Yishus: I Speak For The Paintings, For The Paintings Speak Not For Themselves

By Lola B March 5, 2012 8:00 am   Comments: 0

My retinal neuroprocessors shifted into slo-mo as his hand, fingers twitching, extended to caress the oil painting at the National Art Museum of China. As a painter myself, I completely understand the urge to cop a feel of a comely piece of work. However, three points for consideration regarding this particular case of public non-consensual... Read more »

Male Chinese ‘Tour Guide’ And Female American ‘Student’ Keen To The Night About This Perplexing, Desolate, Wonderful City Called Beijing

By Anthony Tao March 5, 2012 2:17 am   Comments: 0

The above video first appeared on Youku four days ago and currently has nearly 48,000 views. The two singers -- a Chinese tour guide and an American student, according to the video's somewhat melodramatic description (They are a guide, a student. It was tourism that made them acquaintances, a song that made them familiars, reality that made them bewildered) -- present their version of "Beijing Beijing"《北京北京》. Judging by the video's comments, the duo has struck a chord.

The Situation Is Excellent: The Week That Was At Beijing Cream

By Anthony Tao March 4, 2012 10:00 pm   Comments: 0

February 27 - March 4

Picture of the Day: Fix Bike

By Zozo March 4, 2012 5:00 am   Comments: 0

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Well, Here Are More Pictures Of Condoms Than You Could Possibly Want

By Anthony Tao March 4, 2012 3:14 am   Comments: 0

Unless, you know, you were that kind of perv.  Via Buzzfeed. (Yes, there are many more where these came from.)

Hey Look, A Red Guard Being Fondled While Saluting Mao (Not For Those Offended By Illustrations Of Boobs)

By Anthony Tao March 3, 2012 8:53 pm   Comments: 1

The Shanghaiist uncovered a bit of a gem earlier today, “Young Lust No. 5: ‘Red Guard Romance,’” by Bill Griffith (Zippy the Pinhead, anyone?) and Jay Kinney. A series of similar comics, mostly from the 1970s — created as satire of DC and Marvel’s “romance comics” – appears on Kinney’s website. The Red Guard Romance series was... Read more »

The Chinese In America: Sugar Philly Truck Likes The Ladies

By Anthony Tao March 3, 2012 2:00 pm   Comments: 0

A friend was on a plane from Beijing to the western US recently when a 30-minute show about food trucks came on, an interlude for the in-flight entertainment. The show included a five-minute segment on Sugar Philly Truck, run by a guy whose schtick is he needs a date and thinks ladies love sugar (something like... Read more »

Beijing Zoo: This Dog Routinely Gets Its Ass Kicked In The Playground, Does Not Care

By Anthony Tao March 3, 2012 11:00 am   Comments: 1

H/T John Hanrahan Got an animal you’d like to see featured? Send to tips@beijingcream.com. |Beijing Zoo Gallery|

Meet A Chinese Person (x2): Vicki and Sissi

By Amy Sands March 3, 2012 5:00 am   Comments: 1

By Amy Sands In addition to their indisputable beauty and mastery of funny faces, fellow English teachers Sissi and Vicki have much in common. To begin, both have favorite foods that I had never heard of: Sissi loves “liulianguo” while Vicki loves “shanzhu.” After a heated debate about the existence of these fruits and possible translation... Read more »

Friday Links: Chai, Like Shit, Sometimes Just Happens: Courtyard ‘Wrongly’ Demolished

By Anthony Tao March 2, 2012 11:59 pm   Comments: 0

Macao-based graffiti artists GANTZ5, via NeochaEDGE  Well, this sucks: The demolition of a courtyard, on Qinlao Hutong in Nanluoguxiang, was wrongly conducted as it was not included in the government plan for the construction of an underground parking lot, said cultural heritage campaigners yesterday. [Global Times] I guess now’s as good a time as any to... Read more »