Oddly Enough, China Daily More Accurate than Reuters

A Reuters article, “Masseuses told to padlock pants“, reports on masseuses in Indonesia, but uses a China Daily image from a police raid on prostitutes in a hotel in Jilin, China to go with the story:

The original image from the China Daily article:

And this is three weeks after Western media showed those images of the [...]

Frozen in Shanghai

Thanks to Yee for the heads up on Frozen in Shanghai. I wondered if we’d see this in China or not, and what response, if any, it would invoke from onlookers and authorities.

Tags Frozen, Shanghai, China
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The Ethnocentricity of the Holidays

Around Chinese New Year I would often be asked by Chinese friends whether I’d go home for the holiday and what my family would do for it. At first I was a little taken aback by these questions. “Um,” I would reply, “Americans don’t celebrate Chinese New Year. If I went home all my family [...]

Rumors of Gmail Down in China

Yee: sucks, cant access to gmail….
feng37: Did someone blow up Google China? Where is Gmail?
Glad. I’m. In. America.
Tags China, Google, Gmail, GFW
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ibox, Because You Love to Study

Could you imagine Apple marketing the iPhone as a study aid? One Chinese electronics company, Bu Bu Gao, has made an iPhone-esque electronic dictionary, ibox.

The ad reads, “Love Study ibox”.
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Tags China, Technology, Marketing