Mid-Week Links: Hong Kong singer Sita Chan dead in a car crash, Leslie Chang interview, and remembering Hu Yaobang, Sun Zhigang

By Anthony Tao April 17, 2013 9:00 pm   Comments: 0

Holy crap there are a lot of links today. Quickly, to it.

Top-of-the-Week Links: John Kerry in China, end-of-year basketball awards, and BBC’s questionable ethics

By Anthony Tao April 15, 2013 8:30 pm   Comments: 0

Guo'an and Shenxin played a barnburner last night. We could use a drink links.

Friday Links: Qiaodan sues Jordan, H7N9 shows resistance to Tamiflu and Relenza (death count at 10), and Django castrated?

By Anthony Tao April 12, 2013 10:00 pm   Comments: 1

Are you at the Beijing Improv Comedy Festival? Links, then.

Mid-Week Links: Chinese travel to North Korea suspended, Django Unchained pared down for China, and foot massages for the dead

By Anthony Tao April 10, 2013 8:00 pm   Comments: 3

A shout-out to the Beijing Caledonian Society for" its whisky tasting yesterday. Happy links.

9 dead from H7N9 as Shanghai officials consider permanent ban on live poultry [UPDATE: at least 10 detained for spreading rumors]

By Anthony Tao April 10, 2013 6:42 pm   Comments: 0

I’ve seen way more live chickens on the streets of Shanghai than Beijing, but soon, we might not see any at all. That’s because authorities are considering a permanent ban on live poultry sales in Shanghai, according to the latest. SCMP brings us this: The director of Shanghai’s agriculture commission, Sun Lei , said it... Read more »

Top-of-the-Week Links: Big-ass eel removed from ass, Zou Shiming beats Eleazar Valenzuela in boxing debut, and a Vintage Bike Run

By Anthony Tao April 8, 2013 9:00 pm   Comments: 0

Hope you enjoyed the Great Leap Brewing Back Alley Chili Cook-Off on Saturday. We’ll have a write-up tomorrow, but for now, links.

Bird flu roundup: 7th death reported, with escalating infections, but there is some good news

By Anthony Tao April 8, 2013 7:31 pm   Comments: 1

Your H7N9 avian influenza roundup, because there's too much for the links post. We now have at least 18 cases of bird flu, by the way.

Friday Links: Anonymous takes on North Korea, Chinese Internet as a cage, and remembering Fang Lizhi

By Anthony Tao April 5, 2013 9:00 pm   Comments: 0

Pyongyang at night on April 2, via Koryo Tours It’s still Tomb-Sweeping holiday. Spare a thought for the dead chickens over links.

Bird flu roundup: 6 dead, Shanghai poultry market closes, large chicken cull, plus first reported case in Hong Kong

By Anthony Tao April 5, 2013 7:00 pm   Comments: 1

Poutry market in Shanghai shut down, via Sina This was going in tonight’s links post, but why wait?

Mid-Week Links: No bird flu virus in dead pigs, Kai-fu Lee’s April Fools joke, and Plastered 8′s “fuck off, boss” T-shirt

By Anthony Tao April 3, 2013 8:30 pm   Comments: 0

Pictures of PiL at Beijing’s Yugong Yishan on Saturday, via Foukography; if you haven’t yet, check out Pete DeMola’s words on the subject. Dissent Magazine really rolled out the China stories this week. Short work week this week thanks to Tomb-Sweeping Day (which means a longer week next week, yay), which means it’s holiday links... Read more »