All Posts For 2009 March

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Chinese Gas Prices Compared To America By Angry Netizen

From Mop:China’s Development and Reform Commission bullshitting China’s gas prices, saying–” international oil prices have greatly increased”?_____”brought in line with international”,…but American gasoline prices are said to be only 3+ yuan after converting... 

Brilliance BS4 ADAC Crash Test Result: 0 Stars

Three days ago, the ADAC released the crash test results for the Chinese-made Brilliance BS4 car. Here are some Chinese reactions: From KDS:ADAC test results say it is at most the safety standards of 10 years ago. Collision experiments show:  After the crash there is a serious threat to life, especially... 

What Do Chinese Soldiers Eat On The Battlefield?

From Mop:06 soldier rations is divided into 06 soldier instant meals (12 item menu) and 06 soldier self-heating meal (3 item menu). Although it cannot compare to the 22 item menu of the American military’s MRE, it is still considered a big improvement for the country.#1 menu! Packaging is... 

Earth Hour In China, 2009 March 28th

From Tianya:Do you know? “Earth Hour” began 2007 March 31, when Sydney, Australia turned off the lights for one hour. That night, when approximately 2.2 million Sydney homes and businesses turned off their lights for one hour, Sydney successfully reduced 10.2% of the electricity used.... 

Getting In A Relationship Across Different Generations

How do you confess your love? How do you establish your relationship? Does each generation have a different way? Here are some drawings from Taiwan that I also receive in my email from people always forwarding to their friends. They are very old (4 years) but funny:你是哪一種告白法~~ What... 

Monks Close Famen Temple To Protest Government Walls

Famen Temple is a Buddhist temple in Shaanxi province of China. It is very famous and influential. In 1981, the only Buddhist finger bone relic in China was found at Famen. Recently, the monks of Famen Temple have announced that they will close their gates to visitors and worshipers to protest the local... 

Cherry Blossoms, Wuhan, & Chinese Women In Kimonos

Three days ago, two Chinese women (a mother and daughter) in Wuhan went to see the “sakura” cherry blossom at Wuhan University and take pictures. However, they were different from the other people who went to admire the flowers because they were wearing kimonos, a traditional Japanese outfit... 

Shanghainese Netizen Finds Fake Chicken Eggs In China?

From KDS:After the last crazy grass mud horse, I have discovered that the last one at most only reached entry-level grass mud horse level (http://club.pchome.net/topic_1_15_3395285__.html). However, my experience this time can truly be called crazy grass mud horse. Let me first postpone the test... 

“Most Beautiful Police Flower” Saves Suicide Jumper Girl

There is another English report by Elaine Chow at Shanghaiist. However, I think she mistakenly thinks “police flower” is a special nickname that NetEast give Wang Yuhui. Actually, “police flower” is a common nickname for any pretty police women. “School flower” is another example of this nickname for pretty schoolgirls or female schoomates. This is the reason why Wang Yuhui is called “most beautiful police flower” because of her heroic action which make her special from other “police flowers.”

Complaints About Restrooms By Returnee Annoys Netizens

From Sina:Taking Care Of Baby Awkwardness: China’s Restrooms, Definitely Chinese Characteristics Bringing my daughter back to the country, I wanted to see all my relatives and good friends, and dining with guests was unavoidable. That one day, I was invited to Tang Song Fu [a restaurant] to... 

South China Sea Confrontation, Chinese Netizen Reactions

[tweetmeme] From Tom.com: America’s Military  Again Claims the Right to Enter China’s Special Economic Zone Waters The foreign ministers of both China and the United States have met at a conference and agreed to do their best to avoid incidents similar to the “Wuxia” event [the Chinese... 

Spoiled Child Slaps & Chokes Mother In Public For Toy

From NetEase:Time: International Women’s Day [2009 March 8], 11:00 Setting: Temple Characters: Loving Mother VS Disobedient Son Incident: Mother and son, after visiting the Buddhist Temple, are on their way home. Darling son is crying and making a fuss demanding to buy a toy from a roadside toy... 

Hostess Girls Of China’s 2009 National People’s Congress

Formalism (形式主义) has long been a major critique of the National People’s Congress. For all intent and purposes, the presence of Ceremonial girls and hostesses during this year’s National People’s congress (NPC) is a unique sight not seen in other nation’s congressional... 

Some Funny Jiong Images Spread Through Email

A lot of interesting Chinese “internet” things in happen on the BBS forums but a lot are also spread between Chinese people through email every day. Here are some funny jiong pictures that a friend emailed me. Many of these images are old but you can still see many netizens using these images... 

Fauna & chinaSMACK Mentioned In That’s Beijing

chinaSMACK appears in the March 2009 issue of That’s Beijing magazine. Craig McIntosh interview me last month for his article, “WWW – World Women’s Web: The girls’ guide to blogging“. You can see the entire “e-magazine” on the That’s Beijing website... 

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