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Introducing: Politbros, An Essential Tumblr Of The Chinese Politburo

Anthony Tao — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 05:39:58 +0000

Sometimes Tumblr is pretty amazing. #Politbros, everyone:

Here’s a GIF:

Amazing.

More China-related Tumblrs:

(H/T Laura Fitch)

Baidu’s Photo Translation App Yields Hilarious, Absurd Results [UPDATE]

Beijing Cream — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 07:07:02 +0000

The greatest new app on the market is Baidu Translate, available for Android and iOS, which has the ability to identify and translate everyday objects using only a photograph. Amazing, right? You have no idea.

Contributor, musician, 中国人 Ben Plafker

Video Editor Gabe Clermont, person to take three shots with, attend to supermodel parties with

Contributor Alicia

Managing Editor Patrick Lozada, pregnant but eligible bachelor

Contributor Marjorie Dodson, not an M&M (see: this commercial)

“…that’s the man who molested my kitten!”

Editor-in-Chief Anthony Tao

Maybe the app does better with objects?

Baidu Translate is either a wonderfully earnest answer to Google Goggles or a Kaiser Kuo prank gone horribly right.

Oh, and one of our male contributors did what you would inevitably do with this app. The result was “Black Mini Poodle” and “Syphilis.”

Got fun results of your own? Do share! Tweet them at us or send along the old-fashioned way.

UPDATE:

Two via Sean Silbert:

This one via Twitter:

Via @emilyywu: “Yes both should be treated seriously religiously.”

UPDATE, 2/5, 6:08 pm: And now there’s a Tumblr. Our job is done.

Here’s A Tumblr Devoted To The Height Of Xi Jinping’s Pants

Anthony Tao — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 03:47:01 +0000

Proving that some good things really can exist on the Internet for months without being discovered, here’s a Tumblr called How High are Xi Jinping’s Pants Today?

The first post — and they’ve been sporadic ever since — was in June, but somehow we hadn’t encountered it until just this morning, thanks to That’s Online.

Like so, we have yet another way of tracking the movements of the general secretary of the Communist Party of China. And also a sartorial lesson in the proper height of pants — not so formal, and not so bureaucratic.

UPDATE:

https://twitter.com/SinoScoop/status/398299139097632768

Introducing: “Creepy White Guys,” For All You Single Asian Ladies

Anthony Tao — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:52:43 +0000

If you’re an Asian woman seeking love on the interwebs, or living in China (or many places in Asia, while we’re at it), perhaps you can relate. There are only two posts on this new Tumblr, Creepy White Guys, but give it time. Surely there are more white men out there who love martial arts and anime and believe Asian girls are like lotus flowers, docile and submissive. Chrysanthemums, Mulan, tiger moms, dainty mushu dragons… we look forward to seeing these references, and more, in the coming days.

(H/T Angry Asian Man) (Related: Lonelyhearts.)

Introducing: Xi Jinping Looking At Things

Anthony Tao — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:25:40 +0000

Just yesterday, Michele Travierso tweeted, “I sense a Tumblr in the making” in response to pictures of Xi Jinping doing ordinary things on his Southern Tour.

The Internet works fast.

Presenting: Xi Jinping looking at things.

The Tumblr has a bunch of backdated pictures going all the way to February 2. We think they’re backdated, anyway. I cannot for the life of me imagine how a Tumblr called “Xi Jinping looking at things” – which follows just one other Tumblr, “Kim Jong-il Looking at Things” — can be allowed to exist since February 2 without us knowing.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter. It’s here now, and it’s necessary.

(H/T Alicia)