During a conversation about the treatment of animals in China some time ago, I remember a friend saying, “what rights are animals going to have in a country that is still working out the rights of humans?” Anyone that’s ever been to a zoo in China knows just how true this is. Fortunately, like all …Read More
Michael Steverson, better known as “Expatriate Games” in the blogsphere and on Flickr, has put together an awesome project entitled “Xin Nian Hao – 24 Hours in Liuzhou“. The series of photos and accompanying stories chronicle an entire day (one photo an hour) over CNYE and into the early morning hours of the first day …Read More
I really like Spring Festival. Honestly. Every year I hear the arguments about the “crazy Chinese and their crazy fireworks”, but despite the noise (and limb-losing danger) I have to admit that I get a bit caught up in the season. I suppose I’ve not been here long enough yet to truly understand what that …Read More
Lost Laowai blogger Matt Muller is traveling around Kunming and working his way south to Laos for the Golden Week (smart guy getting out of China for the week). He grabbed this shot in Kunming. From Matt: “It is a random ‘lingerie show’ showcased by a Chinese model on a side street in Kunming and …Read More
When people think of “Rice Chasers” the common thought is of non-Asian men chasing Asian women. In fact, it’s often believed that Asian men are the most discriminated against by white women (dating wise). No one ever really thinks about crazed non-asian girls chasing after Asian men. I guess those people have never been to an …Read More
This is a bit sinister: the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) has been dropping digital certificates into the computers of everyone in China, which could potentially allow them to snoop on your normally secure ‘https’ web-surfing, such as your online banking and email. CNNIC’s digital certificate, which is probably in your computer right now, …Read More
Upset that his boss was living a luxurious life and he couldn’t even afford cigarettes, 30-year-old Lai Yanwang slammed back a bunch of Red Bull, grabbed two (ominously, if not appropriately named) pig killing knives and headed for the office in Dongguan. Is a Bo Staff standard issue in the Guangdong police arsenal? Things ended …Read More
Hey all, pardon the mess. Am in the process of getting Lost Laowai 3.0 up and running, and am bound to be breaking stuff repeatedly while I do so. Apologies ahead of time if you come to the site and get a dastardly PHP function error, or 404 not found notice. A lot of things …Read More
At this point, everyone knows about Google’s decision to channel Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name†and more or less say “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me†when it comes to complying with China’s internet censorship laws.  In its January 12 blog post, Google stated that the company does in fact recognize …Read More
This beautiful photo is part of a larger set of Hunan photos by Shanghai-based French engineer Yves Andre, who’s also quite handy with a camera.Read More
Welcome back to Fact or Fiction. In case you missed it last time, it is an (ir)regular feature here on Lost Laowai. Every edition I will have a guest and we will discuss a few of the big issues in China of the day. Every answer will have a “Fact” or a “Fiction” and some justification to go along with it.
Today, like much of the blogosphere we will be talking about the Google vs. GFW debate.  Which makes my guest, Steven, the perfect counterpart. The current resident of Suzhou, writes here at Lost Laowai and most of his posts have a technological theme. He is also the sole China blogger for CNET Asia with his blog Sinobytes.
So without further ado, let’s get down to Fact or Fiction 2:Â Electric Googaloo!!!Read More
As the War on an Abstract Noun winds down with a crack down on cub scouts with suspicious names, and begins a small mop up procedure in Yemen, the world waits with trepidation to see whose next on America’s shit list. For all the laowai who bought knockoff bullshit detectors in a shopper’s paradise, I …Read More
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