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Samsung Motorola has recently put forth a patent for the Feng Shui Phone, which, according to Unwired View, does the following (and I quote):
Continue readingFeng Shui Phone (from Motorola)
The original internet spoof of the grandiose Chinese movie, the Promise (blogged previously), called 《一个馒头引发的血案》 (The Murder Caused by a Bun) has inspired multiple sequels in the past few months.
The first is called 《一个馒头引发的麻烦》 (The Troubles Caused by a Bun) and uses film clips from movies with the Hong Kong star Stephen Chow:
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Continue readingThe Bun Murders Sequel (馒头 Strikes Back!)
In the spirit of May Day travels, a dedicated Netease poster has a treasure trove for railroad architecture enthusiasts: dozens of Chinese stations. The one above is from Kunming, the capital of southwestern Yunnan province. One of my favorites.
The post has been viewed over 670,000 times since May 1, and has over 1600 comments.
Continue readingfor the love of railroad station architecture
The May Day holiday, with May 1 International Workers Day as its center, is a time for Chinese throughout the country to consider the radical changes in ideas about labor and work. Throughout the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s May Day was a large-scale secular holiday that celebrated the labor of peasants and the proletariat with vast parades and nationally…
Continue readingMay Day BBS: from labor to leisure
China is in an uproar for the next week as millions take off for vacations or visits home during the national weeklong May Day holiday. Online, vacationers are:
Continue readingMay Day in Virtual China
Another excellent Pacific Epoch interview, this one with Buddy Ye, the co-founder and CEO of Wangyou Media, a company that provides a platform for users to share audio, video, and photo content, with mobile services as well. They call themselves a cross between Myspace and Youtube, and you can see elements of both in the interface. The…
Continue readingChinese Youtube/Myspace wanna-be, plus mainstream media
We’ve recently been receiving a few blog comments that are spam messages from WoW gold farms. Such as this and this. (Funnily enough, neither of these are attached to a post related to WoW.) They are in English and one’s URL even has “US” in its title. But they are actually Chinese; the…
Continue readingSpammed by WoW gold farmers!
For those who haven’t seen it yet, Danwei TV now has its own website here. Danwei TV is the brainchild of the authors of the excellent Chinese media blog, Danwei, and features smart, well-produced, fast moving video clips. The clip that’s up now is well worth watching: it’s on Mu Zimei, the famous, sexually outspoken blogger who…
Continue readingonline DIY TV from Beijing expats