Via Beijing Kids, a screenshot of Charlie Custer’s documentary about child abduction According to Shanghai Daily, “Eight people were sentenced to up to seven years behind bars in east China’s Zhejiang Province for stealing a baby boy and selling him 10 times within 15 months, the Youth Times reported yesterday.” Ten times! Gan and his... Read more »Read more »
The Formula One Chinese Grand Prix was this past Sunday in Shanghai. The official F1 write-up begins, "How ironic was it that in a race that depended on tyre wear and strategy, it should all come right for Mercedes and Nico Rosberg as the young German scored his maiden Grand Prix victory by 20.6s as a fantastic war raged a long way behind him?" Read more »
Sometimes, the food at a restaurant simply sucks. Other times… it kills a patron’s dog? The above review, submitted by the Beijinger user gava, was of Falahfel Arabic Restaurant (阿拉伯餐厅), which, as of this writing, has an average score of 3.9 out of 5 (25 votes), though it’s saddled with accusations of fake reviews. The full text... Read more »Read more »
I’m not sure how the topic came up, but over drinks at a newish bar on Beiluoguxiang, a few friends and I started discussing nudity and a certain sans-vêtements Beijing summer gathering last year (if you didn’t hear about it, your loss). “Oh, we were only naked, it was no big deal,” my friend repeated after... Read more »Read more »
If you want to read up on this Xiamen, Fujian eyewear company, feel free to visit its website, HelenKeller.cn, or check out the always-interesting James Fallows, who had a reader point him to a Helen Keller Sunglasses ad in China Daily (an effective marketing ploy, better than what this company came up with). As for me… I... Read more »Read more »
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