Products from China are lately in the limelight. Toothpaste that kills, food for kittens that kills, fake water in the water coolers in Beijing and now steamed pork buns (baozi) made from cardboard have popped up.
A bakery in Beijing sold pork buns that were made of 60% cardboard and 40% pork. Customers don’t taste […]
The Humanaught has a nice find. He quotes an article from the China Daily that Baseball is a Chinese invention
Baseball a Chinese invention
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-04-01 08:35
Though long thought to have evolved from the UK-created rounders, new evidence suggests that the sport of baseball’s origins extend back nearly 500 years to China’s Ming Dynasty (c1368-1644).
Li Gang, […]
Over at Shanghaiist an article about the 81 year old American writer Gore Vidal’s appearance/interview at the 2007 Shanghai International Literary Festival. Vidal it reads, is an outspoken, opinionated writer.
He was posed a question about the freedom of speech.
His answer can be summed up by one one of the phrases he used “they’ll […]
In the category weird:
Have you ever considered advertising on the Internet for a stand-in mistress that can be roughed up by your wife. Well, a Chinese businessman beat you to it? Or maybe you’re looking for a job that pays you 300 Rmb/minute?
A Chinese businessman has advertised on the Internet for a stand-in mistress […]
When I first saw Ronaldo holding a lozenge and stupidly grinning on Chinese TV I was wondering who the hell the director director was that made this terrible excuse for an advertisement. Then again, I see similar bad advertisements on CCTV 9 so not that surprised actually.
I got used to it and figured that […]
Pandas are one of China’s hot commodities.
Doing a search showed me that there is a connection between Pandas and diseases, at least according to Google.
I am frustrated, I am underpaid, my boss forces me to work too much and give him a hongbao to get a promotion.
My wife keeps on nagging me that I have to make more money. I have to have a car, an apartment, a mistress and buy my kid an entrance to a good […]
In a very pro-active fashion Mouding county in Yunnan province, China has killed almost all of his dogs. Noooo, not because they were hungry.
It has all been handled in a very harmonious way:
On Saturday, a woman was walking her dog - a small white animal she’d had for a long time - in […]
I have watched way to many football games until now. Resulting in too little sleep.
Some observations:
6 hours time difference is too much. Either change Beijing Standard Time for a month or reschedule the games
In a country where social stability is everyday’s slogan, make sure university students have electricity 24/7. They want to watch […]
Pandas, China’s cuddly creatures, can be seen online these days.
It takes some planning as only between 11:00 and 11:20 China Time you have a chance to see Rong Rong, No. 20’s Son, Lei Lei’s Daughter, Ya Ao, Younger son of Hua Mei and Elder son of Hua Mei on the Panda Cam.
Why most of […]
A interesting cross-cultural guide
A must read for anyone considering doing business in China
