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Censorship nerds: You must check out Blocked on Weibo, an amazingly useful and informative blog about what’s being blocked in China, and why. Kudos to Jason Q. Ng for producing and maintaining such a great resource for those of us who don’t speak Chinese but want to follow the ebbs and flows and ups and downs of Internet censorship in China.
Thanks!
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(Source: leehaan)
“Ana Ng” > “Anna Sun” but the real life Anna Sun > fictional Ana Ng
一个馒头引发的血案 (A Murder Caused By Mantou / yi ge mantou yinfa de xuean) was a Chinese parody video created by Hu Ge after he had watched Chen Kaige’s The Promise. Widely panned, the movie inspired an irate Hu to dub over all the dialogue and remix the period drama into a modern-day farce. It was posted online and received millions of hits, despite Chen threatening legal action. This touched off a wave of support from Mantou (a Chinese steamed bun) fans who supported Hu. In the end, after suffering a wave of negative publicity, Chen decided not to sue. For more about Chen and his film partner Zhang Yimou, see China Pop.
Ok, so yeah, this works.
一夜情 (one-night stand / yiyeqing) was originally a single theatre performance, usually by a guest performer(s) on tour, as opposed to an ongoing engagement. Today, however, the term is more commonly defined as a single sexual encounter, in which neither participant has any intention or expectation of a relationship to come out of it.
Why it might be banned: Because sex is still a touchy subject in China.
Aka, what I during a slow day at the office one afternoon three years ago.
My pee smells today.
Now I know why: not diseased…
but ASPARAGUS!
-what I learned from D & H over the summer
The mall has seven zones modeled on international cities, nations and regions, including Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Venice, Egypt, the Caribbean, and California. Features include an 25 metres (82 ft) replica of the Arc de Triomphe, a replica of Venice’s St Mark’s bell tower, a 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) canal with gondolas, and a 553-meter indoor-outdoor roller coaster.
Since its opening in 2005, the mall has suffered from a severe lack of occupants. Much of the retail space has remained empty, with over 99% of the stores vacant. The only occupied areas of the mall are near the entrance where several Western fast food chains are located and a parking structure repurposed as a kart racing track. A planned Shangri-La Hotel has not been constructed.
—http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_China_Mall
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During the arrest, Shao Yuanchong (邵元冲 in Chinese), the incumbent minister of the propaganda department of the Kuomintang, died after he was hit in his testicles while attempting to climb over a fence. (Wikipedia: Xi’an Incident)
I have marked this in my bookmarks as “to-be-confirmed.”
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