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Hi everyone A lot of you know that sometimes chinaSMACK is unavailable, slow, or unreliable because there is too many people visiting this website. This has been a big problem and very annoying for everyone including me when I am trying to make a post. Recently, I have finally save enough money from... 

Hi everyone, Many of you understand that advertisements and donations help pay for the cost of maintaining chinaSMACK. All of chinaSMACK’s contributors are volunteers and I spend a lot of time translating and trying to make this website better. Recently, James D. Nardell from the South China Morning... 

Many of you have notice that I have made some changes to the website during this last week since the new redesign last weekend. I have listened to some of your thoughts and here is a list of some new changes:Recent Comments Minimized The Recent Comments on the home page is now automatically minimized... 

It is common for many Chinese people to have new clothes to celebrate the new year (Chinese Lunar New Year or Spring Festival). Although it is a little really late, chinaSMACK finally has some new clothes for the year of the cow to replace the original design (see right). Here are some of the new changes... 

Some Chinese netizens created these poker cards showing 54 big events, news, or phenomenon for China in 2008. They include the May 12 Sichuan Earthquake (black joker), the Beijing Olympics (red joker), the successful launch of Shenzhou #7 (ace of hearts), the Lhasa Tibet riots (ace of spades), etc.... 

Happy new year, everyone! I hope everyone had good celebration last night! The results for the 2008 China Blog Awards are here and chinaSMACK has won #1 “Best General Blog.” Thank you, everyone, for voting for us. We hope to continue sharing popular Chinese internet stories, pictures, and... 

I received this email two days ago: Fauna hi … I still read your website everyday.  and I love it!  I am happy you are doing well, and your site is very successful.   keep it up! there is a project and maybe its a perfect news story for your website. a photographer in Los Angeles has a Lomo... 

Merry Christmas, everyone. Will it snow again in Shanghai this winter like last year? Jessica Beaton recently interviewed me for City Weekend, a cool magazine in Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou. The interview is available on their website right now, and I think it will appear in the paper magazine soon... 

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... 

Today is Thanksgiving Day. Although it is an American holiday and not a Chinese holiday, I know it is a day for everyone to think about what they are thankful for in their life. I have many things to be thankful for and I want to use this day to say thank you to everyone who has supported me and have... 

Video on Youtube and Maxiewawa.com. The original chinaSMACK post: Future Police Officers Sleep During Politics Class Thank you, Max (”26 years old and from Australia, Sydney to be precise”). See more Max at Maxiewawa.com. ... 

I published chinaSMACK’s first post on 2008 July 9. After spending many hours translating the original Tianya Chinese post on into English, I discovered that EastSouthWestNorth had already translated it while searching for more information…and it was better than mine. I was so angry. I published... 

I am looking for a Writer/Blogger to help me find, translate, and share popular and viral Chinese internet news, events, and trends with English-reading audiences. He or she should:Be good at reading Chinese and writing English. Preferably be a high school/university student, or young adult. Preferably... 

Tonight, I just notice the Wall Street Journal linked to chinaSMACK. I am very flattered and want to thank Sky Canaves for mentioning my blog…on the Wall Street Journal!I also really want to thank:Ryan from Lost Laowai because WSJ find chinaSMACK through him; James Creegan from Shanghaiist; Shinohara...