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As I thought about how to kick off the China Meme Report, I was overwhelmed. The Chinese internet is huge–some 500 million people are logging on each day, and nearly half of those are using microblogs. As in Twitter, Chinese microblogs like Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo are feeding grounds of some amazing memes.
Fortunately,…
Continue readingA Curated History of the Grass Mud Horse Song
According to CRI English:
“A panda cub born last week in a breeding centre in Southwest China’s
Sichuan Province has received a special birthday gift its own blog.
The blog, named ‘Baby Panda Home,’ debuted yesterday, and is hosted by Sina.com. Experts on panda protection hope it will increase public concern about endangered animals.”…
Continue readingSina launches panda blog
To ensure that FuRong doesn’t disappear from the public consciousness, we have her latest offering (and yes, we kind of caught it late):
Bid, on eBay, for dinner with FuRong. She prefers a guy 8 years her junior, more than 180cm tall, with pale skin and a nice butt. (I did not make any of that up.)
Check…
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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Continue readingChina Wins the World Cup!
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?
Our Taiwanese contributor Nydia Chen points out that the famous “Asian Backstreet Boys,” aka the “Backdorm Boys” 后舍男生, have a lot going on these days. They’ve become celebrities in China with many videos beyond the original “As Long As I Love You.”
They have their own blog, with all of their…
Continue readingAsian Backdorm Boys 后舍男生 update