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Haibao, everybody's favorite blue thingamajiggy that somehow represents the Expo, has gained a back story and guess what? He's ~*magic*~!
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add to facebookFreddie Mae, S&P, Lehman, Goldman, Nikkei and The Intern fight it out to be the ultimate Wall Street Fighter in this hilarious new video clip from the guys at CBFresh.
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We chanced upon this mildly amusing "report" on counterfeits and piracy in China from Hoofy & Boo's News & Views which claims to be the first ever animated business television show. Apparently the show has been designed for serious entrepreneurs and investors. For more of their clips, click here.
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This creative animated cartoon designed to take a reminiscent look back at what life was like growing up in China post-80's has struck a chord with many young people of that generation. We're sure you'll find some of the items posted towards the end of the video familiar too, wherever you're from.
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Do films with titles like "Feathers of Dongtan" and "Sounds. Breaths" give you a tingle in your special area? If not, fret not, there's still some time to develop that acquired taste which is promotional films for really-big-Chinese-events. "Vision Shanghai", like "Vision Beijing," is going to feature documentary films by famous directors, thought the names of those directors have yet to be released. However, Shanghai Film Group has announced its next Expo film, a full-length doc by Jia Zhangke. We've been hearing about this intermittently for awhile, and whatever our reservations about promo films, we're still curious to see what Jia's up to with this film.The article says that trailers are being shown on TV soon, but we haven't seen anything new on the video-sharing sites.
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While browsing Digg for no reason in particular, we discovered something that appeals to two of our great loves, namely the environment and dodgy drawing. Yes, combined they form a cartoon competition aimed to promote environmental issues in China. It is only open to university students, and entries close on the 20th of May 2007. The winners will be announced on June 5th, and will receive cash prizes and the always-prized 'certificates'. You can learn more about the event, aptly-titled the 2007 University Cartoon Contest on Environmental Protection, via the China Daily website.
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"Academics who study China, which includes the author, habitually please the Chinese Communist Party, sometimes consciously, and often unconsciously. "
"China plans to expand its use of animated police figures into a virtual force symbolizing the government's monitoring of all major Web sites and online forums, state media said Saturday."
"The story was about some mainlanders believing that eating human fetuses can improve looks and heal diseases, and therefore they purchase dead fetuses from hospitals."
"So let's call this nail house what it really is: blackmail."
"Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes Magazine is in China right now and blogging on it. In Karlgaard's most recent post, he asks whether Shanghai or Beijing are China's future in a post, appropriately entitled, 'China's Future: Shanghai Or Beijing?'"
"Nearly 60 percent of saleable tickets will be reserved for residents of China, while the rest of the world will get 25 percent, said Rong Jun, director of the organising committee's ticketing department."
"Severe pollution in the Yangtze River is threatening the existence of the Chinese sturgeon, or Acipenser sinensis, an anadromous fish that has lived on the earth for more than 140 million years."
"However, there is something about China's video sharing sites that makes them much more interesting than their American counterparts: broadcast TV in China is really boring."
"Tears, wild hair and unhealthy songs are banned when China's latest version of "American Idol" goes on the air next month."
"Shanghai, China: In its relentless rush into capitalism and modernity, China's second city is currently exploding in every aspect."
"Phantom Shanghai is a spectacular look at a Shanghai that won't survive the vision the country has for itself."
"Children in more than 40 percent of families with one full-time parent are looked after by house husbands, a survey conducted by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences suggests."
We apologize to the guy we hit in the head while we were playing Wii tennis.
"Pay starts at a measly RMB 2000 a month, and can rise up to about a base of RMB 2500 plus bonuses for kilometers driven. Take-home after tax for the year is about RMB 38,000 (USD 4,900). Benefits are pretty good, though."
"More than half of paint products available for sale in the city have failed quality tests in recent random checks by the Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Administration."
"China's Three Gorges Dam reservoir has been fouled by pesticides, fertilizers and sewage, and more than 600 kilometres of the Yangtze river are critically polluted, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, citing a report."
"Everyone, if you travel to Shanghai, definitely avoid Hong Qiao Airport on Friday night. Never ever think of landing in Hong Qiao on Friday night. There is a simple reason for that - there is just no taxi that can help you get out of the airport."
"Now that China's showcase megacities are experiencing rising costs and fierce competition both in most sectors, foreign investors are slowly waking up to the fact that there are other cities in China besides Shanghai and Beijing."
"The investigated data from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences presented that more than a half wine and overseas wines in Shanghai market were fake." So then what is it?
"The report said Shanghai's online consumers totaled 1.76 million last year, accounting for 34.6 percent of local Netizens, with Beijing following by 29.2 percent."
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New Scientist recently reported on a record-breaking feat of a particular bird-of-prey population near Beijing. This news isn't something to celebrate, rather something quite worrisome. Researchers discovered that kestrels had record-breaking amounts of a PDBE chemical known as Deca in their tissues.
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Without question, the award for "Comedy News of the Week" goes to ... The Cat-Burglar Monkey! Oh he doesn't burgle cats, it's just ... we'll let China Daily do the writing:
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After just one month on Chinese television, Spongebob Squarepants is already the No. 1 cartoon in the country. (The news comes from a Nickelodeon press release, so take it for what it's worth.) It does seem that, for whatever reason, Spongebob is less popular in Shanghai than it is elsewhere in China:
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