Qifang and PPDai are both online peer-to-peer lending systems, where you can donate small amounts to people who are often poorer and from rural areas (it is a form of microfinancing).

But where PPDai focuses on the fast and high returns, Qifang takes it a step further:

Translation of left side:…

Aricsqueen. He’s from America, but living in China. He video blogs a “Shanghai Diary.” His mission is to give an alternative and honest view on China. The news and views typically take a critical position on China; stories include how an American got jailed in China for, a watchdog piece on pre-Olympic changes, and a preview of five Chinese…

From my friends over at Khaki Creative (based in Beijing):

An interesting detail: “All MOKOMOKO apparel sizes are Asian standard, which is slightly smaller than European standard. Please reconfirm your order to account for this difference.”

See their store with designer shirts and plush dolls.

A friend went on vacation and snapped these photos in a kid’s park in Guilin.

Photo credits: Aurelie Glorieux.

They’re made of foam, for kids, and the fathers apparently kept putting theirs kids next to them to take pictures.

Aw Guo on IfGoGo:

This is a “panda shaoxiang” version. Shaoxiang, aka “烧香” in Chinese, means go to the temple for burning incense and offering up a sacrifice. The Shaoxiang Panda is a very famous computer virus (worm like) in China during 2007. Once you get infected, all the icons of…

You’ve all seen the Beijing National Stadium by now…

But have you seen this farmer creation?

(Actually, Aw Guo guesses that a farmer made it. We don’t know for sure.)

Via IfGoGo (originally from Xiaonei).

Two calls to sign this petition have been floating around my inbox recently:

Being from Hong Kong, I quickly submitted my name to support this cause. Thoughts stirred in my head: What was the UN doing? Is this a signal for Taiwan? Does this mean Hong Kong will switch to simplified Chinese soon?

Upon further…