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
http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/feed/rss
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.
I’m a bit crap at remembering birthdays, and so this is a bit late - but Lost Laowai officially turned 2 years old a week or so ago.
It’s a bit hard to believe that it was that long ago I started clacking away on my keyboard attempting to put together some sort of site that could deliver information and opinions about China that didn’t have any particular “agenda” (hence the whole “no-nonsense” China guide/expat community slogan).
The site still has a lot I would like to improve and build upon, but by and by I’m quite happy with the way it has evolved - in …
China bloggers unite! The China Blog Network has arrived.
In an effort to tie together all us sinobloggers, we’re launching the China Blog Network, a (appropriately enough) network of China blogs that all link together in a ring-around-the-rosie style (we’re praying we don’t all fall down).
Though most of us link to each other through our blogrolls, I thought it might be more convenient, and fun, to have a method by which we can create an actual blogging network, whereby we can explore new related blogs and show a bit of solidarity for our blogging niche.
Membership to the network is free, but limited to blogs about China. …
Like to write? Got something to say about being a foreigner in China? Why not contribute your thoughts and opinions to the Lost Laowai China Blog?
We’re looking to put some fresh expat piss into the writer pool here. If you’ve got a unique voice, some solid writing ability and, most importantly, something to say, we’d would be happy to have you on board.
Though general writers are welcome, we are also looking for people that might be willing to tackle blogging a particular “beat”, or specific areas of life in China - beats include:
Happy New Year - the Hao Hao Report is back!
Thanks for everyone’s patience while I wrestled with getting this back up and running. The problem was one part server-side slowness, and one part me being on holidays - a recipe that made getting the server transfered to its new home a bit of a challenge.
But it all seems to be up and running now - so be sure to get your China stories posted and vote for those posted by others!
Thanks again to everyone that wrote me panicked e-mails asking me what was going on and in the process letting me know that the Hao Hao Report is a radtastic community.
Hey all, I’m technically on holidays, so please excuse the lame posting schedule and sorry to finally break the silence with the craptastic news the the Hao Hao Report is currently down.
The site is in the middle of switching servers, and breaking myself away from seeing friends and family I’ve not seen for a year and a half is proving quite the obstacle in getting it all done.
I do apologize profusely, and greatly appreciate everyone’s patience. Things will be back up and running on the 26th.
Well, with YouTube blocked in China, and all the search engines all getting redirected to Baidu, what’s a boy to do but play with himself… erm… his Web sites.
I adore the Hao Hao Report. She’s my little baby, but her looks have always irked me. Due to a rather crappy separation between source code and styling, whipping up a custom template has always been a bit of a headache I wasn’t willing to endure. Until now.
With the Pligg software (the open-source software I run Hao Hao on) becoming more and more popular, even in this small niche, I figured it was about time I stepped up, sat …
It’s been a couple months since our first Group Writing Project, and as it was quite successful, we feel it’s time for round two. The topic this time is “China: Love It ~ Hate It”.
We’re big fans of the dao and the wacky balance therein here at Lost Laowai, and as such wanted to offer a chance for the China blogsphere to delve into the things they both love and hate most about this country.
There’s no limit on the number of things you can list, or the depth to which you explore them - however, we do ask that for every yang you have a yin (and who doesn’t like a good bit of yin?).
What …
In a last ditch effort to get my feeds working again, I wrote Feedburner. Their response, despite not being what I was hoping for, was at least honest. They’ve basically given up, and so shall I.
Hello,
Unfortunately, at this time we don’t have any new information to share and any blocks you noticed a week or two ago are likely to still be in place. We’re working with Google China staff to see if any possible resolution might be available, but the only ‘workaround’ to try at this point would be something like https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2864 (gladder) for potential subscribers.
We will be sure to post something in the Known Issues and Workarounds section of FeedBurner Forums should a significant update become …
Being a blogger in China comes with some cool benefits. Interesting content is generally only a trip to the supermarket away; every topic is controversial, so comments and conversation is a near guarantee; China’s a hot global topic, and so a reader-base is not something you need to pursue with much vigilance.
However, damned if it doesn’t seem like the powers that be in this country aren’t out to stop us, and our wily noodle-blogging ways. First it was Blogger and Wikipedia, then EVERY free blog platform, then Flickr’s photo servers, and now… FeedBurner.
Honestly, what the fuck?
FeedBurner, for those that actually come to this blog to read it, is a way for you to read your …
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