Category Archives: Trends and Buzz

China.com was one of the dot com boom’s darling China portals, but has since become just another mediocre portal cum SMS service cum general Internet services company. Lately however, it seems they are trying to revitalize their content by hiring … Continue reading →

Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu read some unhealthy literature. To prevent young minds from rotting away over the summer vacation, China Central Television has announced that over the next few weeks it will be broadcasting television adaptations of the four … Continue reading →

Fake military plate backed with a genuine one. The ads posted around town read, “Put a license-plate frame on your car, and you won’t have to pay tolls, parking fees, or traffic citations.” The product was a James Bond-style license-plate … Continue reading →

Sorry about the cussing in the headline, but I had to attract your attention somehow. This is a message especially for people who read Danwei on an RSS reader. If you don’t know what RSS is, please look at this … Continue reading →

Forget about politics and social unrest, Google China’s monthly top search queries for May are all about pop culture. Singer Kristy Zhang (张含韵) captured the top spot to become the Middle Kingdom’s most popular search term, up from 6th in … Continue reading →

Jiang Wen’s The Sun Also Rises (太阳再次升起) and Devils on the Doorstep (鬼子来了).

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That’s Beijing magazine has a website with an entertaining classified ads section. From which comes this lonely hearts ad that is a sign of the times (emphasis added): I am a Beijing girl, 23y/o, pretty, smart, like cooking, sports, yoga…ect…( … Continue reading →

The Danwei Department of Useless Information brings you buzz from online forums concerning the new slogan for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, “One World, One Dream.” First, though, an online poll. Sina is hosting a survey sponsored by CCTV asking viewers … Continue reading →