Did you know that in some matrixes, blogger Han Han is more popular than actress Zhang Ziyi? And that he's now appearing for billboards for clothing site Vancl? Being an internet celebrity is great! So how do you become one? Little Red Book has broken the steps down, with certain internet celeb examples: Brother Sharp, Furong Jie Jie and Soccer baby Xinyu Zhang. more ›

• We announced the details of our July 4 celebration at the Boxing Cat Brewery! Want to enter a drinking relay for charity? Want to take part in a pie-eating contest? Want to win stuff in a costume contest? Then read up here!
• We went to the Expo on one of its busiest days: Over half a million during the first day of the Dragon Boat festival... and we got pictures.
• We checked out the new Southern Barbarian restaurant in Lujiazui District, and found it tasty and pretty!

It's been a while since we've heard anything about Furong Jie Jie (i.e. Sister Hibiscus), the internet celebrity who shot to fame by being... supremely confident in her own looks. Well, she's popped up again now! Recently, the super popular blogger was spotted in a costume show in Shanghai with Japanese AV model Sora Aoi! more ›

Doing nothing to put ends to the stereotype that Asians do all look the same, Tianya has an incredibly popular thread right now that compares East Asian pop stars that seem to have been separated at birth. more ›

EastSouthWestNorth has uncovered Zhao Bandi (赵半狄), the man behind the Kung Fu Panda protest, as an unabashed panda lover and a fashion designer who has a line inspired by the national treasure. Check out the images from Zhao's fashion show below. Apparently he got China's internet celeb numero uno Furong Jiejie (芙蓉姐姐) to model for him and that one picture of her is priceless: more ›

The Red Laowai (红老外) — yes, that shirtless dude in New York that's been singing communist propaganda songs such as “My China Heart"《我的中国心》, "Without the Communist Party, there is no New China"《没有共产党就没有新中国》and "Oriental Red"《东方红》and putting his videos online — has done it again. This time, he has put his shirt on, created a music video and he's singing Jay Chou and rapping. The song 止战之殇 (The Wound That Ends War) is an anti-war song in... more ›

You just have to give it to Furong Jiejie (芙蓉姐姐) — the "grandmommy" of Chinese Internet idols — for her remarkable ability to constantly reinvent herself to keep herself in the news. Recently dumped by her boyfriend for revealing too much of herself, Furong Jiejie has now declared that she's looking for a hunky laowai boyfriend. Many moons ago, she once said she's not into laowai's, but apparently that has all changed (oh the miracles... more ›

Watch this video clip of the poor receptionist girl working at Google China getting harrassed by a guy, Zola Zhou, (once) billed as "China's first citizen reporter". Zola first gained widespread attention for his blog reports on the Chongqing nailhouse. Hungry for more success, he also went to Xiamen to report on demonstrations against Haicang PX. Hell, he even got interviewed by NBC. more ›

Give me a platform, and I will show you the miracle that takes place from virtuality to reality. I want to be on stage, and you will see that I am more than just an "Internet celeb". You will see a talented individual rise from an Internet celeb to a real-life star. I will not disappoint you. more ›

Last year, we told you about some self-obsessed Chinese netizens who became online celebrities. Just this last week, a few new additions to this Chinese pantheon of Internet idols have emerged that threaten to put Muzimei and Furong Jiejie to shame. We will introduce them to you over the next few days. more ›

We write about this with hesitation, because it is increasingly tedious that anything with flesh or a hint of boobies reaches China's squeel factor and becomes "news-worthy" this is a blog which is so good that we are scared of the competition. more ›

UPDATE: Chinese government: Sister Hibiscus "must be disappeared"! more ›