There’s been a lot of hoopla over one of Iron Man 3′s film location, namely China — we heard the buzz as early as April 2012 — but only two notable Chinese actors appear in the film, Wang Xueqi and Fan Bingbing, and the latter doesn’t even appear in the new trailer. How disappointing, considering... Read more »
According to AFP, North Korea issued a statement that read, “As of now, inter-Korea relations enter a state of war and all matters between the two Koreas will be handled according to wartime protocol.” North and South Korea, as everyone is quick to remind, have technically never been out of war since 1950 because no peace treaty was ever signed, but
We GIFed this video for you, from today’s mass rally at Pyongyang’s Kim Il-sung Square, so you don’t have to. Look at the man in the middle. Once more, with enthusiasm! (Via BJC video producer Gabriel Clermont – here’s his previous GIF work – who’ll be around these parts every week starting this Sunday. Wait for it.)
Peng Liyuan may be unlike other wives of China’s leaders — she’s the country’s first “First Lady,” after all — but that doesn’t mean you’re allowed to stray off-message when talking about her. Case in point, the above photo, published by @HKfighter with an accompanying message that was translated Tuesday by China Digital Times:
The Associated Press has just published footage of today's 90-minute mass rally in Pyongyang, and it was very North Korean. Watch the weirdness that is thousands of troops on Kim Il Sung Square clapping while leaders on the rostrum clap back.
Soldiers and students reportedly chanted, “Death to the US imperialists” and “Sweep away the US aggressors."
A strategically published photo in the Korean paper Rodong purportedly shows Kim Jong-un, during an emergency meeting early this morning, signing off on a plan to attack the United States. NK News has the details: “He finally signed the plan on technical preparations of strategic rockets, ordering them to be on standby to fire so that they... Read more »
A woman was stripped and beaten in public on Sunday morning in Lanzhou, Gansu province, just outside her residential compound, with her four-year-old daughter present. She was jumped by five women who were reportedly out to teach her a lesson for committing adultery. Hug China has the story:
This isn’t going to be one of those “Why I left China after two long years and everyone is going to miss me” pieces. I left China for a bunch of personal reasons not related to China, decisions that I later (somewhat) ended up regretting. But let’s not get into all that. Laowai leave or... Read more »
No information available on this one, and none necessary, really. A woman on a scooter trying to run a red light gets clipped by another scooter, and then a fight breaks out. He tries to kick her in the head a la CM Punk, while she goes for the small package, i.e. inside cradle. More mixed gender tussling ensues, like we're back in the Attitude Era. Good times.