Vol. III - Sassy Sino Stuff
Hi there,
How was your week? Thanks for all the feedback and replies! Keep them coming!
Here's another overview of some slick China stuffs from around the internets. As a little treat I have added a fancy pdf file with the links as well.
For those unfamiliar with Blow Up, it is Neocha’s flash webzine dedicated to independent youth culture in China. It’s released every few months (or so) and has only one (strict!) rule: all of its content (pictures, music, text, animation, etc.) are 100% original creative works put together specifically for Blow Up. This is not zhuanzai’d content.
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As they awaited their fates in holding cell No. 9 of the Puning County jail, Li Qiaoming and a half-dozen fellow inmates played “elude the cat,” a Chinese hide-and-seek that might be better described as Marco Polo without the pool. Mr. Li put on a blindfold, groped for quarry and soon was lying on the floor with a fatal head injury.
New York Times
If you ever wanted to know when first misuse of Chinese character ever started in Western culture, I may just have the answer for you.
Hanzi Smatter (note: absolutely legendary website displaying the use and abuse of Chinese in the West.)
Every day, Chinese fans produce unauthorized translations of Western pop culture products and put them online, like subtitled episodes of "Heroes" or the final Harry Potter novel. But a group calling itself the Eco Team has picked a more cerebral target: the British newsweekly The Economist.
International Herald Tribune
Last week, two bronze heads formerly located at the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) were sold at a Christie's auction in Paris. Now the Chinese bidder refuses to pay, causing an online stir among Chinese netizen.
China Digital Times
Some Arab traders call China home
Remove the big neon Chinese characters on the restaurant and shopfront signs and you could be in Dubai.
The National
And last, but certainly not least. My buddy Adam Schokora put together a sweet list of Chinese sneakerz:
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