IKEA China Commercial’s Music Takes Us Back To Our Nintendo-Playing Childhoods

IKEA borrows Super Mario song for commercial
Tudou video for those in China after the jump China doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to intellectual property. Big international companies spend lots of money fighting IP theft when smaller groups here in China happen to “borrow” IP rights. Which is why the current IKEA commercial in its spring public transport... Read more »

Reliving Championships Never Gets Old

There’s something visceral and raw to being a sports fan, knowing your passion and emotions are probably misappropriated but continuing nonetheless on your Quixotic pursuit to will your team to victory. Nothing quite captures this spirit like fan POV videos, particularly at the conclusion of major events. In the above, Beijing is 6.1 seconds away from clinching... Read more »

Chillax With Jason Chu’s “Love Letter To Beijing”

Jason Chu Love Letter to Beijing
Jason Chu, from New York City to Beijing, is leaving in three weeks for Los Angeles, and he claims on his website that it's for good (but not without a party -- "You are ALL INVITED to 'Goodbye, Beijing.' – a farewell concert, EP release party, and video premiere coming 4/21 in Beijing’s 798 Art District"). He released the above video on Sunday as a preview. Check it out. Youku video for those in China after the jump, as well as lyrics.

Is This The Best Chair Dance In China?

Youku user wenyulu has quite the collection of videos of herself dancing — mostly while wearing very short skirts, though I’m not sure if a “skirt” that fails to cover up underwear can be called that — but none are quite as good as the above, which was uploaded four days ago. The video description... Read more »

It’s The Weekend, So Grab A Seat

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Those who don't know, Qingming Festival is Wednesday, which means most of us had to work Saturday and Sunday but get today, tomorrow and Wednesday off. Don't question it. Sit down and enjoy BJC's weekend content.

The Chinese In America: This Poet-Ping-Pong Champion Is Awesome

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His name is Xue Di, and according to the Providence Journal, he is a dissident Chinese poet who has been "the league champion at the Rhode Island Table Tennis Association in Manville" for 10 straight years. How do we start listing the ways in which this is awesome? With his voice, which rises a few octaves when he gets excited? With the fact that this video is entirely about ping pong?