If you're going to take a trip to the Shaolin Temple in Zhengzhou, Henan province, you might as well bring along your Wu-Tang knowledge. Wu-Tang Clan fans, this one's for you.
Video directed by Alessio Avezzano, starring Aaron Garcia and Jacob Butler.
In 1949, civil rights activist, professional football player, and stage actor Paul Robeson -- a man of many talents, one would say -- toured Europe amid controversy over his political leanings (in one word: left). During this trip, Robeson, a friend of China whose father was a runaway slave, gave a rather famous rendition of "March of the Volunteers," a song that begins, "Arise! All those who don't want to be slaves!"
Happy holidays to all those in China. Go safely, whatever your travel plans. Perhaps the Vietnamese-Chinese-Copenhagener-led Danish band Linkoban can inspire you to do some running of towns.
Our favorite talk show host, Gao Xiaosong, is at it again, this time talking about gun use and laws in the US in Episode 28: America Under Gunpoint. (Short synopsis: there are a lot of guns in America.) This one's not nearly as jaw-dropping as the first two episodes of Saturday Morning Cartoon. Enjoy it for the animation quality, I guess.
The Gar exploded onto the Beijing music scene in 2007 and entrenched its reputation as indie heavyweights with the release of its self-titled album two years later. The members went on a three-year hiatus with the departure of bassist and founding member Wen Jie, but it appears they're now back, with a new bassist in Zhu Boxuan (formerly of Hedgehog).
This episode's old, but it's still relevant, isn't it? "Lu Kim, the owner of City Sushi invited City sushi owner, Junichi Takayama to a school meeting claiming it to be about the diversity of Asian people," reads the YouTube description. "Little does Takayama know is that the meeting would be a trap to embarrass him."
These musicians filmed at Beijing's Temple of Heaven are quite good, but are they the best? If you know of any amateur orchestras or park singers that can give these guys a run for their money, please let us know.
We're going to visit Episode 25 of Gao Xiaosong’s Xiao Shuo, which Jim Fields wrote about two weeks ago, one last time. The show featured two cartoons, and here we present the second of those. It's even zanier than the first, featuring lines such as, "I want to tan myself into a black person, attend the Olympics, win honor for my country," and:
