Yesterday we introduced the 1st annual Beijing Cream Bar and Club Awards (image credit Katie), with 22 questions divided into five categories. We’ve invited a guest columnist, Piper, to examine the first of those categories: Dross. By Piper Fisco Best Place to Watch English Teachers Try to Pick Up Local Girls (Ed’s note: Kai Bar... Read more »Read more »
Photo by AFP via BBC the Atlantic (H/T David B) We launched our Bar and Club Awards earlier today. Take a moment to go look at the categories and vote if you haven’t yet. Then, links. Read more »
The world has now been introduced to the “No Humping” pictogram. We readily acknowledge this China Daily story about a sign forbidding sex on the cable cars in Yao Mountain in Henan province is a bit dated (it’s from Friday), but that’s a damn fine pictogram. We also acknowledge that we can offer a better translation of... Read more »Read more »
Move over, virgin-boy urine eggs. This seems slightly worse. It’s a rehash of a story from last August, but the official source this time is the South Korean customs office. From AP: South Korea has seized thousands of smuggled drug capsules filled with powdered human flesh and is strengthening customs inspections, officials said Monday. The... Read more »Read more »
Journos out there, know this: it’s the Global Times’s world, we just live in it. Here’s the lead (lede) from a Sunday article by Sima Pingbang: Poker players all know that in most trick-taking games, the face cards are normally the best. However, the “2″, generally the lowest in rank, can become a special trump... Read more »Read more »
I thought I would do a Chen-free column this week, but the Global Times didn’t let me.
On a political level, this is what happened last week at the American embassy: Read more »
I’m mildly surprised that a patient, possibly under anesthesia or drunk, would rise off a surgeon’s table to beat the people he entrusts to eventually cut him open. What I’m really surprised about, however, is that after his bout of deranged violence, he’d agree to lie back down on the table and go under the knife.... Read more »Read more »
We’ve complained about the snobbishness of Time Out’s food awards, and noted that City Weekend’s attempts to promote its awards can probably do without an Ashley Tisdale soundtrack. Where does that leave us? Ah, yes, the Beijinger. Top dog for nine years, king of Beijing’s nightlife scene, like Hong Xiuquan reigning over Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Voting is open until... Read more »Read more »
