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Author Archives: Joel Martinsen
Goodbye Koreatown
As the economy remains sluggish, Korean businesses and their employees are faced the decisions: remain in Beijing and Shanghai, or return to Korea?
Posted in Magazines
Tagged business, CBNweekly, economic crisis, Korea
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Marry me in Legos
A man living in Beijing’s Tiantongyuan community wanted to propose to his girlfriend in a memorable way, so he worked with a director friend to produce this stop-motion story of their love
Zheng Jun’s Tibetan Rock Dog
Rock star famous for song about Tibet pens a graphic novel about a Tibetan mastiff who learns to rock-out.
Posted in Books
Tagged comic books, dogs, Tibet, Zheng Jun
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Zhao Benshan’s Spring Festival MDMA
Zhao Benshan’s Spring Festival skit is attacked by dramatist Wei Minglun for superficiality.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged ecstasy, Wei Minglun, Zhao Benshan
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Romance during a financial downturn
An Alibaba commercial that illustrates how moving your business online can bring you romance and profit becomes fodder for a voice-over commentary track that treats it as a textbook in how to pick up chicks.
Posted in Featured Video
Tagged Chunbaba, egao, parody, video
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Das Kapital the musical!
Marx’s masterpiece is being adapted into a stage play.
Dirty words in the mainstream media
The New York Times reports on the Grass Mud Horse. Beijing TV tries to report on the Internet phenomenon but badly misses the point.
Posted in Internet
Tagged Caonima, Good Morning Beijing, grass mud horse, New York Times, puns
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City branding through increased literacy
Suining County, Jiangsu Province, has realized that attracting investors can be difficult when none of them can read the characters in its name.
Posted in Advertising and Marketing
Tagged branding, characters, Suining, Yu Guoming
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Find harmony by owning your own grass-mud horse
Stuffed alpacas.
Posted in Humor
Tagged @altcat, Caonima, puns, stuffed animals
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Jay Chou’s revolutionary opera
Jay Chou’s ‘Ninja’ set to images from the Long March Suite.
Posted in Featured Video
Tagged egao, Jay Chou, Long March
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