All Posts For 2008 December

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Journalist Throws Shoe At Bush, Chinese Reactions

Video on YouTube. From Tianya, “Satisfying! Bush defeated by “two stinky shoes”:American President George W.Bush suddenly visited Iraq on December 14, and with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signed an American security agreement and a strategy framework agreement between the... 

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Pengpeng & Sexy Chinese Pole Dancing?

Video on Tudou. The dancer is Pengpeng from Shenyang City in Liaoning province, who is the champion in the first national pole dancing competition. Comments from Tudou:Today I went to another club and tried out his set of movements. The impression/effect was extremely good. However, I my legs are... 

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A Little Beggar Child In China

From Sina: “The Little Beggar”These days, being a beggar has become a type of job. Large streets and small alleys, you can see them everywhere. Basically, they are all organized and disciplined. and wide in variety. The young ones organize behind the scenes so that the children and old... 

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1,300 Graduate Students Compete to Sell Pork

From Sina, “1,300 Graduate Students Compete to Sell Pork, Who Should be Ashamed?”: Summary: The financial crisis makes it hard to find a job. People used to be shocked if “a good student at Beijing University sold pork.” However, more and more college graduates accept this reality... 

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Shandong Petitioners Forcibly Sent To Mental Asylum

Feicheng City Mental Hospital. This hospital accepted Xintai petitioners for treatment.From Sina and The Beijing News: Main points: In October this year, the local government of Xintai (新泰) in Shandong (山东) province forcibly placed farmer Sun Fa Wu (孙法武) in a state mental hospital en... 

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Shenzhen Man Begs On Knees At Police Station

From NetEase: (no longer accessible)While passing by the Nanhu police station on Nanhu Road today, I saw an interesting scene, a gentleman kneeling down in front of the police station door holding up a sign “begging for report receipt” [evidence of a person reporting a crime to be investigated... 

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Cop Killer Yang Jia Lives On In Beijing Graffiti

Yang Jia was from Beijing. He became famous after he attacked a Shanghai police station and killed many police officers. There were many rumors why he did this and many Chinese people felt sympathetic to his crime. His trial was very controversial and many people think it was unfair. He was executed... 

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Shanghai’s Most Valiant Chevrolet Girl

Video on Sina. From AutoHome Club: This story happened in Shanghai, where the owner of a Chevrolet Captiva, that had already been attached to a tow truck, was unhappy, started the car, and drove away with both the car and the tow truck. Comments from AutoHome Club:Hah, I support!Niu!Who怕Who... 

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chinaSMACK Featured In That’s Shanghai

There is a full-page feature of chinaSMACK and me on page 14 of the December 2008 issue of That’s Shanghai magazine. It is the newest one with the cool Yoko Ono cover. Read the article: Smack my headline up The article was written by Helen Elfer. She interviewed me through email and quoted me... 

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Government Website Hacked, Official Now Sexy Girl

From Sohu:The morning of December 5th at around 9:23, Jingchu News received reports from netizens, the website of the Jingzhou City Bureau of Commerce was hacked, the profile page of government leaders was replaced by a sexy lady wearing revealing clothes. This reporter immediately contacted the Jingzhou... 

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The TVXQ Chinese Fan Incident & Internet War

From 21CN:Above picture: Alleged attacker Shen ChangminRecently, news appeared on the internet that famous Korean group “TVXQ” member Shen Changmin was beaten by two Chinese middle-aged women, but following netizen’s discussions, it became that Shen Changmin was in the women’s... 

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A-Gan: A Handicapped Chinese Man’s Story

Video on Youku. This video was uploaded to Youku one day ago. At this time, it has been watched over 683,000 times and has over 8300 comments. The title of the video is: China’s A-Gan’s Story (Part 1). “A-Gan” is “Gump,” like in Forrest Gump. Below are English translations... 

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Mummies Dancing In Wuhan For Employment

From NetEase:Summary: Around noon on November 23rd, mummies suddenly appeared on the Jianghan pedestrian street in Wuhan city, and what more, they were mummies who knew how to “space dance.” Lei! After finishing their “space dance,” the two mummies handed out a stack of white... 

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Shanghai’s Real “Pig Cage Stronghold”

From Sina: The “Pig Cage Stronghold” in “Kung Fu Hustle” is a building that surrounds a courtyard. In this small little courtyard, people do everything, and many generations live together. This here is Shanghai’s real “Pig Cage Stronghold”– Longchang Apartments... 

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