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.