Tag Archives: Shanghai

Shanghaist and Gothamist Are Over

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Meg

A week ago, reporters and editors in the combined newsroom of DNAinfo and Gothamist, two of New York City’s leading digital purveyors of local news, celebrated victory in their vote to join a union. On Thursday, they lost their jobs, … Continue reading →

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Best China Blogs

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Meg

PanAsianBiz has a new post on the top English blogs about China. They’ve listed the top ten blogs in six categories, based on the categories and votes received on Chinalyst’s best China blog contest. I didn’t win Chinalyst’s contest, but … Continue reading →

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A Guide To Visiting Journalists

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Meg

Kaiser Kuo has written a brilliant Guide for Visiting Journalists, to avoid the awkward Bylines-At-Customs type of writing so scathingly described by Huo Lei Feng, and to avoid the shallow cliches that make us cringe. Here’s an excerpt: Topping the … Continue reading →

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Graffiti With Chinese Characteristics

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Meg

I’ve noticed that Beijing is really low on graffiti. There are exceptions — names and dates scratched into the Great Wall or dust-signatures on cars — but there are almost no spray-painted tags or the type of graffiti I’d expect … Continue reading →

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Sex In Shanghai Returns?

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Meg

The Sinocidal crew rants about cross-cultural, uh, romance but with Chinabounder posting again, can they even compete?

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Foreigners’ Blogs Talking About China

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Meg

I just came across this Chinese site about foreign blogs. ?????????Foreigner’s Blogs Talking about China ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Talk Talk China ?????, The Vortext, Sinosplice, Shanghai diaries and Mask of China are all mentioned. Of course, I’m most interested in what “Violet … Continue reading →

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It’s All True

Posted on November 18, 2006 by Meg

I wrote this a few days ago but I made it sticky to faciliate the flame war make it easier for folks coming over from Sinosplice. One thing that about learning Chinese that makes me crazy is that there seems … Continue reading →

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China’s New Altruism Videogame

Posted on September 2, 2006 by Meg

Usually my local net cafe is full of boys and young men playing CounterStrike for hours on end or staring at the lao wai girl (your results may vary). As internet gaming becomes more popular, it’s having some surprising effects … Continue reading →

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Immoral Foreign Blogger (No, not me)

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Meg

The PRC has recently seen fit to lift the Blogger and Blogspot ban in China. This has led to a lot of changes in the China expat blog world… not the least of which is that now I can see … Continue reading →

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Team Building Activities in Yantai

Posted on July 19, 2006 by Meg

So someone at our office took this picture of our boss, Will, and someone printed it out and someone made little thought-bubbles of Will-isms and someone glued those bubbles to the picture and someone enlarged the picture and someone drew … Continue reading →

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