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We're sorry to have inundated you guys with all this 60th anniversary news. Don't worry, once everyone else stops reporting on it, we will too. In the meantime, here's something decidedly NOT 60th anniversary related to wash the taste (of patriotism?) out of your mouth:

We've been told by some of our more avid TV-watching Chinese friends that the best way to win a super star competition in this country is to be curiously androgynous. In that case, get this kid a contract now! We haven't heard his singing voice, but his dancing has already beat half the competition. Also loving: his choice in music. Nothing like the Wonder Girls' Nobody But You to brighten up your mid-day.

While the Cultural Revolution was no laughing matter, it seems that some clever Chinese were able to get a chuckle or two from skewing political rhetoric behind closed doors.

We previously told you about one man's dream to build, and fly a tiny home-made helicopter between live power lines.

We never realized Chiang Kai-shek was in the business of selling trousers, and we were equally surprised that they would be STAMINA trousers since, well, it's not like the guy had that much staying power. At least not in China. Hey-yo!

Funny.

Get it on with Durex.

"If there's a camel up a hill, then it's Gong Li with me, when I doooo, when I doooo... "

Scene at yesterday's press conference at the Foreign Ministry according to Reuters [h/t to Imagethief]:

[Foreign Ministry spokesman] Liu Jianchao was asked what he thought of Sunday's incident, when the television journalist also called the American leader a "dog," and replied all leaders deserved respect.

Continue reading "Newsflash: Foreign affairs spokesman Liu Jianchao has a sense of humour"

Latest clip from our favourite satire site The Onion:

The curmudgeonly Poyuan Wei thinks the only thing wrong with the Chinese Government is that they are not tough enough on dissidents.

ChinaSmack points us to this silly dance item performed by the employees of the Tianjin Hebei Post Office at the company's annual staff cultural night.

If there's one business model that's sure to ride the current economic storm, it's a shop which sells nothing but useless gadgets.

‘Gays’ crack nearly causes international incident, says the Shanghai Daily

A CHINESE man nearly started an unintended fight with an overseas sailor when he greeted him in poorly chosen English words.

Continue reading "Chinglish, homophobia and silly sailors"

A cricket fighting ring was smashed recently as police swooped on a cafeteria in West Shanghai and arrested 66 enthusiasts.

So Elvira and the Pope scooped the Shanghaiist award for best Halloween costume Friday night, but if we were handing out international prizes then this would be the one to beat:

Acupuncture may be one of the most widely-accepted forms of traditional Chinese medicine, but did you know there was a DIY alternative?

Last month, we highlighted to you a post by Adam Minter of Shanghai Scrap in which he laments over the sorry state of expat advertising after spotting a full page print ad taken up by the Dragonfly spa chain in (what seemed like) every English language magazine in Shanghai. The ad featured a Caucasian man waxing himself with a 'clean' strip while his right hand (what looked rather like a chicken claw) sported multi-coloured nails that were supposed to be a "tribute to the Olympic rings". The campaign became the talk of the town, but not in the way Dragonfly had hoped for. As it turned out, the ad had the effect of freaking out just about everyone in town who saw it (and possibly up north in Beijing too).

Kids really do say the darndest things! We almost fell off our chair watching this vlog. Basically this 16 year old gay expat teen in Shanghai has just come out to his parents and he decided to share his story with the world on Youtube. After telling his mother on Tuesday over Skype, Zach was half expecting to get a good lynching, as all gay teens do when they come out. What he got was a surprise of his own — his mom turned around and came out to him! Okay, we won't spoil the rest for you. Watch it for a good laugh!

A few instant gems from the clip:

"This is a testament to the progress of the Chinese people. Today we sent a man into space fully conscious, and without shackles."

Continue reading "China launches first willing manned mission into space"

For those of you that saw the 100M Butterfly final, you'll know Michael Phelps was off to a really bad start in the first lap, but he made a miraculous comeback in the second to finish first by just 0.01 second in what's been dubbed his "fingernail victory". And now the heretofore unseen camera angle from the perspective of silver medallist Milorad Čavić of Serbia. (h/t Towleroad)

The curious stares of onlookers at the public pool: PRICELESS

Standing a foot taller and six inches broader than anyone else on HuaiHai Lu, the young man who calls himself Red Laowai (George to his Mother) is easy to spot. Although this is his first trip to mainland China, George has already gathered a large following by recording video clips singing (mostly Communist) Chinese songs and releasing them on the internet.

A Saturday time-waster brought to you by The Onion