Category Archives: Trends and Buzz

This morning a crowd of about 150 Chinese fans, gathered in front of the Kunlun Hotel to greet the stars of Real Madrid coming into town. Many girls were holding posters of Beckham and handwritten messages of love dedicated to … Continue reading →

The sixth Harry Potter novel goes on sale tomorrow morning at 7:01 Beijing time. Beijing’s major bookstores are opening up early to sell Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 《哈利·波特与混血王子》, although customers wanting to make other purchases still have to … Continue reading →

Is this the cover of the next big thing? First, from Beijing Daily Messenger, which has its finger on the pulse of online trends: In today’s wired world where things can change in an instant, if you are still enthralled … Continue reading →

There are some interesting jobs being advertised on Danwei at the moment: Business Development Manager for Economist Intelligence Unit in Shanghai Immediate vacancy: subeditor for international news agency in Shanghai Interpreters needed for film production in Beijing Shanghai Daily seeks … Continue reading →

Fang Xingdong posted a question to his personal blog last week: “Who is the most famous blogger?” Fang is the founder of BlogChina, which just this month overhauled its interface and changed its name to Bokee. Fang’s ruminations, and BlogChina’s … Continue reading →

Fight Club ain’t got nothin’ on this. A Legal Mirror intern reports about a “Killer” club that has been in operation in Beijing for about half a year. The club, which has 17 rooms capable of holding 12 to 16 … Continue reading →

Legal Mirror’s weekly column ‘Checking Your Pockets’ provides interesting info about the average salaries of different industries in the Chinese capital. The pockets checked this week are those of the thousands of housekeepers, or A-yi (阿姨) or baomu (保姆), employed … Continue reading →

Muzi Mei: Prone to Odd Beahviors? A tiny piece of paper is the latest evidence in the battle for truth over Sino-Japanese history. Japanese soldiers have allegedly used the small voucher, found in China’s Hebei province, as a “sex-ticket” during … Continue reading →

To get rich is glorious. It’s going to be briefcases full of Mao-notes for a while longer – the People’s Bank of China has denied rumors that it was preparing to issue a new note containing Deng Xiaoping’s image. The … Continue reading →