It’s not the worst we can imagine, but it’s certainly the worst we’ve seen try to get passed off, without irony, as a real picture. The good people at the Zhaotong Politics and Law Commission in Yunnan province wanted to drum up some positive publicity for an officer helping someone recover his lost motorcycle, so... Read more »
Here’s another reminder that being a flagrant asshole to others can have consequences. A foreigner recently got the crap kicked out of him by security guards after he said “fuck you” to one of them in English. According to The Nanfang (via Southern Metropolis Daily), the incident happened last Friday in Tianhe District in Guangzhou when a... Read more »
We are, in spite of everything (slower Internet, mostly), looking forward to the upcoming National Congress that starts next Thursday, because it means we’ll get to see silliness such as pictures of photojournalists taking pictures (WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS’ WATCHERS???), and there’s always the chance that someone will literally die out of boredom. One thing we are... Read more »
Another day, another Mitt Romney lie involving China. Granted, this lie was told last Thursday at a rally in Defiance, Ohio -- "I saw a story today that one of the great manufacturers in this state Jeep — now owned by the Italians — is thinking of moving all production to China" -- and it's a lie that mostly slanders Chrysler, Barack Obama, Italy, the US auto industry, and common sense, but we think it should be brought to your attention anyway in preparation for the next five days of Romney lies and the inevitable mention of Obama's half-brother in Guangzhou, Mark Ndesandjo, as evidence that the president loves him some Commie Red.
An elevator motherboard failure in a high-rise apartment in Anshan, Liaoning province has forced residents of Building 8, Unit 1 to find alternative ways to go home. Sure, some people just climb the 18 flights of stairs, but what if you’re old and don’t have the knees for that kind of daily workout? Pictured above,... Read more »
Beijing-based hookup app Momo and its 16 million users are about to get a bit less cool. Local nightlife blogger Jim Boyce, as he tells it on Beijing Boyce, has convinced the owner of Fubar to hold a Momo Party next Monday. No, really: Last week, I found myself sitting next to a group of women... Read more »
The best mahjong players from around the world, representing 13 countries, have converged in Chongqing for a four-day tournament that ends later today. According to Sina: The first Eight sessions will determine the team and country rank. For these sessions, efforts will be made to ensure that players from different countries will have an opportunity... Read more »
When it rains, it pours. Following revelations of child abuse by this terrible kindergarten teacher, who took hundreds of pictures of herself tormenting her students, and this kindergarten teacher, who was caught on tape slapping kids, and this kindergarten teacher, who nearly killed a child by flinging her to the ground, we have two more cases of abuse to report.
This ad by Karl Rove and American Crossroads is yet another reminder that American politics, at its worst, is no better than Chinese politics. Watch as a narrator, most certainly white, says, "The more Obama borrows from China, the more we'll have to bow to China." Implication: bowing is a gesture of servility, American decline, and Communism, not -- as it is in the real world -- a gesture of respect and willingness to cooperate on difficult, complicated matters such as, oh I dunno, international fucking politics.
Venerable titans of journalism, People’s Daily, published an attack piece on the New York Times yesterday (in Chinese) accusing the Gray Lady of deteriorating standards and bad breath. “In recent years, there has been an explosion in plagiarism and fabrication by its journalists,” PD writes, highlighting two particular debacles involving infamous plagiarists Jayson Blair and... Read more »
