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Friday, October 9, 2009
Online

Seeking Swedish Lesbians, Chinese Men Bring Internet To Its Knees

6:05AM Ryan Tate | Chinese men very, very interested in finding out more about a mythical secret of town Swedish lesbian lumberjacks have reportedly “crippled” the nation’s data networks with a flood of search requests. And they’re inundating the poor Swedes, as well. More »
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
Online

Chinese Government Closes In On Anonymous Commenters

5:30AM Foster Kamer | Hey, Commenters! Wouldn’t that suck if you had to comment under your real names? The New York Times reports today that the Chinese government issued a confidential edict last month: commenters on China’s news sites must use their real identities. More »
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Friday, September 4, 2009
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After All That Drama, Google China Loses Leader

7:37PM Andrew Belonsky | Poor Google! The company’s Chinese expansion hasn’t been easy: they’ve been shamed for giving into government censors and continue to play second-fiddle to a state-supported competitor. And now they’ve lost their regional leader. What will become of the company? More »
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Flotsam & Jetsam

China Learns The Yin And Yang Of PR

1:26AM Hamilton Nolan | China’s having some wee riots by a few troublesome dead-ender Uighurs. Hundreds are dead. The media always wants to “cover” things like this. China has a new media management strategy, though: savvy PR! The Uighurs have a counter-strategy: breaking shit. More »
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Inside the Fakery of China’s Opening Ceremonies: Fireworks, Flubs, and a Lip-Synching Scandal

4:15AM Defamer Hollywood | They were the Olympic opening ceremonies that wowed the world with their stunning displays of Socialist sophistication— but were they on the level? Allegations are flying that Chinese authorities faked certain parts of the broadcast, even going so far as to replace a singing 7-year-old who organizers deemed not hot enough to serve as the face of young China. Says HuffPo of the last-minute switch: More »
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

‘Flunky’ Hero of ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Apparently Bears No Resemblance to Actual Chinese

11:10AM STV | On one hand, we’re sort of ashamed to have doubled our knowledge of Chinese culture today with one glance at the Los Angeles Times. On the other, a spoonful of sugar — or, more specifically, of Kung Fu Panda — made the medicine go down that much easier as we learned the deep angst gripping China in the wake of the film’s success. It’s not frustrating enough, evidently, that DreamWorks usurped Chinese authority over everything from animation to the sacred panda itself; rather, the hero Po’s abject laziness and mild prurience has an angry 1.2 billion souls searching as we speak: More »
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Friday, May 30, 2008

‘Public Enemy of All Mankind’ Sharon Stone Regrets Mixing Human Rights With Geology

6:45AM Defamer Hollywood | Mere days after scientists assured her that “karma tectonics” was most certainly not responsible for the devastating May 12 earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people in China, Sharon Stone revised her earlier geological lecture to include a direct apology to the Chinese people for suggesting as much in the first place. “Due to my inappropriate words and acts during the interview, I feel deeply sorry and sad about hurting Chinese people,” Stone said in a statement released through Christian Dior, which is dropping the actress from its ads in China. “I am willing to take part in the relief work of China’s earthquake, and wholly devote myself to helping affected Chinese people.” More »
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