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The death of the last revolutionary general

Lu Zhengcao, the last surviving army general from the first generation of PLA officers, died yesterday at the age of 106.

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Red guards and brand fundamentalism

In the April iLook, Hung Huang writes about the intersection of fundamentalism and shanzhai culture. Yang Erche Namu is featured in parodies of other magazine covers.

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F1 race car made from scrap

At Youku Buzz, Kaiser Kuo links us to brothers in Tangshan who are building knock-off versions of Formula One racing cars.

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A spoof translation about knock-off culture

Even Osnos tracks down the shanzhai Steven Zuckerberg.

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Shanzhai Gala insiders tell all

Two participants in the failed Shanzhai Gala experiment describe what went wrong.

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Black Shanzhai village near Beijing

A village near Beijing with a newly trendy name.

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Shanzhai Gala videos blocked for improper content

Video sites think ‘Shanzhai Gala’ is a sensitive word.

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