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China Daily hates on foreigners

China Daily hates on foreigners

Did you think that your ability to choke down chicken feet, speak Chinese with your business partners, or play a game of Chinese checkers makes you more Chinese? Well, Hong Huang, the irreverent proprietor of the media empire that owns iLook magazine, wants to let you know that you're wrong: you'll never assimilate, because you're not Chinese. And while you're at it (not being Chinese, that is), don't touch chicken feet, sea cucumbers, or firecrackers: it pisses Chinese people off when you do, because you just don't understand why they're important in the first place. more ›

The Chinese Olympic team looks like scrambled eggs and tomatoes

Either that or they look like McDonald's managers circa 1975. Check out pics and commentary here. more ›

What goes on between Air China pilots and control towers around the world?

Lost Laowai brings our attention to the following soundbyte of a conversation between an Air China pilot and the control tower of the JFK Airport in New York. In it, the pilot fails to understand anything that the traffic controller was saying and his English was so garbled that he might as well have been speaking in Esperanto -- a language that is deemed so important that China Radio International's website has a version in it! more ›

China Blog Parade: June 24-July 1, 2007

China Blog Parade: June 24-July 1, 2007

Our round-up of some of last week's highlights from China's English-language blogosphere: more ›

Group Writing Project for Lost Laowai

Group Writing Project for Lost Laowai

The blog Lost Laowai has started a group writing project called "If I Knew Then What I Know Now." The general idea is for other bloggers to write about what they thought about China before actually moving out here and how different the reality actually is. Once the writer has finished the post, he/she can notify Lost Laowai and have it put up on the consolidated submission list for everyone's reading pleasure. ifiknewchina.gif more ›

China Blog Parade: June 2-9, 2007

China Blog Parade: June 2-9, 2007

Our round-up of some of last week's highlights from China's English-language blogosphere: more ›

China Blog Parade

China Blog Parade

Our weekly round-up of some of the highlights from China's English-language blogosphere: more ›

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