Thanks to everyone who came out tonight for the Beijinger’s Super Quiz to benefit Ping An Medical Foster Home. The event raised 28,000 yuan last year, and I’m sure the Beijinger will be around soon to tell you how we did this time around. Congratulations to the winners, Girls with Low Self-Esteem, pictured above (host Jonathan White... Read more »Read more »
According to AFP, more than 20 people in Hanoi have been arrested today for anti-China protests. About 200 protesters waved banners and chanted, “Down with China’s aggression!” A similar demonstration was broken up in Ho Chi Minh City. AFP: Vietnam, which has begun exploring for oil in what it claims as its territorial waters, last week... Read more »Read more »
Modern magic is as much about presentation as illusion, because we've all seen elephants disappear, women sawed in half, men levitate.
Please turn your attention to France's Yann Frisch, who nailed the above cups-and-balls trick at the inaugural China Beijing International Magic Convention last week. The video has gotten more than 1 million views since being posted December 1, and one can see why: not for the illusion itself, which is rather simple (quick hands, maybe someone under the table), but the build-up, the storytelling, the execution that must have taken years to perfect, the Godot-esque absurdity and humor of it all. Read more »
By Our Correspondent I’m posting this anonymously for obvious reasons, but apparently along with good folks like Charlie Custer, Will Moss and more, my extraordinary drug dealer has suddenly become part of the Diaspora. Probably deported, but he was a true gentleman and gracious businessman while he lasted. Chinese business folk could learn a lot... Read more »Read more »
The party’s still going strong on this frigid evening. You’ll find Santas scattered over Houhai and Gulou, making their way to Four Corners for some music, debauchery, food — somewhere. The route was Brussels/Pyro to Chill Bar on Andingmen to Mai Bar and then through Nanluoguxiang to Gulou and Houhai. If you have no idea what... Read more »Read more »
Mo Yan gave his traditional Nobel lecture, "Storytellers," about 10 hours ago at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm. He was introduced by Kjell Espmark, member of the Nobel literature committee.
Mo's 32-minute talk has already been translated by the preeminent Howard Goldblatt, here, which you should take a minute to read before letting the news media inundate the conversation with all their cherry-picked selections that fit their narrative. Read more »
As Mo Yan prepares to speak in Stockholm — in less than 10 minutes, at 12:30 am local time, barring delays — the piece you should read if you haven’t already is Kenyon College assistant professor Anna Sun’s essay in the current issue of The Kenyon Review. Here’s an excerpt from “The Diseased Language of... Read more »Read more »
Via NBC News Photo Blog, explanation after the jump. Just a reminder that Beijing SantaCon is tomorrow, and the Beijinger Super Quiz is Sunday. Your weekend-is-here links. Read more »
In a definitive victory for concrete over abstract — chocolate over Beethoven, shelter over esteem, sex over art — hundreds of couples in Da’ao village in Guiyang, Guizhou province have chosen to end their marriages in favor of cold, hard, seeable, touchable, and, ultimately, valuable property. They’re doing this because of an August 28 regulation on... Read more »Read more »
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