A new set of regulations called the "Guangzhou Metropolitan Comprehensive Law Enforcement Work Standards" went into effect on Tuesday, essentially forcing chengguan -- urban management officers -- to be congenial. As Danwei reports, the law "state[s] clearly that chengguan may not use profane or threatening language while enforcing their duties, may not damage private property, and may not use any form of violence or intimidation," and "to use words like 'please,' 'thank you' and 'I’m sorry.'” Read more »
Loki's in a suit, so technically we should call him Tom Hiddleston. The man spoke at a promotional event for Thor: The Dark World last Friday in Beijing, and it was... not too shabby. Read more »
Shit, these things don't know when to quit. Killer hornets are in Shaanxi, you already know, but they're also ravaging the Guizhou countryside. Read more »
Taiwan's basketball team has done it again. For the second time in two months, it erased a double-digit second half deficit en route to an upset of China. Read more »
The New York Times launched a China blog called Sinosphere, and here they are writing about People's Daily's new penis building in Beijing: Read more »
Has no one in China's Ministry of Commerce taken elementary sex-ed? (Answer: in all seriousness, they probably have not.) A draft regulation is currently in the public domain seeking popular opinion (the best kind!) on whether those with HIV should be allowed in bathhouses. Because you can get HIV from bathhouses? Read more »
