Category: China
Let The Sunshine In
You gyp sunlight, you pay. Chinese court has ordered the developers of the Nanjing’s super tall skyscraper Zifeng Tower to pay a nearby resident for restricting his sunlight. A…
ISIS Executed Its First Chinese Hostage
The latest ISIS execution which involves a Chinese national has sent shockwave across China. Chinese’s Foreign Ministry has released the identity of the Chinese national…
Chinese Cheat
The truth is out. Chinese people are the most dishonest. The result from a recent study on truthfulness by University of East Anglia in Britain which…
Anonymous War on ISIS
The cyber guerrilla group Anonymous has declared war on ISIS after the Paris terror attacks that militant Islamic group ISIS has claimed responsibility. This is…
Mountains May Depart (and Fall)
Only Western critics with little understanding of Chinese culture and life call filmmaker Jia Zhengke a realist. His latest feature, Mountains May Depart (山河故人), currently…
The Cotton Candy to End All Cotton Candy
As glorious as this cotton candy might look to the rest of the world, it’s apparently a rather common find in the side streets of China. We…
70s Calgon’s “Ancient Chinese Secret” Commercial
https://youtu.be/BJP5f-fsHrs In 1851, Wah Lee, a gold minor turned laundryman, opened the first Chinese hand laundry on Grant Avenue and Washington Street in San Francisco….
USD$14.3bn Record Sales for China’s Singles Day
11/11/15 marks the Singles Day in China. Alibaba broke the Singles Day record with sales at whopping USD$14.3bn, a 53% increase from last year. Last…
Coldwar 2.0 China vs. America
Is there going to be a Cold War 2.0, China vs. America? There is a thoughtful opinion piece on The International Examiner asking the question:…
Art Acquisition by Chinese Taxi Driver Turned Billionaire Set World Record
Amedeo Modigliani’s Reclining Nude (Nu Couche) became the second highest price ever for a work of art sold at auction. After a bidding battle at…
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