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What I’m reading
I'm currently reading Richard Burger's book Behind the Red Door: Sex in China. It is a very interesting look at a subject that is rarely discussed with expats (or anyone else).
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White Guy Needed – Foreigners in Advertisements
In China, white people get an inexplicably large amount of respect simply by being white (I didn’t use “foreigners” here because people with darker skin are typically excluded from these “perks” regardless of their country of origin). You get preferential … Continue reading
Posted in Life in China
Tagged advertising, Chengdu, China, ChinaSmack, Chinese people, commercials, Dashan, KFC, United State, Youtube
32 Comments
China treats Copyrights like a joke
Intellectual Property Rights are a constant issue in China, and you know it is bad when People’s Daily devotes a special button on the front page to help you find the official information (Tibet gets a special button too). ChinaLawBlog.com … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Life in China
Tagged business, China, DVD, intellectual property, pirated films, Youtube
6 Comments
Censorship in China: an Introduction to the Great Firewall of China
Censorship in China at times is so extreme that it is almost laughable, like when they claimed foreigners couldn’t go to Tibet because of the weather (it was the anniversary of anti-Chinese riots). The news articles are so carefully screened … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged China, Facebook, Hu Jintao, Twitter, United States, Wikipedia, Youtube
18 Comments
Seeing Red in China 