The death of a Chinese fisherman in South Korean waters in the Yellow Sea has raised "strong dissatisfaction" in Beijing. On Tuesday, a raid of two fishing ships resulted in a fisherman reportedly getting fatally wounded by a rubber bullet. According to AFP:
Remember how, during the saga of blind activist Chen Guangcheng, authorities resorted to the basest means to intimidate and punish him? You’ll surely remember Chen Kegui, Guangcheng’s nephew, who was arrested for attacking goons with a knife — goons disguised as police (or is it the other way around?) who were sent to his house... Read more »
Xinhua! What are you doing??? *Violently shakes Xinhua by the shoulders so that its head rattles like a punching bag* XINHUA? ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING??? *Slaps Xinhua across the cheek, then again with a backhand, so that three ovals of spittle, each smaller than the oval preceding it, flies out of Xinhua’s mouth, first one... Read more »
"Chinese commies are commies and China commies commies commies," Mitt Romney said at tonight's the second presidential debate.
His actual words were, "China has been a currency manipulator for years and years and years," but the real point didn't require such fancy words: China equals bad, non-China equals good.
This is your story of the day, week, and month. As posted to Sina Weibo a few days ago, Fang Meng tells this extraordinary tale that needs no further embellishment. A feature published on Qianlong Net yesterday has more details as well, from which we’ll sample. On July 8 of this year, 53-year-old Kou Minjun — who hasn’t had... Read more »
For whatever reason, Yang Rui felt it necessary to apologize to Melissa Chan yesterday, even though this apology comes about five months late, not to mention totally out of the blue. Via Shanghaiist: Yang Rui’s post at 12:09 on 16th October: I do not agree with demonizing [other journalists], in mid-May on several different occasions I... Read more »
We hope this isn’t a trend. On October 10, just east of the community health center in a courtyard in Beijing’s Daxing District, according to Sohu, two rings were set up to stage a day of dogfighting. Hundreds of onlookers and dozens of gamblers were ringside, and up to 20,000 200,000 yuan’s worth of bets were... Read more »
Uh oh, there’s that word again: vulgar. As reported by Hong Kong Daily News via Xinhua, a set of chairs that recently appeared in Suzhou, Jiangsu province’s Jinji (Golden Chicken) Lakeside has attracted controversy. You can glance at the above and guess at why. This group of “landscape sculptures” has elicited some netizens to call... Read more »
The documentary company Journeyman has just uploaded a 28-minute film called Miss Tibet that offers possibly the realest look at contemporary Tibet you'll find anywhere. Mark Gould's description on Journeyman's website:
The Miss Tibet beauty pageant claims to give women a platform to highlight Tibetan issues, drawing attention to the the plight of the its people as well as the brilliance of the lifestyle and culture.
