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Category Archives: Trends and Buzz
Let us sing together songs of honor and shame
Links to songs about Hu Jintao’s New Socialist Values campaign (荣辱观 “八荣八耻”).
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New York Times definitely not blocked in Beijing
The New York Times website is working perfectly, as tested from four different Internet connections in the capital this evening. Perhaps it is a Passover gift to the Jews of Beijing. Hach Sameach! However, it seems that the problem was … Continue reading
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PLMM’s spam the Guardian
Here’s a piece of comment spam posted on one of the blogs of the Guardian Unlimited site (click the image for a full screen capture when the link is cleaned up). This sort of thing isn’t particularly uncommon, but one … Continue reading
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Cherry blossoms at Yuyuantan
ESWN has an interesting post on the debate over whether to uproot flowering cherry trees planted by the Japanese Occupation. Here in Beijing, tourists viewing the cherry blossoms at Yuyuantan could rent traditional Japanese costumes and stroll among the trees. … Continue reading
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Hitler applies for an English teaching job
Somebody has placed the following advertisement on the jobs wanted section of That’s Beijing’s website, together with the image reproduced here: Frau Rebecca, I am a 117 year old German expat who is looking for a teaching job in das … Continue reading
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Xinjiang blog, Xinjiang music
The Opposite End of China is a blog written by an American in Xinjiang. He has recently been writing about Uyghur music and posting videos of Uyghur and faux-Uyghur pop music. In the post Listening to Xinjiang, he links to … Continue reading
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Drag racing in China; Sanlian and FHM
Sanlian Life Week and FHM profile illegal street racing.
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February Girl has a blog
February Girl at rest ESWN recently translated a post on the Tianya forum by February Girl (二月丫头) that starts like this: I have been posting photographs one after another at Tianya’s True Self Community Forum. Some were pretty, and others … Continue reading
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Songs you can’t play on Beijing radio
Here’s a list of songs that are apparently banned from Beijing radio. A blogger going by the name of aside2006 snapped a camera-phone picture of the notice, which was posted at a company where he had an interview. The notice … Continue reading
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