm flooded the Sea World square in Shekou, Shenzhen. The flood has caused economic losses worth tens of millions of yuan, and virtually destroyed 20 restaurants and shops in the area. The following was sent in via e-mail by a concerned reader: The June 28-July 1 editions of our local …Read More
I remember there was a time when a blocking of a site was a covert and dreadful thing. A bit of a sign that you had “made it” as someone fighting the good fight. “Blocked in China” seemed like such a ‘thing to be’. Sure Amnesty was; and pro dem sites, those were a given. …Read More
So, it looks like everyone’s favorite Angel has gotten herself in a bit of Peruvian hot water when she wore a bag with Mao’s famous slogan “为人民æœåŠ¡” on it while visiting the lost Inca city – Machu Picchu. Ya see, Peru had some issues with the commies during the 80s, when the Peruvian Communist Party …Read More
Well, there’s been a secret little project brewing lately. fiLi and I have been conspiring to create the latest incarnation of the China Blog Awards. fiLi, as some may know, is the brains behind the Chinalyst, a community/aggregator for English-language China blogs. It seems that his site is therefore the perfect venue to get these …Read More
Some of you may have heard about the ambitious, big-in-heart, project my friend Tom has been devoting every waking hour to – The Library Project. When I wrote about it at its inception last November, I admit, I didn’t have half the vision towards it that Tom so obviously does. I thought it would be …Read More
In my first post here at Lost Laowai, I wrote about a student of mine who calls herself Nazi. She is, in most ways, a pleasant girl who studies hard and takes responsibility for her class. Despite bureaucratic tendencies, she hardly seems totalitarian. But a lot of friends, both online and off, told me I …Read More
Before I begin, a quick note about my last post, on How to Watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs Online. It seems as though there have been some intermittent problems, but for the most part, I think I can generalize and say it’s working now. So be sure to send it along to friends who might …Read More
While in the Shanghai Museum a month ago, I picked up a museum guide flier “Treasures in museum’s collection†which featured this instantly forgettable sentence: “Yuan Ji (Shi Tao), Zhu Da (Bada Shanren), Kun Can (Shi Xi), and Zhan Jiang (Hong Ren) were the four monk painters of the late Ming and early Qing period.†…Read More
Hi, my name is Zheng Xiaoyu, and the reason I look so happy is that I’ve just won a no-expense paid trip to visit my ancestors. That’s right folks, I have been awarded the coveted title of 2007 Chinese Scapegoat of the Year – an honour unlike any other. I mean, I had wished and …Read More
By now, just about all laowai should have heard of our “Harmonious Society“. The first time I saw those words was about three years ago, in Chinese, written in huge font on a billboard along the road just after the Lupu Bridge in Pudong, Shanghai. At the time the sign was an anomaly, but within …Read More
Knock-offs of Disney apparel, toys and, of course, DVDs are so common here in the Mainland that none but the strictest IPR pundits raise an eyebrow about it anymore. However, Beijing’s Shijingshan Amusement Park has got to take the cake for blatant infringement of an endless amount of trademarks. The park, until recently, waved proudly …Read More
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