Category Archives: Trends and Buzz

Reporting on the World Cup, this millennium and last

Interesting attitudes from Chinese sports reporters at the World Cup in Germany.

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A Chinese Da Vinci Code

Translation of a Da Vinci Code spoof concerning Tang Bohu (唐伯虎密码) by (敢笑不下流).

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Throwing bricks at the World Cup

A NetEase website set up so that people can bitch at the World Cup.

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China Daily and Chinese Women: Cross-dressing, nudity, and super-sized bellies

China Daily, China’s most exciting news web site, opened the week with reports about three of the Middle Kingdom’s most remarkable women. The first report tells about Zhang ZiYi’s new contract with Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein to star in three … Continue reading →

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Full marks for fake college essays

Books of “full mark essays” ostensibly drawn from the college entrance exams are actually written by others.

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Putting ads on adult webcomics on Chinese blogs

Demidov (崖小暖) and his adult-themed webcomic.

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No to gay adoption and gay marriage in China

The China Daily asks Can homosexual adopt children in China? Legally, the Marriage Law of the People’s Republic of China recognizes only families formed by marriage of opposite sex and does not recognize the legality of homosexual families, and the … Continue reading →

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Moganshan

“The skies of Italy, the verdure of Japan, the grandeur of the Rockies,” that’s how the North China Daily News, described Moganshan, a hill retreat near Hangzhou, in 1936. Mark Kitto, founder of That’s magazines, is now running a café … Continue reading →

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Danwei World Tour Stop 1

Your correspondent is on the move, attending some China related events. This is the first one: The Hyperlinked Society Conference It’s at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. The conference seeks to answer these questions: Do links encourage … Continue reading →

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Julian Lloyd Webber: China’s brilliant cellists

No Big Mac culture– image from Sina Julian Lloyd Webber, the younger brother of cheese-pop-opera king Andrew Lloyd Webber had the following to say about classical music in China in the Daily Telegraph: China’s brilliant cellists Three weeks ago, in … Continue reading →

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