Why Starbucks has succeeded in China where others have failed
38-year-old self-proclaimed virgin creates website to stop youngsters from having sex
Photos: VHILS' carved murals of evicted tenants in Shanghai
Last Friday's Kim Jong-un assassination rumours
Singapore FM K. Shanmugam: Beijing appreciates Singapore's stance on US-China relations
On a totally unrelated note to China, for those of you that are wondering what you can do to help victims of the tropical storm Ondoy (Ketsana), Red Cross Philippines is now accepting donations via Paypal at give@redcross.org.ph. And if you specifically wish to help children, donate online via UNICEF USA.
Shanghaiist found out that somebody (possibly government related) is sending journalists in China targeted malware ridden emails, though we haven't figured out why yet.
BBC wildlife expert doesn't like pandas, world reacts in shock
So we stumbled upon one of the longer articles we've seen on China Daily lately and it's about... a BBC presenter that doesn't like pandas. Wildlife expert Chris Packham told Radio Times magazine that he reckoned they should “pull the plug... Here's a species that, of its own accord, has gone down an evolutionary cul-de-sac. Unfortunately, it's big and cute and a symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature and we pour millions of pounds into panda conservation.” After controversy reared its ugly head, Packham apologized for his statements. Oh geez, if people could get Packham to retract his comments, maybe we've got to tone down on our panda hate too.
We were alerted to this neat little site when it was still just a photo blog, with beautiful pictures of random 老百姓 (laobaixing - local civilians) around the Xinjiang area. Now its creators, Andy and Evan, are setting off for a year-plus tour of China by bicycle... today!
This picture was taken by a person who went to check out one of the military drill camps training for the 60th Anniversary celebrations. This one seems to be from the Nanjing military group. It can be translated into:
Gothamist had a crazy week: First Kanye disses Taylor, then the city health department suggests banning smoking in parks and beaches...and then a local news anchor said, "Keep fucking that chicken."
This week's Adoptable Pet from Second Chance Animal Aid, Shanghaiist's favorite adopted animal charity.
Snake with feet found in Southern China
One of the first idioms you learn in Chinese class is "Hua She Tian Zu 画蛇添足," which tells the story of a man who lost a snake drawing contest by painting feet on his picture and means something along the lines of "adding too much to something ruins it." Well, this guy probably wouldn't lose the contest in this day in age now that a snake with a foot has been discovered in Southwest China. A 66-year-old woman named Duan in Suining found "this monster" crawling along her wall. Mrs. Duan then grabbed a shoe, beat the snake to death and threw its carcass into a bottle of alcohol to preserve it. We wonder what other Chinese idioms will be rendered moot by weird mutations. Source: Telegraph UK
News on the USA pavilion has been somewhat scarce - at least on this site - since it quit being a joke and turned into something real. But now, as we count down the last 250 days to the Expo, it's somehow made its way back on our radar.
Raining on the parade of solar panel lighting systems endorsed by ex-British PM Tony Blair and superstar Jet Li, the SCMP recently presented some sobering statistics about the real cost of these "environmentally friendly" lights.
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Imagine this scenario: You're having a party and you realize the morning of that the one thing that would elevate your party from awesome to super duper fantabulous is... fake mustaches. So you go on Taobao to try and order some... only to realize that if you wanted it delivered today, you should've come up with this idea two days ago.
If you've caught Golden Grand Prix excitement, you may want to try your hand (well, your feet) at Shanghai's Toray Cup. The international race offers a full and half marathon, as well as a health race for the shorter winded. Of course, Usain Bolt won't be there, but you can consider it training for your shot at next year's Grand Prix, or even the 2010 Asian Games.
We usually spend what change we have on beer (lord knows how many Kedis have had to deal with us meticulously counting out three kuai in one jiaos at 3 in the morning), but in case you're not major midnight inconveniences like us and you've saved up buckets and buckets of coins, a reader has sent in a pretty good tip:
Chicagoist played tourist in its own city by spending half an hour on the famed Michigan Ave (with magical results) and then scoped out the crumbling architecture of Gary and East Chicago, Indiana towns that stand in the shadow of Chicago.
703 million cell phone users in China
We're used to seeing mind boggling statistics living here in China, but this one still made our jaws drop. This country now has 703 million mobile phone users - that's double the population of the United States chatting on their cellphones. According to a report released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the number of mobile users rose by 61.41 million in just the last six months. Meanwhile the overall number of people using phones rose by 48.99 million to 1.03 billion. Handset makers, welcome to your heaven. Source: People's Daily online
So the Fall has come and with it many an international student hoping to get an authentic China experience. Hey - here's a thought, why not get that authentic China experience helping out an awesome website? What awesome website are we talking about? Oh, come on.
Perhaps because of China's status as a mostly monocultural giant that's only just opening up the world, the topic of racism in this country is always a landmine-infested warzone. Just asking the question of whether most Chinese people are racist can cause the web to go into conniptions - an example being the Internet fight between China Geek and Hecaitou earlier this year.
Months after Twitter was blocked and Chinese Twitter clones Fanfou, Digu, and Zuosa (apparently Zuosa is still alive) were felled by the mighty hand of the CCP censorship army, Internet portal Sina has started its own "microblogging service."
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