We visit the folks at Beijing Improv, where you should always expect the unexpected.
Notes: Beijing Improv holds free, bilingual workshops every Wednesday night at the Hot Cat Club, as well as a theater show on the last Saturday of every month.
China Digital Times has noticed something very strange happening on Twitter: several high-profile China watchers have reported receiving warnings about attacks on their accounts. Which shadowy cyber prankster would dare try such a thing? Or is this the work of a more sinister agent of the People’s Republic branch of Anonymous? It seems wrong to... Read more »
Picture via Tom Lasseter China’s war of attrition with journalists continues. Hu Jintao is determined to filibuster life itself. If you’re seeing the light, stop walking toward it. Get on Twitter, hashtag #18PC. https://twitter.com/chinadailyshow/status/266318867171799040 We’ll update periodically here as well.
We learn yet again that eagles possess the uncanny ability to terrify. In the above video, a man is taking his small pet bird out for a stroll -- you can see the little guy near the end -- when an eagle swoops in and grabs the bird off the man's bicycle handlebar. In case you missed it, the video replays several times.
Via Kaiser Kuo, here's an official Durex ad on Sina Weibo that has pounced on yesterday's US presidential election results. The caption reads: "The difference between Obama and Romney is..."
Image via Digital Trends Four more years for the big guy in charge. If you’re interested in how China reacted to Barack Obama’s win yesterday, we’ll offer this post by Tea Leaf Nation, which translates several reactions from Sina Weibo, which is China’s Twitter. But plenty of China watchers were tweeting on actual Twitter, too.... Read more »
Via Malcolm Moore The 18th National Congress starts tomorrow, and we will be live-tweeting the opening day with China Daily Show at hashtag #18PC. Join us, will you? Links now.
Consider this your early projection in the race for China's presidency, except there are no projections, just cold hard facts, delivered by Xinhua. Xi Jinping will be the next leader of China, as announced at this evening's preparatory meeting and press conference.
