» The Summer Palace Video
30/07/10 16:55 from Chinese Blog
Steve's most recent post about 颐和园 motivated me to make a video to give you fine folks more insight into this treasure of Beijing.  It really is my favorite place to visit here, and I hope you'll see..

» CPC happy birthday banner
30/07/10 14:00 from Eric in Beijing
I felt a wave of Nineteen Eighty-Four rush through me when I spotted this gigantic banner hanging across the road during a recent trip to Zhengzhou : Translation: "Congratulations to the Communist Par..

» DVD player says
30/07/10 11:21 from Green Bamboo
Gravity.   Time for another dose of Showtime quirkiness with the story of a group of people who have attempted to commit suicide. It stars Krysten Ritter, who seems to be the pseudo-goth chick in jus..

» Photographic Footprints of Gobi March 2010
30/07/10 00:00 from Xinjiang: Far West China
Xinjiang's Gobi March, part of a series of four desert races, has been named by Time Magazine as one of the Top 10 Endurance Competitions in the world. The following is a photo essay of the June 2010..

» I think I saw this in the 70s
29/07/10 14:29 from Green Bamboo
The Ghost Writer.   Ewan McGregor is hired to ghost write a former PM’s memoires, but his predecessor discovered something and ended up dead. It turns out that the PM’s wife is a CIA agent, the revel..

» Prostitutes paraded through streets causes debate, responsible police suspended
29/07/10 09:30 from ChinaHush
Recently, Dongguan Police launched a “Creating safety, Welcoming the Asian Games ” sweeping the yellow movement. ( 扫黄 : [saohuang] sweeping the yellow : cracking down on pornography and prostitution ..

» Henry, Henry quite contrary
29/07/10 08:57 from Green Bamboo
How does your religion grow?   When Linda and I were in Hong Kong, she stumbled across the first series of The Tudors on TV, and since we got back, I’ve now bought and watched the other three series ..

» Trust Issues
29/07/10 06:16 from I Love China
I caught up with a friend recently who I hadn't seen for over 2 years. As part of the catching up discussion, she mentioned that part of the reason she hasn't been in touch is that for a while, she h..

» Randy and the Half-Life of Irregular Verbs
29/07/10 04:55 from Sinosplice: Life
Last night I met up with Randy Alexander of Sinoglot , Yuwen , and Echoes of Manchu for dinner and imported beers. We had a great chat, with topics ranging from English and Chinese linguistics, to sc..

» The Chinese mafia
28/07/10 14:00 from Eric in Beijing
Organized crime in China is out of control. Gang bosses extort protection money from shop owners. Attacks go unreported out of fear. Just look at what happened to these poor mannequins: ...suffocated ..

» Inglorious Chinese Basterds
28/07/10 03:45 from The Peking Duck
Wait - it's the author of this article in the Global Times that draws the comparison of an outrageous show for kids at the Summer Palace with Quentin Tarantino's film. And the analogy is spot-on. Thi..

» Do you see what I see?
28/07/10 03:44 from Green Bamboo
Render me messy.   When I posted the photos from the trip to Hong Kong on SkyDrive, I was a little puzzled when my Dad had problems finding the link to them. He sent me a screenshot of the blog which..

» Why a Uyghur Journalist Was Sentenced 15 Years
28/07/10 00:00 from Xinjiang: Far West China
On July 23rd, 2010, a Uyghur journalist, activist and blogger named Gheyret Niyaz (a.k.a. Heyrat Niyaz, 海莱特·尼亚孜) was sentenced to 15 years in prison.  His crime, according to many reports, was “..

» The Summer Palace (颐和园)
27/07/10 19:57 from Chinese Blog
August approaches, and with it blows the stifling heat of the western desert winds. In Beijing, temperatures exceed 98 degrees Fahrenheit, which coupled with humidity and miles upon miles of blacktop..

» Espresso Tales
27/07/10 12:10 from Green Bamboo
by Alexander McCall Smith.   Espresso Tales is the second volume in the 44 Scotland Street series, but needs to be read after Volume 1.   Life for the residents of Scotland Street moves on. The vain ..

» History according to anime
27/07/10 10:51 from Green Bamboo
Halo Legends.   I’ve never played Halo and having never owned an xbox nor intending to, I never will, but I spotted Halo Legends in the DVD shop and made it a curiosity buy. It’s a series of short an..

» Central government regulates “Naked Officials”
27/07/10 08:43 from ChinaHush
  China news agency, Beijing reported in September16, 2009 that according to the Ministry of Commerce survey, in the last 30 years about 4,000 corrupted officials fled the country and carried aw..

