Freebies are common at NBA games, because who doesn't love them? (Thunderstix? Sure, if they're free!) But whoever's in charge of Chinese arenas should never, ever, under any circumstances willingly hand out objects that could be used as projectiles. Fans here are notorious for throwing things onto courts, embarrassing themselves and everyone involved. They did it again last night -- with the NBA in town. The object of choice? Frisbees. Read more »
The blitz is on. Eighteen hours after Mo Yan’s historic win of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a shedload of articles have appeared analyzing, praising, criticizing, and explaining what it all means to China, the Nobel Committee, literature, politics, activism, free speech, publishing, Ai Weiwei, and the world. If you’re looking for a straight write-up,... Read more »Read more »
Residents in Wenling, Zhejiang province have been going cuckoo over a certain puddle of water recently, ever since a resident had his skin disease miraculously "cured" after bathing from that puddle. Some people now think the water is "holy," capable of curing hundreds of diseases, because why not? Read more »
The Office should have stopped being funny a couple seasons ago. All shows have shelf lives, yet somehow, even after the original writers have departed and Steve Carrell has moved on, The Office remains one of the funnier shows on TV (so I'm told). Here it is with a preview of its latest episode, featuring "Asian Jim." Read more »
Ed’s note: In lieu of Beijing Slice, here’s The Good Doctor’s video wrap-up of Beijing Design Week. Via The Good Doctor‘s Vimeo description: An introduction to the 2012 Beijing Design Week at Cao Chang Di. The video focuses on three designers, Carl de Smet, Nikolaus Wabnitz, and Nicole Condon, and highlights their exhibits from Design Week.... Read more »Read more »
Mo Yan, 57, has made history by becoming the first Chinese citizen to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Announced mere minutes ago, Mo will become the 109th recipient of the prestigious prize. Reached at his home by phone, he told the Nobel committee he was “overjoyed and scared.” Mo was apparently co-favored alongside Japanese... Read more »Read more »
Huangpu Renewable Resources CEO Chen Guangbiao held an extraordinary promotional activity yesterday: he gave away 43 cars, each reportedly worth 128,000 yuan (that’s 5.5 million yuan total, or $830,000), to former owners of Japanese cars that got destroyed during last month’s Diaoyu Island protests. All people had to do to qualify for their free Geely... Read more »Read more »
We don’t know anything about Feng Qiuhong of Yangtze Evening Post, but he/she probably shouldn’t be writing about PSY’s Gangnam Style, a song that Chinese netizens — in keeping with every person in the world — rather like. As translated by People’s Daily Online on Tuesday, it appears Feng isn’t a fan (assume [sic]‘s, obviously): Many netizens... Read more »Read more »
