– As I mentioned the other day, or was it the other week? Anyway, as I mentioned, Lost Laowai has been/is going through a rather extensive redesign and upgrade. There were a lot of reasons I wanted to scrap the old design, not the least of which being that much of the design wasn’t deliberate – … Read More »
– I’ve been trying to access my Feedburner feeds for about 12 hours with no luck. Could it be? No, please Buddha, no! Don’t tell me the Great Firewall of China has finally figured out we could still read blocked blogs via their feeds. Ok, perhaps I’m over-reacting, and perhaps it’s just a localized outage or … Read More »
– Sorry the site’s been quiet lately folks, but I’ve been knee deep in my new business. What it has caused me to do is take a serious look at my sites and question whether or not I’m happy with the layouts. My blog, The Humanaught, was the first to suffer a stroke from my sword … Read More »
– Barely a week goes by without Western media reporting on the latest trademark, copyright or IP infringement coming out of China. Just today I read that Chinese companies are distributing fake Icewine. Touting it to the rising middle-class that are looking for ways to show off that don’t involve a Mercedes and 30,000 RMB dinners. … Read More »
– Oh, sure, you may THINK that 2008 begins in just five months or so, but for 1/5th of the world (give or take), it all starts one year from now – as today Beijing’s Olympic Clock hits the magic 365 days number. Yee haw! Many have said that these Olympics will be “China’s coming out … Read More »
– Nary a week goes by that the Chinese media doesn’t provide us all with something to chuckle at and re-enforce our “oh those crazy Chinese” mentality. This week’s big news flub comes right from the top, Xinhua. The State-owned mouthpiece’s English-language Web site ran a serious story about a breakthrough in identifying what causes multiple … Read More »
– For all those that missed the hoopla of the 2007 edition of the China Blog Awards, your chance to jump on the bandwagon has passed my friend. The awards are officially over. Chinalyst hosted the awards, with open voting during the month of July on any blog signed up in the Chinalyst system. The army … Read More »
– I love comments. Love how they add a depth of interaction with a readership that you could not have in traditional media. I think it’s awesome. However, net nannies of the world have a strong case for the need of an Internet tidy-up if you look at your average cross-section of comments on various China … Read More »
– 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 [*hr*]. 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. … Read More »
– 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 … Read More »
– 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 … Read More »
– 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 … Read More »
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