The 走走看看—赵静的BLOG is a great photoblog that includes photos from Tibet, surgeries, as well as the biggest rice pile in China:

“March 16, 2007: HeiLongJiang HuLin remote car station, China’s largest rice company – BeiDaHuang rice industry group’s primary food storage site.”

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Kissing contests are spreading throughout China, with one popping up every few months. They’ve already hit SiChuan, NanJing,QianWei, and most recently Shanghai!

A kissing contest involves couples who compete to see who can hold their kiss the longest. The latest winners from Shanghai hit 5 hours and 40 minutes. And of course, the contests are documented on blogs and BBS’s. From 走走看看—赵静的BLOG…

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Check out the new Chinese weekly online magazine, Memedia, a cooperative effort among over 100 (and counting) prominent Chinese bloggers.  It looks like a blog but at present is a weekly, with hopes to eventually become a daily.  So far, issues no. 1 and 2 offer super condensed, link-heavy news about web, tech, media, and international events–it’s a mirror of…

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The nail house incident blogged here earlier has made it way into the English blogosphere: BoingBoing linked to Ananova about it (before we caught it actually), ESWN linked to Danwei’s post, and Peering Into The Interior translated an interview with the owner.

Meanwhile, as Global Voices Online points…

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From VH1’s “40 Greatest Internet Superstars”:

40. Joanna Repsold — ate a praying mantis
39. Ethan Chandler — Bank of America singer
38. Cindy Margolis — World’s Most Downloaded Woman
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7. Chinese Backstreet Boys
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3. Denny Blaze — The Average Homeboy
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Earlier we blogged about the “nail house” 钉子户 in Shanghai–these are the residences of urbanites whose neighborhoods have been “moved” 动迁 and who are the last hold-outs–they stick out like nails in an otherwise modernized environment.  Making the rounds of Chinese portals and BBS in March, this “greatest nail house in history,” from Chongqing, which is renowned across the city.…

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Highlighted on the front page of QQ’s [Sensationalist] News in Photos:

女孩公交上出手打亲妈 乘客劝阻遭其大骂
(Girl Hits Mother on Bus, Helpful Passengers Scolded)

Photo Caption: Girl leans on front of #70 bus. Prevents bus from moving.

What transpired:

• Teenage girl and mother get on bus…

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If you’d like to be a tester for the new Chinese virtual world HiPiHi, and you speak Chinese or know someone who does and can help you, you’ll find an application form here.  If you’re REALLY interested and can’t figure out how to fill out the form, why not try sending an email directly…

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One of Sina BBS’s “HOT” threads last week: “People’s Congress Delegate Advocates Repealing Concept of Illegal Cohabitation, Do You Support?” It was posted by “eastinred,” who kicks things off with a long response titled, “This People’s Congress delegate’s proposal puts the incidental in front of the fundamental,” some of which I translate…

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Linked to on PostShow, and appearing in various BBS’s and websites:

《祸布斯》10大穷光蛋排行榜 (Huobus’ Top Ten Poor Bastards Chart)

Each post is accompanied by ten pictures, some more exaggerated and satirical than the others. It is satirical because, for example, the number one entry is about the Chinese football players and the debt caused by their debauchery. Most…

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