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Movies I’m watching: Bill Maher’s Religulous

I suppose that BIll Maher’s ego has gotten the best of him and he decided, that he just HAD to make a movie and somehow contribute to the demise of organized religion, which he believes is one of the greatest … Continue reading

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What is amazing about Yao Ming

What is amazing about Yao is that someone that tall and goofy can even play basketball at all. I was watching some basketball highlights at Windows Scoreboard tonight, and at the end they go through the top 5 moves of … Continue reading

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Wentworth Miller shils for Me & City

Lately, I’ve been noticing some fairly huge poster ads in the Shanghai subway of heart throb actor Wentworth Miller, most notably of the Prison Break series, which is wildly popular in China. Featuring WM in some snazzy threads and with … 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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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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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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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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So this is how we talk about Tiananmen Square

I was just reading through a blog post from the Phoenix TV reporter Lvqiu Luwei (闾丘露薇) writes about the changes that occurred in Beijing as a result of the Olympics. She hopes that the changes, whether it be better signs … Continue reading

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