Violence between Burmese government and rebel forces has apparently spilled across the border from northern Kachin to China.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Hua Chunying said yesterday that three "bombs" from Myanmar landed in Yunnan province, and added -- rather diplomatically -- that Myanmar should probably stop letting bombs land in Yunnan
Yesterday at around 8:30 am, a fire at a private (unofficial?) orphanage in Lankao county, Henan province killed seven children (four on the spot, three en route to the hospital). The home was owned by Yuan Lihai, a former street vendor who is the adoptive mother of more than 100 children.
Red means stop, green means go, yellow means very, very slow... unless you're in China in 2013, in which case, red means stop, green means go, yellow means stop... unless you're driving an Audi, in which case, green means go, yellow means go, red means whatever you feel like.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjm99zfydaM] Our first musical outro of the calendar year comes at the strong behest of contributor Matt, whose love for Faye Wong knows no bounds. You might know Faye from Wong Kar-Wai’s Chungking Express and 2056 2046, but she was famous before those roles and will forever be for her songs, including The Last Blossom 《开到荼蘼》, off the 1999... Read more »
For many of us who observe China’s public holiday system, today’s the first day of work in 2013. But for many others in China – especially romantics – today’s significant for another reason: it’s “Love You a Lifetime” day. It’s not officially recognized anywhere, but today just sounds significant. In Mandarin and Cantonese, 2-0-1-3-1-4 sounds like “爱你一生一世”... Read more »
I’m picturing Nicholas Kristof, the New York Times’s Pulitzer-winning columnist, clutching an AK-47 a la Jason Russell while on the greatest meth high this side of Breaking Bad. Yes, that is what I’m picturing. Kristof:
People’s Daily Online is openly soliciting feedback for China’s English-language newspapers, using language that doesn’t even try to conceal the fact that papers such as China Daily and Global Times might be affiliated with the government. This is the shocking part, of course. Those of us familiar with China know how complicated the media environment... Read more »
The page editor at Southern Weekly, a Guangdong daily newspaper, left work two days ago thinking his section was set. The next day, he and everyone else discovered a pro-government introductory message in their paper, headlined “Pursuing dreams,” that no one had previously seen, according to SCMP.
Zhejiang Golden Bulls guard Quincy Douby went off on Wednesday night, scoring 75 points in a 154-129 home win. His opponent, the Shanxi Brave Dragons, had a stellar performer as well: Charles Gaines, whose 60-point, 29-rebound night would have been the headline on any other day. As is, it was Douby’s record-setting 75 — four... Read more »
