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- Alibaba: Time to sober up?
Another day, another sexual crime, another round of social media outburst The Chinese internet went ablaze on 8th August, not for a fantastic result at the Olympic Games (more on that coming up), but furious at yet another sexual crime whose victim turned to Weibo after her pleas fall on deaf ears in internal channels.Continue reading “Alibaba: Time to sober up?” - Patience is a virtue on the internet
The Chinese-Canadian Celebrity Kris Wu was officially arrested on 31st July. An unsurprising update, but it comes with several interesting implications. - Yet another Canadian gets into trouble in ChinaWho is the Canadian? Kris Wu is a Canadian Chinese celebrity. He started his career in Korea, before rising to stardom in his birth country, China, in the early 2010s. Since then, he has left the Korean boy band that propelled him to stratosphere, started his own agency, starred in Hollywood blockbuster, and became aContinue reading “Yet another Canadian gets into trouble in China”
- Who’s celebrating its 100th anniversary, the CPC or the CCP?The ruling communist party in mainland China recently celebrated its 100th birthday on 1st of July on the Tiananmen Square with a military fly-past, a speech by the party’s general secretary Xi Jinping, and ended with the performance of The Internationale and the Ode to the Motherland (歌唱祖国, Gechang Zuguo) Much has been said aboutContinue reading “Who’s celebrating its 100th anniversary, the CPC or the CCP?”
- Seafood consumption and Great Power competitionIn the age of social media, hypes die out fast, but the internet never forgets. This statement is true both within and without the Great firewall. GU Yue (谷岳，Kyle G Johnson), a Chinese-American internet personality who rose to fame in the Sinosphere for hitchhiking from Beijing to Berlin was recently caught in a media backlash.Continue reading “Seafood consumption and Great Power competition”
- Biden, the G7, and Arm-barring ChinaThere is a famous move in combat sport (specifically Judo, Brazilian Jujitsu, MMA) called the juji-gatame (arm bar). In this move, the practitioner secures an arm at the wrist of the opponent, trapping it by squeezing the knees together. This technique can easily hyperextend the opponent’s elbow, leading to serious damage to muscle, ligament, tendon,Continue reading “Biden, the G7, and Arm-barring China”
- A hog and the Chinese college entrance examThe famous (or infamous) Chinese national college entrance exam (gaokao) ended last Tuesday (June 8th). Once again, this annual event occupied most headlines in the Chinese media sphere. In the meantime, it also generated intense discussions online on the fairness and relevance today. Just days before the start of gaokao, a student roused national debateContinue reading “A hog and the Chinese college entrance exam”
- A Tea-drinking, Cantonese speaking Punjab man and a Chinese internet frenzyA Singapore based Malaysian Punjab man named Gurdip Singh has recently become the latest sensation on Chinese internet. The reason? He posted a video of himself asking his viewers to “go take a break and drink tea at 3pm” using impeccable Cantonese. Thus, he is also known as “yum cha gor” (literally “tea-drinking bro”) toContinue reading “A Tea-drinking, Cantonese speaking Punjab man and a Chinese internet frenzy”
The Sinographer 