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Can a foreigner ever understand China (and other epistemological quandaries

These thoughts come after reading something on Brendan O’Kane’s Chinese blog: this was a post from two months ago, but I just read it now, including the comments. The post contains a video from the Onion, which we all know … Continue reading

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Could the Chinese rip off Bon Jovi to sell sneakers?

Sure, why the hell not. Like Frank Yi said they copied his way. I mean the publicly listed Chinese fashion sportswear company,

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Protesting in China, or the red tape Olympics

Chinaelections.org has an interesting essay on the rules pertaining to public assembly and protest in the PRC. This was written before the Games, and in light of all that (didn’t happen) during the Games, the information here might be worth … Continue reading

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How to be an Chinese Olympics sports commentator

I was watching the Australia-China women’s basketball last night and listening to the commentary, I finally snapped: I’ve just become to sick of hearing them say the same things over and over. Most of the time it’s stuff along the … Continue reading

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Liu Xiang’s 100 million RMB insurance policy

According to an article on netease, Chinese insurance company Ping An of China offered Olympic hurdler Liu Xiang a 100 million RMB insurance policy on accidental injury to his body; now Chinese netizens are talking and voting on whether or … 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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Beijing Olympics spoof movie posters

Netease has a bunch of spoof movie posters featuring Chinese Olympic athletes. You can vote for the ones that you like. Here are some of the ones that I liked or thought were nominally interesting, featuring Yao Ming, Liu Xiang … Continue reading

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