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Category Archives: China
More hating on Jackie Chan
Blogger Hu Xingdou calls for a boycott of the Jackie Chan’s May 1st Beijing concert in light of Chan’s controversial comments about Chinese people and their need to be regulated or controlled. In some way i am sympathetic to Chan, … Continue reading
Ren Zhiqiang remarks on the state of real estate in China
Though not quite as famous as Jackie Chan, Ren Zhiqiang has also been making some controversial remarks at the BO AO forum. The remarks that got people riled up are as follows “房价到底涨了多少？1978年，我们的GDP大概3000多亿，现在是30多万亿，增加了100多倍。第二，我们1978年月工资全国平均28.6元，到现在也增加了100倍。1978年我们大白菜2分钱一颗，现在2块钱，也增加了100倍。我们房价只增加了16.6倍，和工资收入相比，相差太远了。和工资收入比30年来房子等于没涨价。” [how much have real estate prices really … Continue reading
Translated interviews from the authors of Unhappy China (中国不高兴）
（4）中国想真正成为超级强国，首要的条件是不是军事的强大？造航母是不是我们成为强国的一种指标？ Is being a military power a necessary condition to China becoming a superpower? And would be making aircrafit carriers be a benchmark of that? 那不是首要条件，但肯定是不可缺少的一环。一个超级强国，经济上要很强大，话说过来，经济上不强大军事上也强大不起来。科技上也要非常先进，这个世界上应该是科技创新层出不穷的，但我们确实就差得很远。在文化上面也要有影响力，这点美国就有这个架子，不管好莱坞大片水平高低，全世界人民都在看，我们就需要这样的东西。但我认为，文化的东西可以放在后面一点，但经济科技军事肯定是少不了的。 No, that isn’t a sufficient condition, but it is definitely necessary. A superpower has … Continue reading
Thoughts on Jia Zhangke’s 24 City 對賈樟柯新電影《24城記》之隨想
Normally I prefer to write a straight up review, but in light of an unusual experience in watching film, I thought I’d make this a meta-review of sorts: I went to watch this film at Zhongshan park in Shanghai last … Continue reading
shanzhai till i die: some observations on the phenomenon
These are not my observations, just some points culled from various essays that i found on Why does shanzhai work? 山寨启示一：觉察、填补市场空白 a. because it fills in certain blanks in the market–it caters to certain niches that are overlooked by the … Continue reading
Lifestyles of the poor and unglamorous
Glamour Bar is a lovely place, but when it’s packed and you can’t get your overpriced drink unless you want to wait like by the bar for half an hour like you’re waiting for food rationing, it’s not really my … Continue reading
An easy way of updating Twitter in China via SMS
So everyone knows there are a bunch of twitter clones out there in CHina, such as fanfou, jiwai, etc. There were ways, rather circuitous ones that is–of syncing updates, which involved using fanfou and RSS’s…for the most part, most people … Continue reading
China sends “stability” teams to regional areas ahead of sensitive anniversaries
Just got this courtesy of a fanfou feed: the Chinese government is sending “stability” teams to local governments to help maintain social stability. Of course, as this fanfou person pointed out, this year marks several sensitive anniversaries: uprising in Lhasa, … Continue reading
Pictures from Yuan Xiao Jie in Shanghai (上海元宵节及老城区夜景）
前天晚上去了豫园看灯会，观摩的主要是人海，但是喜气洋洋的，感觉还是不错。后来跟朋友在老城区溜达，久违的灵感也终于回来了，当然，这也跟我带新的相机出去也有关。谢谢长辈的提携以及各位朋友的支持！我要坚持拍下去！ addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fpeijinchen.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2F11%2Fpictures-from-yuan-xiao-jie-in-shanghai%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Pictures+from+Yuan+Xiao+Jie+in+Shanghai+%28%26%2319978%3B%26%2328023%3B%26%2320803%3B%26%2323477%3B%26%2333410%3B%26%2321450%3B%26%2332769%3B%26%2322478%3B%26%2321306%3B%26%2322812%3B%26%2326223%3B%26%2365289%3B’; addthis_pub = ”;
Tech drool: the Meizu M8
I’d love to have an iPhone but i think that I would settle for the Meizu M8, which bears a not so uncanny resemblance to the former. The 8GB version can be obtained for about 2400 rmb, making it a … Continue reading