Via Tea Leaf Nation We promised interesting non-Chen Guangcheng links in our Chen Guangcheng links post, but we start with one more bit of Chen news: according to Beijing activist @zengjinyan, Chen never wanted to leave the US Embassy, but his wife told him he should otherwise she and their children would be “sent back to... Read more »
Went on BBC World Service’s World Have Your Say show again this evening to talk about Chen Guangcheng with some bloggers you’ll recognize, including C. Custer of China Geeks and Yaxue Cao of Seeing Red in China. By the way, there are many great stories related to China from these past two days that have nothing... Read more »
Picture by China Aid via MSNBC Reports Reuters: A brief report by the Xinhua news agency broke China’s media silence. A senior U.S. official confirmed that Chen was out of the embassy. “Chen Guangcheng has arrived at a medical facility in Beijing where he will receive medical treatment and be reunited with his family,” said... Read more »
By The Good Doctor Until I actually saw the sign over the stage, I thought we were going to the Midi Festival. You’d think the fact that we were entering Ditan Park — I was pretty sure the Midi was somewhere on the west side — would have been enough to clue me in, and... Read more »
Former NBA stars Allen Iverson and Dennis Rodman were in Cixi, Zhejiang earlier this week to scrimmage against the Beijing Ducks, which still has (the newly minted) Stephon Marbury, as part of an eight-game, multi-team tour. One Beijing player said it was a dream to play against AI. Ducks coach Min Lulei, however, had no use for such sentiment. He chided his team in the post-game press conference for not taking the opening game seriously enough, which strikes me as just silly -- the Ducks are a month removed from winning the CBA championship, and they haven't practiced together since.
@China_Daily does not follow @beijingcream, but it does follow @Sexy_Cute_Olivi. What makes Miss Olivia so sexy? Is it her hair? Is it her blondness? Is it her insatiable passion for life and living, the reds and rock music of our everyday world? Or is it her ability to shill? “No Fees To Register. Win a Car from... Read more »
Stephen Colbert, on Chen Guangcheng (who he calls "Eric"): "Apparently losing your sight doesn't just make your ears better, it makes your balls bigger."
You may remember Li Yingzhi as the model who wore a diamond dress at this year's Beijing International Automotive show (aka Auto China) worth 100 million yuan. (Here are several pictures of her via Ministry of Tofu.) Last week, a video surfaced of Ms. Li, accompanied by some serious softcore porn music. Behind all that makeup and those diamonds, there's a human being somewhere. A human being bedecked in diamonds.
Apparently this dog, Li Li, is a local celebrity in Nanning, Guangxi province. Dubbed "bike hugging dog" (according to YouTube video description), it patiently waits for its owner to get done with his errands, then hops onto the back of the bike, barks to signal it's ready, and somehow maintains his balance as the biped pedals away.
