For anyone in the PRC, you may have noticed that Flickr images have been blocked lately. Getting onto the site isn’t a problem, but it would appear the site that serves the images has made the ever-fluctuating black list of the Great Firewall of China.
Fortunately, John over at Sinosplice was nice enough to share Access Flickr!, a little gem of a Firefox plugin that lets all us unfortunate to be subject to the schitzo on again off again (more off again) whims of the GFW view Flickr in all its photographical glory.
I ran across a blog post over at Dalian blogger Kim’s great new spot, East-West Station, and it got me thinking.
In the post, entitled “The Years BC”, Kim recounts the (often entertainment-industry induced) rather skewed knowledge he had of China before moving here last year. He shares tales of stereotypes, evil villains, kung-fu legends and the fact that in his younger years, like most of us, had no idea China was different from Japan (and Korea was just unknown).
For a while now I’ve wanted to find a topic to launch group writing projects here on Lost Laowai in an effort to bring together fellow Sinosphere bloggers in a creative and constructive manner. Well, in true Chinese form, why …
In American suburbia, like the one I grew up in, new housing developments fell into two categories: those named after the streams and hills which they drained/bulldozed to develop, and those named using esoteric Celt words that sound mysterious and intoxicatingly inviting.
The apartment buildings Chinese developers are popping up makes good ol’ Plum Run and Turnbrae seem low class—what Chinese city doesn’t have a Cité International or Imperial Garden By The River? I’m pretty sure Shanghai had a governmental order a few years ago (I couldn’t find the article) to stop using foreign place names in their new buildings, since it so painfully wronged respectful, Shanghai-unrelated places like Santa Fe and Venice.
I know, this comes as news …
I’ve just added a brand-spankin’-new feature to Lost Laowai - A China Jobs Board! And like most job boards, it features jobs. Neat eh?
Though initially most jobs will very likely be of the ESL nature, it’s by no means limited to such, and all businesses looking for laowai to fill positions in their company are welcome to post.
Companies, schools, learning centres, etc., are able to post an unlimited number of listings for free, but are required to register (also free). Visitors don’t need to register to browse the jobs, but why not register and join our growing community. Check out the Lost Laowai main page for more of what we have to offer.
So, if you know of …
Before I begin, a quick note about my last post, on How to Watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs Online. It seems as though there have been some intermittent problems, but for the most part, I think I can generalize and say it’s working now. So be sure to send it along to friends who might not be aware that they have access to hockey outside of Canada.
Anyway, down the the business at hand. Today is June 1st, which happens to Children’s Day here in China. Oddly enough, in the week leading up to the day which celebrates China’s youth, the internet has been in a hissy-fit about a certain video clip recorded by some kids …
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