online DIY TV from Beijing expats

April 29, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

Danwei

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…

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CyberAsia conversations

March 29, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

There is a series of conversations being organized in the Netherlands on Chinese online politics and culture, which appear to be things you can stream live and participate in via IRC, or at the least, download and view after the fact. One took place last night (ahem…should have read those emails earlier!), but the others are happening tomorrow and later in the month. Here goes:…

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Chinese virtual miners

March 19, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

“I realized that exporting virtual items through the Internet is the same as transmitting Chinese labor to America.”

So says Tietou, the owner of a Chinese virtual item factory, also known as a gold farming factory or gaming workshop, in a fascinating video clip from a documentary film on Chinese virtual item production by Ge Jin, a Ph.D student in at…

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mighty mountain warriors take on geisha movie

March 4, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

If you’ve been following the anti-Japanese sentiments in China about how Chinese actresses Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li should not have played at being Japanese geishas in Memoirs of a Geisha, then you have got to see one of the funniest pieces ever from the 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, an…

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BBStar Still Alive?

February 24, 2006 by Jason Li

Background
芙蓉姐姐 (Sister Hibiscus) made waves on the Chinese internet in mid-2005 for posting photographs of herself posing semi-provocatively accompanied by narcissistic commentary. The caveat was that she was not particular attractive to say the least. The hype and press started within the BeiDa and TsingHua BBSs, where the original posts were, and spread to most of the major news sites, even…

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BBStar Still Alive?