Category Archives: Internet

Chongqing nail house destroyed

Posted on 2007-04-03 by Jeremy Goldkorn

China’s first Internet icon of 2007 succumbs to the bulldozer The Chongqing nail house has been destroyed, according to this report on Netease (in Chinese), illustrated with images by a Xinhua News Agency photographer. ‘Nail house’ (钉子户) refers to a … Continue reading →

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Open source translation websites

Posted on 2007-03-30 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Chinese Content wiki and Yeeyan (译言).

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Andy Lau fan’s father kills himself:
Sina condemns and enjoys

Posted on 2007-03-30 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Sina.com has opened a special minisite about a fan of pop star Andy Lau (刘德华) whose father committed suicide. Below is a translation of Sina’s introduction to the affair: After crazed star chaser Yang Lijuan (杨丽娟) became obsessed with Andy … Continue reading →

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Uncensored new media:
Chongqing nail house videos

Posted on 2007-03-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

It’s still there China’s latest Internet celebrity is the 40-year-old Ms Wu Ping, owner of the “coolest nail house in history” in Chongqing. Nail house (钉子户) is a Chinese slang term referring to people and households who refuse to move … Continue reading →

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House of Flying Bananas

Posted on 2007-03-26 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A group of American students of Chinese has produced a spoof kung fu film and posted it to Youtube. Apparently shot in Vermont, the film is titled House of Flying Bananas. The dialogue is in laowai-inflected Mandarin, with English subtitles. … Continue reading →

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Property rights: the coolest nail house in history

Posted on 2007-03-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Home sweet home Dingzihu (钉子户) is a Chinese word that means a household or person who refuses to vacate their home to make way for real estate development. Virtual China translates the word as ‘nail house’ because “they stick out … Continue reading →

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Foreign blog providers blocked

Posted on 2007-03-20 by Jeremy Goldkorn

China’s Net Nanny is having some kind of emotional issue: in the last few weeks, Livejournal, Xanga, and Blogspot have all been blocked. The Nanny has been playing a game with Blogspot for sometime now. It was first blocked in … Continue reading →

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