» Why Popup Chinese?
27/07/10 05:38 from The Peking Duck
A great post by one of my favorite bloggers on why Popup Chinese is one of the best ways to study Mandarin . And I agree with him.

» China is #1 (Or Are They?)
27/07/10 05:00 from Chinese Blog
The IEA's preliminary findings. This past week, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report that labeled China as the new #1 in the world in terms of 能源 (néng yuán – energy) consump..

» Cantonese Dubbing Queen
27/07/10 01:21 from Sinosplice: Life
I understand very little Cantonese, but it doesn't matter. I've done enough dubbing work to know it isn't easy, and this woman is just amazing. Keep watching… it only gets better and better. (V..

» Looking For Blow Jobs
27/07/10 01:00 from I Love China
From time to time I check the logs to see how people arrive at my site. The results never fail to amuse. It's interersting also that this particular person was looking for blow jobs at 8.29am …..

» When you're having a bad day...
26/07/10 14:00 from Eric in Beijing
...look at these photos, and say to yourself, "At least I don't have to sleep on the floor of the Beijing West Train Station tonight." I took these photos recently after a late night train back to Bei..

» Girl enters model contest to chase pop star Andy Lau
26/07/10 11:55 from ChinaHush
Host: “We have the next contestant to go up the stage. This contestant also has a story that people do not know yet. Please walk the runway.” Host: “There is a great idol in her heart. That is Andy L..

» All the pics that are fit to post
26/07/10 03:18 from Green Bamboo
Snaps.   I’ve uploaded pictures from the trip to Hong Kong and Macao to SkyDrive. Scroll down the page to find the link to Hong Kong 2010 on the left-hand side.   And since you’re already here… Publi..

» Fact or Fiction: Edition VIII
26/07/10 00:50 from Lost Laowai China Blog
Welcome back one and all to the July edition of Fact or Fiction . Those of you who read any or all of the last seven will know, every edition I will have a guest and we will discuss a few of the big ..

» Chinglish 是什么？
26/07/10 00:50 from Chinese Blog
In one hundred years from now, what language will we be speaking? Will Chinese prevail as the global dominant language or will English continue its stranglehold on business, culture and academia? Wil..

» Ah Yat Seafood Restaurant
26/07/10 00:00 from I Love China
I quite like seafood and when I lived in Beijing I regularly went to a very good Cantonese seafood place for my fix of shrimp, lobster, scallops, steamed fish, razor clams and crab. After 5 years in ..

» Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang Book Review
26/07/10 00:00 from Xinjiang: Far West China
Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang Columbia University Press by James A. Millward Review by Josh Summers The term “History of Xinjiang” is very difficult to grasp. Besides the rel..

» China Blog Death and Relevance
25/07/10 10:48 from Sinosplice: Life
I enjoyed Kaiser Kuo's recent Sinica podcast on Popup Chinese featuring Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei.org and Will Moss of Imagethief . They started off with the provocative statement that “the Eng..

» You can always watch the series again
25/07/10 08:16 from Green Bamboo
Last Chance to See.   Stephen Fry accompanies Mark Cawardine on a trip which the latter did twenty years ago with Douglas Adams in search of various endangered animals.   The series started with the ..

» Forever Bikes for Rent in Chengdu Suburbs
25/07/10 07:16 from Chengdu Living
Back in the days before the Great Opening Up , Forever bikes were the BMWs of China. If you were lucky enough to get your feet on a pair of Forever pedals, your friends, family and prospective loves ..

» Pacifying Tibet
25/07/10 00:14 from The Peking Duck
One person's aid is another's oppression. Or so it always seems in Tibet, where the CCP is striving, as usual, to create harmony through relatively lavish investment. They come by new high-altitude t..

» School has students lined up and bowed to leaders, triggers mass finger pointing
24/07/10 16:28 from ChinaHush
In the case of welcoming visiting leaders, it is reasonable for a school to prepare something nice as a token of welcome, such as decking up the paths with colored flags or having students dressed ne..

» There and Back
24/07/10 15:45 from Lost Laowai China Blog
I came to China on August 26, 2008. Before then, I took an inventory of what I'd packed. Clothes: 7 pairs of jeans, 14 pairs of socks, 2 pairs of shoes, 9 pairs of underwear, 11 shirts total, and 1 p..

» 夏天已经来了 (Summer Has Already Arrived)
24/07/10 11:10 from Chinese Blog
For my second video post, join me on a stroll around 后海 lake to see what Beijing folks like to do outside in the summer time.  With a long, cold winter, it is important to get outside and enjoy the w..