Category Archives: Trends and Buzz

SCMP follies and sacked vice mayors

Some China newsbites from the Net today: • Asia Sentinel: Top Editor Forced to Resign at South China Morning Post The turmoil inside Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post continued Monday with the forced resignation of the paper’s business editor, … Continue reading →

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Every breath you take in Beijing

SEPA stats for Beijing air.

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Old fables retold: The Tortoise and the Hare

The story of The Tortoise and the Hare (龟兔赛跑) told from a Chinese bureaucratic perspective.

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Things you don’t need to know about Chinese culture

Does everyone need to know who Yang Zhenning is? Southern Weekly commentator Song Zhijian thinks not.

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Street hawker cries of Beijing

Yang Changhe demonstrates hawker’s cries in a video shot by Muzimei.

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Up to one-third of celebrities write their own blogs

Survey says that just one-third of celebrity blogs are self-authored.

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Dragons and branding

Should the dragon be retired as China’s national emblem? Were dragons real? Read on…

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Gay cruising in Dongdan

A few days ago, Danwei remarked on a Beijing News article about Dongdan Park — the capital’s best-known gay pick-up spot — that did not actually mention this well known aspect of the park. Not everyone is so coy. Here … Continue reading →

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Spam of the month

Running a website brings special joys, such as a large amount of spam, and email from psychos across the globe. Today, your correspondent received this from a person identifying himself as Nhut Nguyen: Jery, You are actually a jankee male … Continue reading →

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Zhang Yu: Open and hidden shamelessness

Zhang Yu describes the casting couch.

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