Hey all, with the holiday week in full swing, I totally lost track of the China: Love It ~ Hate It group writing project and that it was meant to finish yesterday. Though this GWP failed to attract a huge number of submissions (I’ll blame it on everyone busy preparing for the holiday), we did …Read More
Or: “A celebration of atheism in China’s schools†On the walls of China’s public schools you might find Karl Marx and even Friedrich Engels (an overture to more weighty propaganda to follow in later life), but you will also find images of Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin along with detailed profiles of these great men …Read More
Yes, It’s another one of my original headlines! Anyway, call me a counter-revolutionary hooligan if you like, or even an old f**t (lot’s do), but I really can’t get on with Chinese tea. I send loads of the finest Tei Guan Yin, excuse my pinyin, é“观音 to my Dad (86), who consumes it after lunch …Read More
I consider myself a veteran when it comes to backpacking in China. I’ve spent the last four years doing it and it’s taken me all over the country. I think I’ve pretty much seen it all, smelled it all and experienced it all. Needless to say, nothing surprises me now. Having said all that, I …Read More
Being a blogger in China comes with some cool benefits. Interesting content is generally only a trip to the supermarket away; every topic is controversial, so comments and conversation is a near guarantee; China’s a hot global topic, and so a reader-base is not something you need to pursue with much vigilance. However, damned if …Read More
It’s a question that every expat faces when visiting another country. Do you or do you not have a right to comment, complain, or question the politics of your host country? There is no shortage of such commentary in the Chinese blogosphere, and many foreigners in China (and I’m by no means an exception) turn …Read More
Barely a week goes by without Western media reporting on the latest trademark, copyright or IP infringement coming out of China. Just today I read that Chinese companies are distributing fake Icewine. Touting it to the rising middle-class that are looking for ways to show off that don’t involve a Mercedes and 30,000 RMB dinners. …Read More
Skype, the internet telephony service and instant-messaging application, has been non-operational, globally, for the past 24 hours. It’s a massive outage: effectively crippling an entire company which was worth US$2.6 billion when eBay purchased it back in 2005. It also leaves the 8 million very regular users (though most newspapers are running with the “220 …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
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
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
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
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