Category Archives: Internet

Chinese have no sense of humor?

“I have concluded that we Chinese do not have much of a sense of humor.” That’s what Wang Xiaofeng said in a recent blog post, translated into an abridged English version by Raymond Zhou: Chinese sense of humor? You’ve got … Continue reading →

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Li Yong vs. Shaanxi

Li Yong (李咏) insults 30 million Shaanxi people on national TV.

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Falling down on the job

Newspaper ‘Beijing Today’ invents quotations.

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Shu Yong and the giant breasts

Artist Shu Yong is known for his giant sculptures of breasts.

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Wang Shuo’s next novel to be subscription blog?

Excerpt from Global Voices report on Wang Shuo’s latest movements.

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Ways of looking at Curse of the Golden Flower

A taxonomy of Chinese film critic responses to Zhang Yimou’s new movie, as created by Raymond Zhou (周黎明). Also, reviews by Dou Jiangming (钭江明) and Li Yi (李翼).

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Ice and politics in Curse of the Golden Flower

Blogger Lao Huang (老晃) obliquely ties Zhang Yimou’s new Curse of the Golden Flower to the Fourth of June. Taiwan media picks it up. Panic ensues.

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Sod the iPhone: give us Mac service in China

iDon’tNeed While the hi-tech world is swooning at Steve Jobs’ feet after the dramatic unveiling of Apple’s iPhone, your correspondent is cursing and swearing in front of his Mac keyboard, wishing that Apple’s famous engineers and designers would turn their … Continue reading →

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007 vs Man in Black

Internet star video maker Hu Ge has released an entertaining new video (found via Shanghaiist). Hu is best known for his Internet video spoof of Chen Kaige’s movie The Promise (see ESWN and Danwei for more about the affair). This … Continue reading →

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Wang Xiaofeng: How I became Time Person of the Year

Raymond Zhou has translated Wang Xiaofeng’s tale ‘How I became Time’s Person of the Year’.

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