Posted in china, culture, politics, tagged boycott, china, culture, kung fu panda, panda, sichuan on July 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
‘Artist’ calls for Pandaland boycott of Kung Fu Panda
So I wrote recently about how much I enjoyed Kung Fu Panda and soon afterwards, I was informed that there was some kind of boycott being organized in Sichuan over the movie. I dismissed this as just rumors on the internet for a while until I finally [...]
Posted in china, culture, olympics, tagged china, culture, education, health, olympics, physical fitness, sports on June 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
On Coach’s Turf, Lagat Aims for Olympic Gold <- (completely unrelated link)
Back when I was a kid, I had many dreams of becoming an athlete. I was entranced when I watched my first American football game: the Washington Redskins against the Buffalo Bills in the Super Bowl. Every recess I went out and rumbled around [...]
Posted in china, culture, tagged black, china, chinese, south africa on June 19, 2008 | No Comments »
S African Chinese ‘become black’
The High Court in South Africa has ruled that Chinese South Africans are to be reclassified as black people.
I just find this article humorous after reading about how much Chinese people dislike blacks. In the end, all that matters is money. Economics triumphs over cultural biases once more! Long live economics! [...]
Posted in china, culture, tagged african, black, china, chinese, chocolate city, culture, relation, yellow on June 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Here’s an interesting article about Africans in China: Chocolate City
While picking through clothes, Cote claimed that he had many Chinese friends here. To prove his point, he walked up, and pats the store-owner on his head. Or, he playfully kicks at the store-owner’s leg. He’ll loudly greet them, “Friend, how are you recently?” His “friends” [...]
Posted in china, culture, earthquake, politics, tagged china, culture, earthquake, politics, protest, yu qiuyu on June 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Chinese author tells Wenchuan earthquake victims not to be tools for the west
When I first read this article, I thought this Yu Qiuyu guy was an absolute fucking idiot. Maybe the original in Chinese was better written and it’s all the translators fault for screwing up the original masterpiece, but it’s not only how the [...]
Posted in china, culture, random, tagged art, china, culture, money, RMB on June 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I once asked my students who they thought the ideal Chinese person was. The overwhelming response was Zhou Enlai, Bruce Lee, and Liu Xiang. However, there were a few oddballs out there. For example, there was this one girl who kept on insisting that Wu Zhetian was ideal while another was absolutely in love with [...]
Posted in china, culture, earthquake, random, tagged china, construction, culture, earthquake, reality series, tv show on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Judging by how popular Super Girl is, I think there’s a huge demand for reality series in China. So here’s my idea for a new show that rips off almost every major American reality series that ever existed and adding some Chinese characteristics. I personally think it’ll be a smashing success.
The show will be about [...]
Posted in china, culture, economics, tagged china, economics, food, meat, mobile, prices, telecom, unicom on May 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Rise of China and Meat Prices
Back when I was in California growing up, my parents would occasionally take us out to eat at western restaurants or fast food places. I was generally able to finish my food as a kid, but my sister used to be able to eat only a spec of food before she explodes [...]
Posted in china, culture, politics, tagged china, politics, culture, human rights, freedom, great firewall on May 29, 2008 | 9 Comments »
The west has generally perceived China to be a country without freedom. That’s why there’s always this talk about no human rights, police brutality, and government regulations over every little thing you do. When someone says this to a Chinese person, they would generally get a reply about how China is free and they never [...]
Posted in china, culture, economics, olympics, politics, random, tagged china, olympics, politics, economics, yao ming, earthquake, hackers, democracy, sports, liu xiang, black taxi on May 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Alright, I kinda wanna talk about something other than the earthquake, so here are some random things I’ve been thinking about.
First of all, there’s sports. A lot of people in the United States like to call Yao Ming and Liu Xiang tools of the CCP. I mean they really don’t have much personality when compared to [...]
