If you spill it, they will come. We’ve seen it before: a vehicle carrying a perishable good overturns; people flock from all corners to bag the fresh groceries. This happened twice in the last few days. The first time, on Thursday, an apple truck in Shaanxi province tipped over, attracting about 60 people. The very next day,... Read more »Read more »
As with dog years, so is it with China years – one here is equivalent to several most places else. They just fit more in. When it comes to pace of change, no-one else holds a candle really.
I’ve been out of China for two years. For a dog, that’s ten human years, and you could argue the rate for China is about the same. It’s like leaving London shortly after the millenium and coming back for the Olympics. Recognisable, but look closer and you notice all the new things. Read more »
The Daily Beast has this strange tale of a Chinese American businessman who found himself arrested by police in Guangdong province on (trumped-up? fake?) charges of being a Triad member: But Wu’s American dream would soon become a Chinese nightmare. For years, he had been embroiled in a legal fight with a former Chinese police... Read more »Read more »
Liu Xiaoming, China’s ambassador to the UK, went on BBC’s Newsnight yesterday to speak with presenter Gavin Esler (video in link). They discussed several issues — China will double per capita income of the people in 10 years, Diaoyu islands have belonged to to China “since centuries,” “it is up to the Syrian people to decide who... Read more »Read more »
There’s big, and then there’s China big. (Sorry, Texas – you’re not in the ballpark.) In Chengdu, construction has begun on a multiplex featuring hotels, apartments, offices, an IMAX cinema, skating rink, pirate ship, “Mediterranean village,” artificial beach, undulating roof… Read more »
Xiao Liwu, i.e. "Little Gift," was born on July 29 as "Sausage" (which is pretty adorable) before folks voted to change his name. Here he is getting a vet exam at his home in the San Diego Zoo. Follow him on his Panda Cam if you can stand it. Read more »
We're OK with the Friday Night Musical Outro coming in a bit late today because this show's gonna be good: on Monday -- Christmas Eve -- Mao Livehouse is hosting a Christmas Party featuring Snapline, Residence A, LILISAY, and CNdY (100 rmb/door, 80 advance; 8:30 pm). Read more »
You might have heard that 50,000 cigarettes are consumed in China every second. Choose to believe it or don’t, but a ton of people smoke here, to the tune of 28 percent of the population — more than 300 million people. According to World Health Organization, “One of every three cigarettes consumed worldwide is smoked... Read more »Read more »
Please consider this the fitting and necessary follow-up to our previous post on Pyongyang Racing, the first computer game to come out of North Korea. Any explanation of it will probably ruin the experience. All you need to know is it’s been viewed 14,724 times, mostly in France, where surely the jokes are uproariously funny.... Read more »Read more »
