Daily Archives: August 20, 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-20

got stitched up at hepingli hospital: some Beijing hospitals are as ghetto as ever. # beijing sidewalk has metal pole thing sticking out about 1.5 ft high. ran into it at night. busted hole in leg. under hole was shin … Continue reading

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Nabel Tiles: occidentalism in China

Most students of cultural studies, Middle Eastern studies or the humanities in general are bound to be familiar with the concept of orientalism, the title of the late Edward Said’s watershed explication of the West’s images and discourse of the … Continue reading

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American looking for Olympics basketball tickets video

This guy had it all going for him: the Cat in the Hat hat and the Sichuan earthquake relief T-shirt…but could not, for the life of him, get 500rmb tickets. Last night, talking to scalpers, it seemed the going price … Continue reading

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Businessweek on what is wrong with Lenovo ads in the US (and a collection of Lenovo ads)

Lenovo’s Olympic ads – BusinessWeek I think they use completely different ads here in China. The sumo wrestler/Xpad 300 ad is this one: Here’s even more bleeding edge avant-garde one for the Z60: And here’s a Chinese one featuring Chinese … Continue reading

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Guo Jingjing: yet another Chinese diver to marry a rich Hong Konger

奥运结束众星结婚 迎娶郭晶晶霍启刚备1亿彩礼 via kwout 百度图片搜索_http://img.sport366.com/upload/2008/08/11/132200000.jpg的搜索结果 via kwout Seeing that my Guo Jingjing post from a couple of months ago seems to be getting the most hits out of anything that I’ve written, I’ve decided to completely sell-out and write more … Continue reading

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Shanghai doctor: Liu Xiang achilles tendon injury serious

奥运首席医疗官:刘翔伤愈需1年 复发率几乎100%_网易奥运 via kwout Chen Shiyi, Head of Huashan hospital division of sports medicine, says that Liu Xiang’s injury has been on-going and is quite serious. The interview with the coaches right after Liu Xiang dropped out hinted at what … Continue reading

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