Mid-Week Links: CCTV journalist lashes out at media, Chang’e-3 rocket launch to the moon, and elite Chinese students score well apparently

By Anthony Tao December 5, 2013 1:00 am   Comments: 0

Jetlagged links.

Top-of-the-Week Links: China’s scrambled jets, profile of “AIDS Granny” Gao Yaojie, and David Cameron’s upcoming China trip

By Anthony Tao December 2, 2013 8:00 pm   Comments: 0

It's a new month links.

Friday Links: Chinese NYT potentially on the rocks, follow-up on Bloomberg and Wu’er Kaixi, and 4 years for Beijing protest instigator

By Anthony Tao November 29, 2013 9:00 pm   Comments: 0

Happy Hanukkah of course as well links.

Mid-Week Links: Katy Perry and Kanye West, New Yorker feature on pollution, and more barbecues destroyed in Beijing

By Anthony Tao November 27, 2013 8:00 pm   Comments: 0

Happy Thanksgiving links.

Top-of-the-Week Links: Xi Jinping reviewed, lingering questions from Qingdao pipeline blast, and Maison Boulud closing in Beijing?

By Anthony Tao November 25, 2013 8:00 pm   Comments: 0

Some Friday links are included in here, since we missed Friday's links.

Mid-Week Links: Zhang Yimou pursued by family planning officials, Chinese bitcoin millionaire, and “New Chinese Documentary Movement”

By Anthony Tao November 20, 2013 8:00 pm   Comments: 0

Officially traveling, so posting will be sporadic through Thanksgiving. Some of these links may be slightly belated, and some good ones have been missed (sorry), but great reads nonetheless abound herein.

Mid-Week Links: Typhoon Haiyan hits China, CY Leung publicly insulted by student, and Saturday’s Glacier Ice Party in Beijing

By Anthony Tao November 13, 2013 11:50 pm   Comments: 0

Apologies for the scarcity of posts recently. We're -- okay, I'm -- prepping for a visa run. Run of links for now.

Top-of-the-Week Links: Paul Mooney denied visa, Bloomberg vs. The New York Times, and books to avoid in China… and read

By Anthony Tao November 11, 2013 8:00 pm   Comments: 1

Hope you've enjoyed Singles Day, everyone. This was the day everyone in relationships gets to act like they're single... right? Links!

Friday Links: Tom Rhodes stand-up tonight and tomorrow in Beijing, ugly sperm, and the Carnegie-Tsinghua podcast

By Anthony Tao November 8, 2013 7:00 pm   Comments: 0

Greetings, folks. Des Bishop's monthly Humor Section -- a night of stand-up comedy at the Bookworm -- is tonight, featuring Tom Rhodes. "Tom is by far the most accomplished act we will have had at the Humor Section to date," Bishop says. 8 pm tonght at the Bookworm. Encore performance tomorrow night. And now for links.

Mid-Week Links: More patient-on-doctor violence, the baijiu mojito, and viral sex ed

By Anthony Tao November 6, 2013 8:00 pm   Comments: 0

TimeOut's giving away tickets to their first-ever Bar and Club Awards (November 28), so go do some voting and such, and read links.

Top-of-the-Week Links: The Third Plenum, Chinese censorship hits Montreal artist, and stray cats dying in Temple of Heaven

By Anthony Tao November 4, 2013 8:00 pm   Comments: 0

Happy Monday to you. More after the links.

Friday Links: Taiwan’s rubber duck explodes, Jeremy Lin scores 16 in opener, and drunk policeman murders pregnant woman

By Anthony Tao November 1, 2013 8:00 pm   Comments: 0

There's a big party in a Tianjin castle that you might have heard of. Otherwise, subway party tonight (and one tomorrow, too!). Otherwise, links.

Mid-Week Links: Suspects sought in Tiananmen “suicide attack,” Serena beats Li Na again, and protests against ABC for Jimmy Kimmel “kill Chinese” skit

By Anthony Tao October 30, 2013 8:00 pm   Comments: 0

That's Beijing is holding its restaurant awards party, the Golden Forks, at The Kro's Nest (35 Xiao Yun Lu) tomorrow at 7:30 pm. Incidentally, that's where I host trivia every week at 8:30 pm. Both are happening. Come say hi, and other links.

Top-of-the-Week Links: Newspaper pulls about-face and apologizes, the Chinese word for “truthiness,” and 10 fine Chinese lesbian films

By Anthony Tao October 28, 2013 8:00 pm   Comments: 0

Tianamen is burning down! No, just kidding. Don't spread that rumor. Spread links.

Friday Links: Bo Xilai’s appeal rejected, man’s online girlfriend is daughter-in-law, and fatal stabbing in the Forbidden City

By Anthony Tao October 25, 2013 8:00 pm   Comments: 0

Abbreviated links today, since we're under the weather. Morgan returns tonight, so there's that to look forward to.

Mid-Week Links: Chinese newspaper takes a stand, Mo Lulu breastfeeds an adult, and where is Boris Johnson now?

By Anthony Tao October 23, 2013 9:00 pm   Comments: 0

Links, links, links.

Top-of-the-Week Links: Hillary Clinton on Bo Xilai and Wang Lijun, interview with Jia Zhangke, and an acid attack

By Anthony Tao October 21, 2013 8:30 pm   Comments: 0

Top of the week to ya. We're at the Anthill's shindig right now, so maybe see you there links.

Friday Links: Mr. Asia controversy, the Anthill’s 100th post party, and tomorrow’s Beijing Time Chase

By Anthony Tao October 18, 2013 8:05 pm   Comments: 1

We're nothing if not helpful links.

Mid-Week Links: Beijing airport bomber sentenced to 6 years, “tuhao,” and Justin Bieber in Macau

By Anthony Tao October 16, 2013 8:00 pm   Comments: 0

Disgustingly cold indoors. Even links won't warm you up.

Top-of-the-Week Links: Stephon Marbury’s new three-year CBA deal, old woman sues children, and poop in H&M Hong Kong?

By Anthony Tao October 14, 2013 6:00 pm   Comments: 0

Early links edition today; we'll have other stuff tonight.