Google China has a new name and the linguists are still out on the right meaning.

The current translations are “Valley Song”, Harvesting Song, Song of the Grain, Song of the harvest of grain and even Happy Song. Eric Smidt, CEO of Google, calls it a “Fruitful and happy song”.
The whole renaming seems to […]

If your marriage is falling apart, try to think back and ask yourself. “Did we have turtles on the menu during the wedding dinner?”. And why didn’t we, was it because I was too stingy?
“For (Chinese) wedding receptions, turtle is a must dish, as its Chinese name is very auspicious.”
Turtle prices are on the […]

STOP, you hear me, STOP JAYWALKING, STOP IGNORING THE RED LIGHT.
Why all the fuss you may ask. A new career incentive system has been implemented.
Part of a traffic copper’s evaluation will be based on the number of fines they hand out during a week
I predict the competition for handling busy intersections in Shanghai will […]

In a drive to purify the internet even further the leading Internet portals (among them Sina.com, Sohu.com, Baidu.com, and Yahoo’s Chinese Website) have drawn up a joint proposal to stem “unhealthy Internet cultures.”
“No indecent texts and photos, no search agents for such contents, no links to unhealthy websites, and no carrying games with sex […]

It was dark outside when we entered and almost darker when we were inside the Shuffle bar, a new place in Shanghai.
Luckily the waiter had a flashlight which was useful for ordering.
We went there to hear The Georgia Sam Blues Band (plus pretending to be still young and into the scene, at […]

CCTV has a new website for all English speaking people around the world.
The American Fox Cable network is one of the partners which seems a match made in heaven.
Biased + Biased makes Unbiased?
I have visited the site a couple of times and at least half of the time pages don’t render.
Their slogan is […]