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If you're angry about Guns'n'Roses surely it must be 1991

Posted Wednesday, November 26, 2008 6:54 AM by will
Let's all take a moment to appreciate the Global Times , the nationalist tabloid cousin to the staid People's Daily , which has decided to get indignant about the new Guns'n'Roses album, "Chinese Democracy". It's not that the Chinese people don't have Read More...
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The scarlet 唇

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:19 PM by will
In a country where piracy is a way of life and the circumscription of art by government muddies its social value, the Chinese Ministry of Culture has demonstrated crackerjack legislative priorities by, wait for it, banning lip synching. This follows the Read More...
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Pardon me, but who gives a damn about Gong Li anyway?

Posted Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:43 AM by will
Imagethief was not in the least surprised to hear that Chinese netizens were outraged that movie actress Gong Li has taken Singapore citizenship. But then, Imagethief is not in the least surprised by anything that outrages Chinese netizens. Chinese netizens Read More...
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Digital video vs. broadcast in China and another rant about state-managed entertainment

Posted Sunday, November 09, 2008 1:17 AM by will
I've been fascinated by the rise of the online video sharing websites in China. Unlike the US, where video sharing sites have jammed a stick into the side of traditional broadcast media, in China they have jammed sticks into the sides of both traditional Read More...
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Coke and Huiyuan: Let the PR slanging begin

Posted Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:36 AM by will
Have a read of this post from the Wall Street Journal's China Journal blog on some of the communciation issues Coke is having around its attempted takeover of the Huiyuan juice company in China: More damaging may be the allegations that Coke is trying Read More...
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Excellent gallery of late '50s Chinese political cartoons

Posted Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:58 AM by will
Via Boing Boing , Ethan Persoff's website of political and counterculture cartoons (and other interesting things) has an excellent gallery of 35 late '50s and early '60s Chinese political cartoons. Unfortunately the cartoons are not translated, but the Read More...
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An angry-youth asks who you're calling brainwashed

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:50 AM by will
Two or three weeks ago the New Yorker carried a good article by Evan Osnos on the phenomenon of China's "angry youth" ( fenqing ). Much of the article was a profile of one young man in particular. In truth, he sounds more passionate than angry. It's worth Read More...
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How parenthood rewires your head, barbarian edition

Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:15 PM by will
Conan the Barbarian, age 20 Mongol General Conan! What is best in life? Conan To crush your enemies. To see them driven before you. To hear the lamentation of their women. Conan the Barbarian, age 40 Mongol General Conan! What is best in life? Conan To Read More...
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Why doesn't my gym offer pole-dancercize class?

Posted Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:17 AM by will
From the New York Times , which is apparently pulling out all the stops in its peri-Olympic lifestyle coverage, comes this article about a woman who offers pole dancing classes for fitness here in Beijing. It has possibly the best lede/quote combination Read More...
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The new "That's Beijing" and the art of stench management

Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 12:45 AM by will
Beijing residents may know that a few weeks ago there was something of a rough spell for local English language magazines. The local version of entertainment magazine Time Out was shut down at least temporarily for mysterious reasons. Also, the publishers Read More...
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Plug for my brother's film: "Full Battle Rattle"

Posted Saturday, June 14, 2008 2:45 AM by will
My brother, Jesse Moss, is a documentary filmmaker who's major projects to date include films about a notorious con man , a demolition derby driver , and Republicans in Hollywood (all three available on DVD from Docurama, via Amazon). His latest film, Read More...
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Jing Jing, Bang Bang! Now we know who shot up CNN's logo

Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:34 AM by will
My colleague was downstairs at the Olympic souvenir stand in the mall when she spotted this notebook and bookmark set featuring Jing Jing, one of the five "Fuwa" mascots of the Beijing Olympics. Shooting is an Olympic sport (and several of the Olympic Read More...
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Movie ratings will put China on the express train to pornoville: Official

Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 5:47 AM by will
And yet another NPC symptom: bureaucrats are saying ridiculous things. From Xinhua . Read the whole thing before I get stuck in: Regulator: China not to implement film rating for the moment BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- China won't adopt a film rating Read More...
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Is it OK to sing "Tibet" in a crowded Chinese theater?

Posted Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:24 PM by will
Despite years as a college radio DJ, Imagethief has never had much time for Bjork. I find her pretentious to a degree not entirely compensated for by talent. But, then, I think the future of pop music died when Led Zep broke up, so you may want to control Read More...
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2007 best-of-Imagethief and statistics

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:01 PM by will
There is no such thing as a dull year in China. 2008 is well underway and already looks like another whopper. We're only a month in and we've already had the biggest storms in half a century. The Olympics, the mother of all China events, is now a scant seven months off. God only knows what will happen in between. Read More...
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