Interlocals.net analyzes “the politics of spoof culture” by looking at the role of censorship in China, the tradition of spoof culture (“Lu Xun’s Old tales retold can be understood as an ironic spoof, Cui Jian’s Red Rock can be read as wild reflection, Stephen Chow’s Western Journey…

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We talked before about an online McDonalds ad campaign last time. Today’s example is drawn from a Flash animation entitled 《大话G游》 (A Chinese Odyssey).

The Flash video is a derivative of an old Stephen Chow movie about the Monkey King. The characters in the animation are modeled from the actors in the movie, and the…

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From a strip entitled, 圣斗士-勇闯十二宫 (Saint Seiya: Mad Rush Through the Twelve Temples). It is a parody on the Japanese Saint Seiya anime/manga.

As always, subtitles in maroon.

Link to comic on Sina.

My brother sent me a link to this video entitled, 我不是刘德华 (I’m Not Andy Lau). It seems to be a homemade video made by a guy called 肖军 (left) who was once a stunt double for superstar Andy Lau 刘德华 (right). The video features him posing in various mock Andy Lau MTV poses (in costume!),  clips of pretend paparazzi, and…

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老动画 offers cartoons from the Chinese person’s childhood (streaming video). There are separate sections for foreign (most Japanese, a few American) works and local works. Incredible resource for anyone who wants a peek at the influences of the new generation.

Via PostShow.

Stardict is a translation engine that allows you to select multiple dictionary sources at a time, to get different interpretations of the same word. You can choose anything from the Oxford Chinese-English Dictionary to the Soothill-Hodous Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms.

The caveat: You have to pay to select more than five search…

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EGao (恶搞) + Friendlies: caricatured celebrity heads (I recognize at least three from HK) on the 2008 doll bodies.

More at CaoBin. Via PostShow.

See previous posts about them here and here.

Kudos to 造谣社.

The latest McDonalds ad campaign, in China, launched on the Web, in Flash. It gives us a good look at the anatomy of Chinese web advertising, with much more pop star/idol and cell phone emphasis than we’re used to in the US.

The guy grimacing at us center stage is a popular, young Taiwanese pop star. The site…

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Several recent events in the megacorporational front, in no particular order:

Google launches Google Camp, an outreach program to Chinese university students, which includes a overall googlecamp.org social space as well as local university pages, presentations and activities.

Lenovo launches a design blog, Design Matters. It’s in English. It’s licensed…

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