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.
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.
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.
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 »
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.
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]
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 »
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.)
