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
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
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
China Expat Advice
Access Flickr (in China) Upgrade
If you’ve been using the Firefox addon Access Flickr, which allows you view Flickr photos while being behind the Great Firewall, you may have noticed some photos display just fine and some wont at all. Since posting last june about the fantastic solution for us shutterbugs in China, Flickr has added a new “farm” for …Read More
China Tech
YouTube’s Back, with BBC News thrown in too
Now with the troubles in the West mostly harmonized, and Taiwan’s newly-elected president certified as China Friendly, it looks like YouTube has returned to its previous sluggish-but-accessible self. As a freebie, the powers that free also appear to have unblocked BBC News, a site that to the best of my knowledge has been blackballed near …Read More
Arts & Entertainment
Help a Laowai Win In China
Should any Beijing Laowai have a free schedule tomorrow and wish to support a fellow foreigner in his bid to show a national TV audience that he’s got some guanxi too, while also helping raise awareness for a charity that secures micro loans for poor rural women, please read the following from American expat, Henry …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
The China Blog Network
China bloggers unite! The China Blog Network has arrived. In an effort to tie together all us sinobloggers, we’re launching the China Blog Network, a (appropriately enough) network of China blogs that all link together in a ring-around-the-rosie style (we’re praying we don’t all fall down). Though most of us link to each other through …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
