The ‘Humour’ Category

Jul
26

Well, everyone and their grandma is calling the 2008 Beijing Olympics China’s coming out party, and they’ve just been given the biggest reason yet, as it doesn’t get any gayer than this.

Sorry, I don’t mean to offend or misrepresent the gay community, <em>Queer Eye</em> teaches us you all have far more fashion sense than this.

This fashion faux pas of the century (and we’re still early into it) is China’s official Olympic opening ceremony uniform.

Jun
18

Finally some Chinese Olympic fever I can appreciate:

h/t to Jenny Zhu - and you thought she just did ChinesePod - that’s just her part-time gig. Her real career centres around hunting down videos of hot Chinese girls in swimsuits. It’s a tough job, but someone needs to do it. Really.

Apr
20

Ah, springtime in Jiangnan: fields awash in patches of yellow canola blooms…plum and cherry petals whipping around the picnickers beneath them…lovers meeting secretly before the wife gets home…

Yes, springtime is much more beautiful when it’s shared with an er nai. And why not? You’ve got the money to keep one–rent an apartment, buy expensive gifts, and give her a handsome monthly allowance so she need not work. Besides, you don’t love your wife in that way: you married her because it was time to get married, she was attractive enough, and even though you aren’t, she chose you for your financial soundness. Your marriage was a transaction, but this is love! (well, lust, at least, but you need that just …

Apr
14

A little humour to lighten the mood about the whole thing.

H/T Pandapassport, via Hao Hao Report (like this video? Be sure to vote for it.)

Apr
01

Rather shocking news as reported by Xinhaha earlier today:
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhaha) — After allegations by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao earlier this month that the Dalai Lama and his supporters were directly responsible for the recent violent insurgence in Lhasa and other parts of Tibet, a surprise announcement was made Tuesday that the Dalai Lama had met with Chinese President Hu Jintao in an effort to reconcile with the government in Beijing.

The visit to the nation’s capital represents the first time in nearly 40 years that the Dalai Lama has entered China, having left the country in 1959 to …

Mar
25

With all the seriousness going on with [*tib*] these days, here’s a little hilarity to lighten the mood.

China Celebrates Its Status As World’s Number One Air Polluter