Anyone Who’s Ever Complained About How Crowded The Beijing Subway Is Should...
Sure, it’s uncomfortable at times, especially around Guomao at rush hour. But it could be worse. Youku video for those in China after the jump.
View ArticleSirens Sound For More Than 30 Minutes To Commemorate The 75th Year Since The...
If you’re in Nanjing today, you probably heard them: sirens that began at 10 am and lasted 33 minutes to commemorate the 250,000 to 300,000 killed during the Nanjing Massacre. The Japanese began their...
View ArticleWhat does Shinzo Abe’s victory in Japan mean for China?
Will there be renewed tensions over the Diaoyu Islands as Shinzo Abe, leader of Liberal Democratic Party, regains power as Japan’s top leader? Bloomberg: Japan’s incoming prime minister Shinzo Abe...
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Guinness Names 115-Year-Old Japanese Man World’s Oldest Person, Ignoring...
Dina Manfredini of Iowa died on Monday at 115, passing on the mantle of “world’s oldest person” to Jiroemon Kimura of Tokyo, who was born on April 19, 1897 — 15 days after Manfredini — the Guinness...
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Migrant Workers Hold Managers Hostage, May Have Been Upset Over Chinese...
It’s good to see such a public account of the Chinese and Japanese standing in solidarity for once… against an angry horde of 1,000 migrant workers demanding equal regulations. Beginning early Friday...
View ArticleActor Looking For Work? China Could Always Use Another Scene Of A Dying Japanese
Cats have nine lives, but 26-year-old Zhejiang province-based actor Shi Zhongpeng has eight. At least, he does as an actor in Chinese movies featuring Japanese villains. According to Qianjing Evening...
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Finish Him! Japanese Soldier Cleaved Twain
In a scene that would make even the producers of the Starz original series Spartacus reel, check out this Chinese warrior literally tear a Japanese soldier in half. As described by Ministry of Tofu:...
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Naked Chinese Girl Salutes Soldiers In Anti-Japanese Drama, Netizens Express...
Authorities approved 303 new TV shows last year, according to Economic Observer, with more than half carrying a revolutionary theme. Would it surprise anyone that out of those, the majority expressed...
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China Wants Fewer Sensationalist Anti-Japanese Dramas, For Some Reason
Even Chinese television execs know when too much is too much, apparently. “China’s television regulator has ordered a crack down on dramas about the country’s battles with Japan during and before...
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Why No, Global Times, That’s Not Japan’s Futuristic New Helicopter. It’s...
Chinese media gets fooled by things occasionally. Usually it’s satire that gets them, but recently, the Chinese edition of Global Times discovered it could embarrass itself in totally new and...
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Download: Glorious Mission Online, China’s PLA-Developed First-Person Shooter
It’s 2.6 GB, but if you have the disk space and five hours to spare, go here to download Glorious Mission Online, a first-person shooter you’ll be hearing a lot more about in the coming hours and...
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Hey Xinhua, Who’s Hosting The 2020 Olympics?
ISTANBUL WINS RIGHT TO HOST 2020 SUMMER OLYMPICS, reads the Xinhua headline on a September 8 edition of Changsha Evening News. There’s just one big, huge, obvious mistake: Tokyo is hosting the 2020...
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Japanese Or Chinese? Test How Well You Can Tell Them Apart
Japochi = Japanese or Chinese. This is a thing that exists. I did not do well. What’s your high score? Impress us in the comments. (H/T Kevin Collier)
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Team China Once Again Beats Everyone At World Table Tennis Championships
For the seventh consecutive year on Monday, the Chinese men’s ping-pong team won the Swaythling Cup. (Apparently familiarity doesn’t make the trophy any less awkward to handle.) It’s the 19th time...
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