A group blog about Chinese tech, media and design
网络封神榜 People PK hosts online realtime rankings for famous Chinese people.
Famous people include popstars such as Jay Chow and Andy Lau, cultural icons such as Mao, and internet stars like FuRong JieJie. They also offer newsfeeds on these people (which is where I found the latest Sina-endorsed FuRong pics).
Via…
PostShow points us over to two sites that have great illustrations of childhood games that existed way before the age of computers.
Site with better illustrations / site with better games.
Hong Kong leads the way again in their latest anti-piracy effort: the Youth Ambassador Against Internet Piracy Scheme, “under which 200,000 youngsters aged between nine and 25 would become ‘gold fingers’ on the lookout for potential BitTorrent seeds of copyright works, including movies and music.” (SCMP)
Catching a thief is a contribution to society. Yet the words “teenage…
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Danwei points us over to 中国第一公安博客 (China Security First Blog). Blog entries include press statements, incident accounts, personal anecdotes, and, last but not least, a voting contest for the hottest female cop.
Taking a comparative view, a quick glance through the LAPD blog reveals its lack of the personal touch: no…
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From a
strip entitled 仔仔龍 (ZaiZai Long, or, Little Dragon).
As always, translations in maroon:
Link to original comic on sina.
Headline reads:
“SHUANG-A!
The most shuang* video recomendations every day.
Ensuring that after a hard day’s work, you will still have a beautiful smile.”
* shuang = happy, cheerful; refreshing
And today’s recommendation, a MTV trailer from the newly acclaimed (Mainland) Chinese film, 疯狂的石头!
Link to ShuangA.…
Reporting from Beijing. A CNC street ad, featuring their tech support:
What I predict will be the next video-meme in virtual china: 中国队勇夺世界杯冠军 (China Wins the World Cup), uploaded to Toodou by digitalput@. This great video montage of movies and World Cup scenes sarcastically recounts the fictional victory of China in the 2006 World Cup.
Link to full 19-minute video on Toudou.
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The phenomenon is known as “小胖” (Little Fatty). Forum posts about it go
as far back as 2003, but it still manages to pop up here and there.
First there was a photograph from an unknown source:
Then came the photoshop spoofs! For example:
And:
For more…
Continue readingThe Chinese Star Wars Kid?
