Anyone that reads this blog often enough knows that I’ve no love for censorship. I down-right loath it. Freedom of speech is the apex of . There is not a situation I can think of whereby I feel a person should have their ability to speak on any topic they desire taken away from them. [...]
Archive for July, 2007
China Blog Awards 2007: Time’s running out!
I looked at the calendar today and realized that the end of July was fast approaching, and bringing with it a close to the 2007 China Blog Awards. So, if you’ve not gone already and cast your vote for us (or anyone else), be sure to do so! Also, there’s still time to submit what [...]
The convictions of truths and lies in China
About 10 days ago it was reported that steamed buns in China’s capital were being made with cardboard and pork flavouring. It was then announced earlier this week that the ‘cardboard baozi‘ story was a hoax created by a ‘journalist’ to up his ratings. While the many who touted it being a fake from the [...]
Free Oiwan Lam Badges
Wait, should there be two free’s in that title? In a follow-up to the post from the other day, it seems the gears are in motion to get Oiwan the public support she so rightly deserves. Along with the Free Oiwan Lam Facebook group I made mention of yesterday, a new blog has been created [...]
Porno links rubbing HK the wrong way
Who the hell is Oiwan Lam and why does she need freeing? That was the question I was asking myself as when I got the invite to join the Free Oiwan Lam Facebook Group. It was that question that led me to Imagethief’s post of the same title. Turns out Oiwan, an editor for Global [...]
Let’s play I-Spy in China!
Here’s a variation on the common “I spy” game, which might already be familiar to anyone who grew up in Britain and knows the ‘I-SPY’ children’s book series, such as ‘I-SPY in the Street’, ‘I-SPY Cars’, and the more curiously named ‘I-SPY People in Uniform’. These heart-warmingly innocent books encouraged children to keep their eyes [...]
Starbucks gets the ‘Buck out of the Forbidden City
Seattle-based coffee hawker Starbucks has announced that they have closed their Forbidden City location in Beijing’s former Imperial Palace after operating there for the last seven years. The decision comes after a long line of criticism regarding the appropriateness of having such a symbol of the modern world in the middle of one of China’s [...]
Listen to Chinesepod from your Facebook account
I can’t deny that I’ve been using Facebook far more any normal person should. It’s like, if hotmail and crack were to somehow have sex and reproduce, the result would surely be something like Facebook. That said, it is most certainly a great way to stay in touch with people who would otherwise have fallen [...]
Confucius Says: IP On Your R
It somewhat amazes me that I’m still surprised when I hear of blatant copyright infringement by Chinese companies. I mean, am I naive to think this crap is ever going to improve? Is there something culturally missing in China that causes its people to be completely ignorant to the idea of “ownership” and OPS? I [...]
Year of the Not-So-Golden Pig
I am always a bit behind in writing and posting ideas. This post would optimally have hit the blogsphere, sometime, say, in the months before an estimated 22 million Chinese women conceived in order to give birth to babies before the end of the year. But alas, it’s too late to stop them. However, my [...]
