Entitled “Reflections Of A Bridge Blogger”, Roland Soong’s CNBloggercon speech wonderfully sums up the transition that’s happened, largely due to the Internet, in China over the past five years that he’s been writing EastSouthWestNorth. Unfortunately, due to a family emergency, attendees at the 2008 China Blogger Convention in Guangzhou last weekend were unable to hear what he had to say. But fortunately for everyone, the entire text of “Reflections of a Bridge Blogger” has been posted on ESWN.
The ebb and flow of Chinese Nationalistic fervor mixed with undying “historic” hatred of the Japanese should really replace ping pong as China’s national sport.
Japanese & Chinese Students Fight In Shanghai: A group of drunk Japanese foreign students making noise get into a fight with Chinese students at a university in Shanghai. Two Chinese hurt, hundreds protest - singing national anthem and marching on the foreign dorm.
The Japanese Train Controversy: Train makes a one-minute unscheduled stop to let some Japanese passengers off to assist them in catching their plane home. Chinese netizens respond.
Just a quick note to let everyone know that the Lost Laowai blog’s address has changed ever so slightly.
Though all the old links and feed will be automatically redirected, should you wish to update your bookmarks and RSS readers, the new addresses are:
http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog
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UPDATE: http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/feed
Again, all links should automatically redirect even if you enter an old link, however if you notice a broken link, please let us know.
The US Department of Commerce is hosting a free webinar to discuss Sichuan earthquake reconstruction activities and how American businesses can best help China rebuild. “Learn about current recovery and reconstruction priorities, how architecture, construction and engineering firms can best approach the market, and how a Design Team is making headway in helping China Rebuild Schools Sustainably. Submit questions to the presenters in advance to ensure your concerns are raised. Join live or watch a recording of the program later at your convenience.” The program is free, but you must register in advance. Registration will close Sept. 19, 10:00 pm ET.
Well, they’re over. With the barbarian hordes headed home and 1.3 billion Chinese looking around asking “what now?” - here are a couple links to some amazing moments captured on film during the course of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The first is a slick collection from the New York Times complete with a bit of audio commentary, the second is a random collection of Olympic images (warning butts and boobies abound) from the Games.
To the jaw-dropping disappointment of all 1.3 billion Chinese watching the Olympics - Liu Xiang pulled out of the 110m hurdles just minutes ago. An injury to his hamstring has been plaguing Liu for weeks, but he was hopeful he would be able to compete. It would be little surprise if he or his couch calculated it was better to not compete at all than to compete and fail in front of an entire nation that had pinned their Olympic hopes on him.
In “Should we give China a break?“, the Washington Post’s John Pomfret explains why maybe, just maybe, we need to lighten up a bit on China. The blog post rightly criticizes two recent pieces that appeared in the NY Times and Washington Post and that rather unabashedly attempt to paint China with a single stroke. Pomfret reminds his compatriots that they’re talking out of their ass. I say good on ‘em.
The Sydney Morning Herald has published a list of edicts from China’s spin doctors of the highest level. The first edict says it all: “The telecast of sports events will be live [but] in case of emergencies, no print is allowed to report on it.” Interestingly, the SMH makes no mention of how they came to have the edicts, nor do they attempt to put it into any sort of context.
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