For the last three or more years, rumor’s swirled over “restoration” plans in the Drum and Bell (Gulou) neighborhood to create a large plaza or “Time Cultural City.” It looks like the local government and developers are finally going forward with it. Here’s AFP’s latest report on the subject, which actually gives a date: Notices... Read more »Read more »
Shitty people are everywhere. Not much more to say for now. Gunman kills 20 Knifeman injures 22 (one child and one 85-year-old woman are in serious condition) Read more »
Changsha 2008 Ogle Earth has provided us a unique chronology of some of China’s more famous nail houses, and presented them “in geospatial context.” Writes Stefan Geens: Every so often, the master plans of developers don’t align with those of an existing home owner. The negotiations, coaxing and intimidation that follow can reach absurd levels,... Read more »Read more »
Let’s tap the keg at 3:30. I know I promised free beers to folks, but please do me this favor if you’re taking me up on the offer: like our Facebook page before 5 pm today 11 am tomorrow. We need an idea for supply purposes, which are limited on the free stuff. (Image by Katie) Read more »
As the Beijinger notes, “They don’t come much more revered in the Middle Kingdom than Cui Jian,” the 51-year-old “father of Chinese rock.” He’s playing at the MasterCard Center (formerly Wukesong) tomorrow night as part of his “The Blue Bones” China tour, and tickets are still available. The above is from a 2006 unplugged performance in Beijing... Read more »Read more »
Via @MissXQ We’ll have more details about the Sunday get-together at Great Leap first thing tomorrow morning. For now, links. Lots of them. Read more »
A Chinese national trying to buy iPhones in Nashua, New Hampshire was tasered outside an Apple Store last Friday. A cell phone video shows 44-year-old Li Xiaojie being held to the ground before police knocked her unconscious with tasers. Her 12-year-old daughter was with her. Li was at Pheasant Lane Mall to buy her third and fourth iPhones,... Read more »Read more »
Liu Qiyuan, 45, isn’t letting the end of the world take him alive. He’s built seven spherical survival pods, each costing about $50,000, that are water-proof, ice-proof, and fire-proof. “Only my daughter supports me,” Liu says. “Practically everyone else thinks I’m crazy.” “If there is really some kind of apocalypse, then if you use my product,... Read more »Read more »
That last video we just put up of a man streaking outside the Nobel Banquet Hall in Stockholm wasn’t just some prankster after a laugh, or a drunk man who’d lost his wits. It was part of a coordinated protest featuring none other than Liao Yiwu, author of The Corpse Walker and the recipient of... Read more »Read more »
This paragraph is simply THE WORST. It comes from Global Times, of course, in a story headlined, “Foreign-run VPNs illegal in China: govt” (emphasis mine): Residents in China have found logging into their Facebook and Twitter accounts increasingly difficult in recent days, after several popular VPN (virtual private network) companies have alleged that China’s Great Firewall (GFW)... Read more »Read more »
