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Consultants say hardened Chinese death-nerds are coming for your daughters

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Will Moss

Yes, it’s true. Those Chinese death-nerds are everywhere. They’re in your bank account. They’re in the Pentagon. They’re sending naked pictures of themselves to your daughter. And they’re completely invulnerable to all known countermeasures! Or at least that’s the terrifying … Continue reading →

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A few other people that China could helpfully quarantine

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Will Moss

Imagethief has been watching with some interest the resolution of the drama concerning the quarantining of Mexican passport holders, some of whom hadn’t even been to Mexico in recent months. Given that my own country, the United States, was only … Continue reading →

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Chinese cyberspies? Sheer lies and heinous fabrications!

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Will Moss

Alright, I confess I made up the “heinous fabrications” bit. But the “sheer lies” sound bite comes straight from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has clearly worked hard to make sure that its representatives around the world are working … Continue reading →

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Coke, Huiyuan and the audiences that matter

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Will Moss

Nothing as timely as the blogs, I tell you. As everyone on the planet now knows, the Coke-Huiyuan deal has fallen through. It retrospect, it wasn’t particularly surprising. It broke new ground in size, and public sentiment was never behind … Continue reading →

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What the “grass mud horse” means and doesn’t mean

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Will Moss

Warning: This post contains vulgarity in an academic context. Those with weak constitutions are advised to stop reading and visit this wholesome site instead. The New York Times has an interesting story about Chinese Internet users putting a stick in … Continue reading →

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Adventures in pyromania

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Will Moss

So CCTV burned down their own hotel. That has got to look bad in the yearly evaluation. However, here is what I am pretty sure didn’t happen: I am pretty sure that they didn’t torch their own building for the … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Will Moss

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 … Continue reading →

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Pardon me, but who gives a damn about Gong Li anyway?

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Will Moss

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 … Continue reading →

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Illegal baby part 2: I fought the law (and the law won)

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Will Moss

Regular readers will recall that Imagethief became a father earlier this year. Having a child requires new parents to undertake many unfamiliar responsibilities. These include the obvious, such as the care and feeding of an infant, and some things that … Continue reading →

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Sanlu melamine milk powder crisis becomes a national issue

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Will Moss

Like on the top-forty radio show Imagethief used to listen to as a thirteen-year old, the hits keep coming in the Sanlu milk powder crisis. Over the past thirty-six hours the situation has evolved from a company-specific Sanlu crisis to … Continue reading →

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