Maybe China isn't so upset at Elton John after all. Here is the man talking to China Central Television anchor James Chau for CCTV News (English edition). Via CCTV:
The first China Beijing International Magic Carnival kicked off yesterday, which no one attended because it was in Changping District. Listen, event organizers: be a little less transparent with these “international” festivals, would you? The CBIMC (a non-official and heretofore nonexistent acronym) is nothing but a local soft-power push, the equivalent of a small-auto windshield makers trade fair in Jefferson City,... Read more »
In China, the prevalence of HIV/AIDs is a mere 0.1 percent, yet almost every article on the subject will mention “pockets of high infection” among subsets. What they’re talking about is Henan province, where tens, maybe hundreds of thousands (some say up to a million) of people, mostly peasants, were infected in the 1990s through... Read more »
Show’s over, folks. The “Most Awesome Nail House” in Wenlin, Zhejiang province — a three-story residence standing in the middle of a highway near a railway station — has been demolished after the owner, 67-year-old Luo Baogen, signed an agreement with property developers. “Well, I am willing to relocate,” Luo said. The terms of the relocation agreement haven’t... Read more »
Huge, rolling flames. Xinhua reports that the fire began just after 7 pm around Xihongmen subway station in Daxing District. The thick smoke rose more than 10 meters. Firefighters were able to control it relatively quickly. About 300 square meters of property were damaged, but there were no casualties. The cause of the incident is still under investigation.
Chen Kegui, nephew of blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng, was sentenced to 39 months in jail for his role in fighting back hired thugs and local officials who had broken into his home on April 27. The man slashed three officials — out of a group of about 20 of the most spineless, chicken-livered, piss-poor excuses... Read more »
Dudes wearing creepy, creepy masks pulled down their pants, held orange-red plastic pails over their privates, and masturbated while scantily-clad female models did sexually suggestive things, including with dildos and blow-up dolls. And it wasn’t for a porno — a terrible, terrible porno that no one would watch. Who wants to explain? “On the afternoon... Read more »
Michael Pettis's club XP will welcome Shanghai's Pairs tomorrow night, described by our music contributor as a "rad... nowave / shitrock duo." If you know what that means, you'll enjoy the show. They're joined by Gum Bleed, 16mins and Baby Formula. The song is the first single from Pairs's double vinyl album If This Cockroach Doesn't Die, I Will, which we're told is about people in the Shanghai music industry, and "really funny -- if you know who he's singing about." Music video by Dani Grant.
You might not know it yet (or maybe you do), but it’s definitely Christmas season in Beijing. This is either good or bad. We’ll let you decide over links.
Ha ha! Western media, you got GOT. Unicorns! Ha ha, you totally fell for the Korean Central News Agency’s satire. Yeah, you did. You totally did. Look: Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) — Archaeologists of the History Institute of the DPRK Academy of Social Sciences have recently reconfirmed a lair of the unicorn rode by King... Read more »
