Uh oh. Weekly columnist and former editor-in-chief of The Observer Will Hutton has predicted that there will be a public uprising in China in the near future. The comments came amidst a debate on the global economic downturn in which Hutton stated "I'm expecting there to be a Chinese Spring within the next three to five years." more ›

Just after midnight, bullet shots went through a BMW's window in a carjack attempt, eventually slaying two Chinese graduate students, Ying Wu and Ming Qu, near the University of Southern California (USC) campus. more ›

A seemingly boring and greenish pale looking Imperial Chinese bowl smashed pre-sale estimates by about three folds, fetching nearly $27 million at the Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong. Evidently, one cannot judge a book… or a bowl by its cover, lest it contains such a significant history and price tag inside it. more ›

An American college entry form has been leaving many applicants feeling confused about their sexuality after including the option 'Chinese' as a sexual orientation option. more ›

Chinese hackers gained 'full access' to the computer network of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2011, possibly allowing them to delete sensitive files, upload hacking tools, add user accounts to mission-critical systems, and more. more ›

Nearly 15 years after Hong Kong was returned to China, the Wall Street Journal reports that the new census results show the former British colony is now replacing English with Mandarin as the city's most commonly spoken second language. more ›

"I'm Chinese and I'm American and I love this country. I heard all these degrading things about China this and China that and it just doesn't make me feel good." more ›

Since Dr. Phil or Oprah don't really have much traction in China, mainland women instead have to turn to institutions like the Good Wife Happy School and the Beijing Moral Education Center for Women to prevent or fix a broken marriage. more ›

GOP Presidential candidate and former US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman was put on the defensive recently by a Slate article questioning Huntsman's one skill the majority of Americans have generally taken for granted -- his fluency in Chinese.   more ›

Led by his love of sharks, Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay embarked on an investigation into shark's fin, the controversial dish that is wildly popular among the middle class in China, and in Chinese communities around the globe. more ›

With good friends like Pakistan, who needs to spend money building Confucius Institutes? more ›

Look Hu's excited! After his visit to Chicago schools during his state visit to America in January, Hu Jintao invited 20 students from Walter Payton College Prep High School to visit his residence at Zhongnanhai in Beijing. more ›

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Ever since Expo blasted through town stripping us of food streets, pajamas, and chinglish (basically everything fun) we've found few if any chucklz amongst Shanghai public signs. So you can imagine our delight at this wonderfully pure specimen spotted by the escalator in the Shanghai Long-Distance Coach Terminal. more ›

If you've been living in China for a while and still can't make out what this grackle is saying, then take it as a sign that it's time to brush up on your Chinese! more ›

Football fans rejoice! This summer brings us not one European giant of a football club, but TWO. Both Liverpool and Real Madrid have announced plans for preseason games in China to cash in onappease their enormous Chinese fan bases. Real Madrid has two games planned, Guangzhou on August 3 and Tianjin on August 6. Liverpool will play three matches across Asia in July, beginning also with Guangzhou, then moving on to Kuala Lumpur and Seoul. more ›

We totally dig what they're doing over at World of Chinese these days: serving up a daily list of China's trending topics on Baidu and Sina Weibo, in Chinese and English, with full explanation for each topic. Charlie Custer of China Geeks is behind the lists, informative and insightful as always. Super duper interesting, and an excellent way to stay up to date with what's being talked about online in China. more ›

We already know of a few really great Mandarin learning sites and dictionaries but Lexicalist is our latest fancy. It's a Chinese/English dictionary and those we have a'plenty. However aside from the denotation, it also shows you how the usage of the character fares by province and by gender. more ›

Well, here's something we didn't know: Education First (EF), better known through their subsidiary English First here in mainland China, is also in the Chinese language business. And they want you to learn the language with them in Beijing. Check out this nice little commercial created for them by the Stockhom-based production house Camp David. more ›

Via TheNextWeb: "China gained 36 million additional internet users last year meaning there are now over 440 million internet users in the country. English has long been the most widely used language on the internet but with Chinese Internet growth rising at the rate it is, it could be less than five years before Chinese becomes the dominant language on the internet."
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The Russian references were not political in nature. They were innocuous nods to the nationality and spoken language of Ivan Vanko, aka Whiplash, the villain portrayed by Mickey Rourke. (More information on that character's background here ... be careful, that link features some spoilers.) While most of the censorship consisted of altering the audio track, one scene — during a dinner in a hangar, Vanko asks Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) to fetch his pet cockatoo — appeared to be cut short. more ›

We'd been waiting for Danwei to post this video on a more GFW friendly site (if you want to see the original on Youtube, it's up on Danwei.org) and they didn't fail us! Awesome. Check out Julien Gaudfroy, a rare Western face in the Chinese tradition of cross talk (相声 xiang sheng) more ›

According to Huang Youyi, CPCC member and director of the China International Publishing Group, the Chinese language is facing a new invasion: by the English language. Huang feels that no good can come of the popular use of English words and acronyms (such as GDP and CEO) in published Chinese articles and everyday conversations. He told China Daily: more ›

NeochaEDGE is a daily-curated, bilingual website and discovery engine dedicated to showcasing leading-edge creative content and emerging youth culture in China. Beyond the website, NeochaEDGE is also a full-service idea and execution house passionate about helping clients understand, engage, and co-create with Chinese creative communities, trendsetters, and youth culture opinion leaders. Today they introduce us to five animations that caught their eye in 2009. more ›

It seems as though, despite the various efforts to spread English in the city before the World Expo, expats are still having trouble communicating in Shanghai's taxis, buses, shopping venues and elsewhere. Of the over 200 foreigners living in Pudong and Hongqiao that were interviewed, roughly 49% said they were dissatisfied with cabs for not speaking English, and 34% said they weren't happy with buses (34% of foreigners take buses? Get out of town!). Surprisingly, the one thing we would've thought was most important for practitioners to know English - medical care - only garnered a 15% complaint rate. more ›

We find a lot of interesting things in our daily romps around the internet. Some of them are more exiting than others, but the ones that really get us pumped are interesting Chinese language blogs. We usually just browse through sites like nciku or ChinaSmack's glossary for kicks, and we've certainly enjoyed the literal translations of Chinese phrases from Those Crazy Chinese, but we hadn't realized that Shanghai Daily has it's own word blog until recently. Check out some of their pretty great content: more ›

And he got the characters right. 冠軍 means "champion" (he's using traditional characters). The other side says "Chatty." According to Artest's Twitter page, Chatty is the name of a friend who passed away. On Twitter, Artest also says he flew in Boogie the barber from Orlando for the cut and paid him a hotel room plus $20. Artest and the Lakers begin their quest to prove the left side of his head correct at 10:30 am Shanghai time against, fittingly, the Clippers. Source: Ball Don't Lie more ›

The national university entrance examination: a rite of passage for many Chinese students, and all important, some might say, in determining much of what happens in your life afterwards. It's a lot of pressure for 17 and 18 year-old kids. This video was taken in Hankou, supposedly before the test. One might be more inclined to celebrate afterwards, though of course those that might not have done so well would perhaps seek solace in Johnny Walker, as one does in times of need. more ›

石室诗士施氏，嗜食狮，誓食十狮。适施氏时时适市视狮。十时，适十狮适市。是时，适施氏适市。氏视是十狮，恃矢势，使是十狮逝世。氏拾是十狮尸，适石室。石室湿，氏使侍拭石室。石室拭，氏始试食是十狮尸。食时，始识是十狮尸，实十石狮尸。试释是事。 more ›

The Chinese name of Whitemen Toothpaste is 白人牙膏 (bái rén yá gāo or "white people toothpaste"). more ›