Recent Posts Tagged With 'china'

• 意外监听到大陆黑社会内部的对话

  Posted on Sunday January 3rd, 2010 at 08:22 in china, society, Economy, Government, Chinese, corruption, mindboggling stuff

  改委: 油价都调了?石油: 调完了,大哥.改委: 有什么反映?石油: 意见很大,骂娘的挺多,比国外贵太多了….改委: 不是让你们找枪手造舆论吗?石油: 找了,强调成本构成不同没有可比性,中国特色什...

• China bashing

  Posted on Thursday December 31st, 2009 at 08:08 in china, human rights, commentary, world affairs

  Amnesty International has criticised China's execution of 53-year-old Briton Akmal Shaikh, who was convicted of drug smuggling by the Chinese authorities, as a "slap in the face" of the international... ...

• The mall I wonder

  Posted on Monday December 28th, 2009 at 09:06 in china, interesting stuff

  The Wonder Mall shopping centre in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province has earmarked a multi-storey car park for exclusive use by women in a push to attract female customers. According to the grand scheme... ...

• How to take off your coat in style

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 08:29 in china, people, world affairs

  You've seen how Holly Valance put on her bra in one swift motion in DOA: Dead Or Alive. Now, do the reverse and check out how one Chinese girl by the name of Wang Zifei takes off her glaring red coat... ...

• I beg your pardon?

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 10:19 in china, photos, Chinese, funny stuff

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• The Great Firewall of China is up in arms again

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 10:03 in china, web, commentary, Civil Liberties

  Internet access here in China is severely restricted again. I wonder if this has to do with the upcoming Golden Week holidays. Perhaps the authorities is trying to limit negative news during this... ...

• 一个事实，两个说法

  Posted on Saturday August 22nd, 2009 at 10:55 in china, relationship, Chinese, history, language

  据说朱元璋做了皇帝后，有个从前的小伙伴来到皇宫，想让朱元璋给他封个官或者赏赐点什么。为了让朱元璋勾起儿时的回忆，此人跪在朱元璋面前说道：“万岁，还记得吗？小时候，咱们�...

• 随时都可以用

  Posted on Wednesday July 8th, 2009 at 10:34 in china, Management, Chinese, workplace

  昨天早上去人事部找人事部经理谈离职细节顺便拿员工离职通知书，经理因手下没有备份，需要打印，责备道：怎么不多打印几份，好随时可以用。 我在旁边听了，几乎晕过去。。。 ...

• 三缺一

  Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 10:15 in china, TV, photos, media, people, Chinese, funny stuff

  图片为央视记者采访华裔诺贝尔奖获得者丁肇中的视频截图。 呵呵，真不配合哦。视频还有其他尴尬的场面。 Technorati Tags: 曲向东 丁肇中 央视 诺贝尔奖 采访 CCTV ...

• Demolition

  Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 10:36 in china, videos, society, Government

  The authorities in Shenzhen have been pulling down illegal buildings recently. Here's one that was done in my own backyard. Technorati Tags: Shenzhen illegal buildings demolition ...

• 如果干好了

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 10:39 in china, Chinese, language, funny stuff

  虐待儿童，如果干好了，那叫望子成龙； 脚踩两只船，如果干好了，那叫慎重选择。 摆臭架子，如果干好了，那叫来派； 装疯卖傻，如果干好了，那叫大智若愚。 看人发直，如果干好了，...

• Got towed?

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 10:32 in china, videos, people, funny stuff

  No big deal. Here's how a Shanghai lady handled the problem. Related posts: If sluts could drive It can only be a woman driver... Technorati Tags: Shanghai tow truck female driver video ...

• 朝鲜核爆前与中方的绝密通话

  Posted on Friday June 5th, 2009 at 10:49 in china, Chinese, world affairs, funny stuff

  朝鲜：大哥，我要核试验中国：恩，知道了，啥时候朝：10中：10？10什么？10天？还是10小时？朝：9，8，7 。。。中：你大爷的！Technorati Tags: 朝鲜 中国 核爆 绝密通话 ...

• Chicken anyone?

  Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 10:45 in health, china, photos, food, mindboggling stuff

  Is it any surprise we have bird flu? Now if someone can tell me more about pigs...Early dawn, a worker starts the day by riding around to collect dead chickensAsking around for dead chickensTotal of... ...

• 不可小看现在的学生的写作能力

  Posted on Sunday May 31st, 2009 at 10:29 in china, writing, Chinese, language, funny stuff

  考题千奇百怪，答卷也五花八门。真佩服现在的学生啊，思维跳脱，天马行空，和我们那时候的循规蹈矩，差别太大了。看一组语文试卷中的填空题：1.__________，为伊消得人憔悴同学答：宽�...

• Blogger blocked ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

  Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 10:15 in china, Government, Civil Liberties, freedom, democracy, world affairs

  If you have been following this blog, you will notice that I haven't updated for a while. The reason is simple. Access to my Blogger account has been blocked since May 15 by the Great Firewall of... ...

• A close shave for convergence

  Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 12:22 in china, gadgets, products, interesting stuff

  Pity the Motorola folks didn't see this coming. Otherwise they could have dominated a new category of devices with variations of the same theme: LAZR, TASR, ERASR... you get the drift.The Rong Zun... ...

• Wii knockoffs from China

  Posted on Sunday January 18th, 2009 at 09:18 in entertainment, china, design, videos, photos, Games, products

  Everything about these machines screams Wii, except that they are cheaper and, as you can imagine, of inferior quality. As if the Vii and Vii2 weren't cutting it for cheap asses who want to play... ...

• Winter has returned

  Posted on Monday January 12th, 2009 at 09:24 in china

  Temperature is gonna be a low of 6 degrees Celsius in Shenzhen for a couple of days. With any luck, this year's winter may be colder than the last. Fortunately, there have been no reports of... ...

• Biased writing

  Posted on Thursday January 8th, 2009 at 08:35 in china, writing, commentary, language

  Here's how a change of word can alter the nuance of a sentence. In an Economist Intelligent Unit briefing titled "Cracking down on dissent", there is this sentence: With the Chinese economy facing... ...

• 十大温馨提示

  Posted on Saturday December 20th, 2008 at 08:06 in list, china, society, Economy, Chinese, funny stuff

  经济危机，到年底了，治安不好，出门注意： 1.如一定要携带单肩笔记本电脑包，请在背包正面写上"同城速递" 2.如需携带中型手提旅行袋，请写上"管道疏通" 3.如需携带大型拉杆行李箱，�...

• Chery Amulet crash-test

  Posted on Monday December 1st, 2008 at 09:19 in china, business, videos, products

  If Chinese car manufacturers want to achieve a breakthrough in the global market, they'll have to do better than this. Technorati Tags: Chery Amulet crash-test Russia Today China car manufacturers... ...

• Con job

  Posted on Thursday November 13th, 2008 at 09:30 in china, Marketing, language, funny stuff

  Before I left Shenzhen for Singapore on vacation, I received this mailer from English First with the last page about some activities held at a local bookstore throughout November for people to... ...

• Holy cow!

  Posted on Saturday November 1st, 2008 at 09:22 in china, food, commentary

  What if milk powder in China became laced with melamine not because some unscrupulous dairy farmers added the chemical compound to the collected milk, but because it was fed directly to the... ...