Category Archives: Trends and Buzz

New Years Past: Other Spring Festivals
by Geremie R. Barmé

Sang Ye interviews two people about their experiences during Great Leap Forward-era Spring Festivals. Translated and annotated by Geremie R. Barmé.

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by Geremie R. Barmé

Jobless, but home for the holidays

Tang Ziwen (唐子文) writes in the Mirror about a girl who quit her job to go home for Spring Festival.

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Spring Festival keywords

Some musings on what Spring Festival really means.

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Blogger Wang Xiaofeng sticks it to the man

We discussed Beijing culture – or the lack of of it – swearing, idiots on the Internet, Northeastern Chinese jokes about sex, blogging, and the meretricious behavior of Sina.com.

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The Golden Island Bath House

Here is a newish Chinese blog written in a very literary style, all about sex: A Big Kang. It’s hosted on the Soho Xiaobao blog provider, which is owned by Beijing’s SOHO real estate development company. Below is a rough … Continue reading →

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Thief maps lets netizens fight crime

An overlay for a map of Nanjing pinpoints petty crime.

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Sunday is Wait In An Orderly Line Day

Today many China Mobile users in Beijing received the following text message: 首都文明委提示您,每月11日是排队推动日,排队文明,礼让光荣。 The Civilized Capital Committee reminds you: the 11th of every month is Wait In An Orderly Line Day. It’s shame that it’s only one a day a … Continue reading →

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Hu Jintao in Africa: a roundup of news and views

In Zambia with President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa – Xinhua image Chinese president Hu Jintao is in Africa again, continuing China’s aggressively friendly Africa policy with a tour that takes in Sudan, Zambia, Cameroun, Liberia, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique and the … Continue reading →

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Li Yinhe on Sohu sex survey

Li Yinhe comments on a sex survey, gets blasted by angry commenters, and decides to quit blogging (she doesn’t really).

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Pole dancing: for fitness, not about sex

Healthy exercise A lot has changed since the days when Tai-chi, Yangge (Northeastern Chinese fan dancing) and granny disco were the main forms of exercise available to urban Chinese. Beijing, Shanghai and other big cities have seen the arrival of … Continue reading →

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