Mid-Week Links: Chinese fiction selections, pictures of postcoital triste, and the faces of modern China

By Anthony Tao April 11, 2012 9:16 pm   Comments: 0

Girls preparing for the China Pole Dance Championship 2012 finals, via MIC Gadget The biggest story in China obviously remains the Bo Xilai and Family saga, so we’re going to do a special links post dedicated to him after this one. For now, non-Bo links.

Top-of-the-Week Links: Stephon Marbury’s “love is love” hits meme status, and pandas try to have sex

By Anthony Tao April 9, 2012 10:19 pm   Comments: 0

Fake monks having a lot more fun than real monks, via China Daily China is 112 out of 156 happiest countries in the world, according to the UN. While you figure out what that means, links.

Friday Links: 50-Year-Olds In Beijing Who Enjoy Ultimate Frisbee, We Have Something For You

By Anthony Tao April 6, 2012 11:09 pm   Comments: 0

An “ad” found in this month’s issue of the Beijinger (H/T Alicia) Some days there are a lot of links, other days there are hardly any. Giveth, taketh. Links nonetheless.

Mid-Week Links: Anonymous targets China, Chinese media’s shady ethics, and WeiWeiCam

By Anthony Tao April 4, 2012 7:40 pm   Comments: 0

Via Wall Street Journal (also linked after the jump) BJC is rolling out a new series tomorrow. We think you’ll like it. In the meantime, links.

Top-of-the-Week Links: Foxconn workers demand more overtime, “Luoguxiang” is now a thing [UPDATE: not really], and Heywood feared for his life?

By Anthony Tao April 2, 2012 9:23 pm   Comments: 2

Via chinaSMACK It’s the weekend, technically, due to Qingming Festival falling on Wednesday. End-of-Week Links, then.

Friday Links: Richard Burger and Shaun Rein feud, cyber warfare, and paper iPhones for Tomb Sweeping Day

By Anthony Tao March 30, 2012 9:28 pm   Comments: 1

Via NiuBBall, Guangdong’s Su Wei yawning on the bench during Wednesday’s Game 4. It’s the fourth quarter of Game 5 of Beijing vs. Guangdong, with the Ducks just one win away from the championship. If you watched Game 3 — in which the Southern Tigers shot lights out in the second half to run away with... Read more »

Mid-Week Links: Circling the wagons on Neil Heywood, “Children of the Revolution,” and an Ai Weiwei interview

By Anthony Tao March 29, 2012 1:09 am   Comments: 0

This is not a wolf. Via China Daily. Beijing is up 3-1 in its best-of-seven series with Guangdong after winning tonight 107-98. The Ducks play again at home — for the last time this season — on Friday with a chance to clinch their first CBA championship. 

Top-of-the-Week Links: Meet CY Leung, Rectified.name, and Suzhou’s triumphant office building

By Anthony Tao March 26, 2012 11:00 pm   Comments: 0

Via Xinhua Sorry this is late. I tried to beat my self-imposed midnight deadline but failed. Blame time itself, immemorial. Links! [Ed's note: uh... this was posted ~12:30 am on March 27, accidentally backdated to March 26 @11pm. #WorthlessDisclosures]

Friday Links: Uncle Chang, Great Leap Brewery, and Beijing Wins On The Road

By Anthony Tao March 23, 2012 11:04 pm   Comments: 3

Avril Lui, photo by Adrian Fisk, via Evan Osnos [New Yorker] Two very improbable things happened in tonight’s Game 2, and they may not be unrelated: the refs called a fair game, and the visiting team won. Stephon Marbury missed his first six of seven shots, Guangdong’s Aaron Brooks was unstoppable for two quarters and the... Read more »

Mid-Week Links: 10-year-old arrested for soccer kick, Ai Weiwei briefly liberated (on Weibo), Guoan-Brisbane highlights

By Anthony Tao March 21, 2012 7:00 pm   Comments: 0

Tickets are NOT available for tonight’s CBA finals opener from the MasterCard Center (formerly Wukesong), so if you aren’t going, you might as well read links. (The game starts at 8 pm.)