Traffic Light: The Crosswalk Is A Novel Thing

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Traffic Light (红绿灯) is a show on Beijing Television (BTV) that airs an ostensibly instructional segment called “Accidents That Should Never Happen.” Everything about it is ridiculous. The only way to make it more ridiculous is to watch it in slow motion, set to music. The song in this video is Cold Fairyland – Seeds of the Ground :: 地上的种子《冷酷仙境》.

Time Out Beijing’s Food Awards Are Out, And It’s Apparent Who The Target Audience Is

The Chinese character 富 (fu) means fortune
I think this sentence about sums it up: Note: All categories designated as “Fine Dining” are above 500RMB. Those designated as “Casual Dining” are below 500RMB. I’ll give you one flying guess which restaurant won both Restaurant of the Year and the Readers’ Choice (again). I’ll even give you a hint: It’s Maison Boulud. We had... Read more »

Just Dance, Gonna Be Okay

Airport cheerleaders
Via Side Spitting – a post that’s brilliantly titled “Shimmy and a Shake, You’re Alright” — China Daily reports that on Tuesday in Dalian, heavy fog caused flight delays that stranded about 5,000 passengers. That’s not the news though. As you know, flight delays happen all the time, and in China, sometimes they go for 15... Read more »

Mid-Week Links: Lipton’s tea contains pesticides, an assault in Sydney, and Jon Huntsman is a sensible man in a senseless world

China's renowned yoga instructor Muqi Miya
Left: via China Daily: “China’s renowned yoga instructor Muqi Miya coaches during the third National Thousand Yoga Fans Gathering at the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, East China’s Jiangsu province on April 22, 2012.” Right: via Ministry of Tofu: “Li Yingzhi wears a diamond-studded worth more than 100 million yuan.” Lots of links today, so brace... Read more »