Category Archives: Internet

Bingfeng and Bellavue are two smart Chinese Internet writers with vehement disagreements about Taiwan, Japan, and what it means to be Chinese. They are currently fighting it out in English and Chinese in blog posts and comments boards. Read the … Continue reading →

Some large and successful companies have odd names, such as the marketing and communications behemoth WPP, whose acronym name stands for Wire and Plastic Products. But here is news of a company that had a truly weird name, considering the … Continue reading →

Business Week is reporting that Citibank “is considering increasing its stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank from the current 4.62 percent”. The report lists a few other deals: Last week, Dutch lender ING Groep NV said it will buy a … Continue reading →

From Imagethief, a blog kept by an American guy who works in PR in Beijing: Giant Nosehair! Is it an enormous concrete nostril-hair? Is it a huge tentacle emerging from the stygian depths beneath North Beijing? Is it a mock-up … Continue reading →

A Xinhua headline: The characters literally mean “American female plant person dies”. Plant person = vegetable = Terry Schiavo. There’s a brief article about Schiavo’s death here (in Chinese). UPDATE: I have received email from several people who don’t know … Continue reading →

Xinhua’s Chinese website reports: Chatroom websurfers beware! If you post pornographic pictures, films and obscene information in chatrooms, you risk being exposed and punisahed by the law. Yesterday journalists learned from the Sichuan Province Public Security Burea that the police … Continue reading →

Xinhua’s Chinese website is reporting that China’s Chery automobiles are becoming a recognized brand among consumers in Egypt. In November last year, Chery signed an agreement with the Egyptian trading company CIG to sell Chery cars in the Egyptian market. … Continue reading →

Asian Sex Gazette reports: China introduces new erotic kit for ‘remote sex’ The new hi-tech invention of the sex industry allows to enjoy the pleasure of “distant sex.” Each kit contains: a computer board, headphones and a microphone for naughty … Continue reading →

A worldwide Chinese petition against Japan getting a seat on the UN Security Council has collected 16 million names in its first week. The original aim was 20 million by August. Names are collected via SMS and on the China918 … Continue reading →