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The Annual Spring Festival Gala Always Sucks for All the Same Hard Reasons

Another year, another boring and trite Spring Festival Gala. People watch it, if only just to complain. But there's an obvious reason why the gala sucks: it's not made to be enjoyed, but to be...

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How to Stop Chinese Men from Peeing on the Floor of the Bathroom

Good job on getting that Jade Rabbit to the moon and leaving it there, but there's still more work to be done, China. Of course, this is in reference to the pressing issue of our time: the giant puddle...

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Living Without Internet for a Year (the REAL Story)

Dear Xinhua, I just wanted to write a personal thank-you for your recent article about the 2009 year-long internet blackout here in Xinjiang. Good to know it was actually to my benefit that I was...

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"Why don't you go back to the US?"

When friends or acquaintances pose the question in real life, the query is often followed by a string of America's positive attributes; good air, medical care, education system, etc. This list is...

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US news anchor gets shaken by China, nothing falls out

American Chris Matthews, star of MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, recently visited China — and it “shook” him. In a piece for his show’s blog entitled, “The 10 Days in China that Shook Me“,...

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Shades of George W. Bush in Xi Jinping’s Anti-Terror Campaign

China’s president has signaled aggressively in recent weeks that a central element of his leadership will be fighting those the government views as terrorists. more »China...

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China accused of anti-Christian campaign as church demolition begins

Demolition teams began destroying parts of a Chinese church that has become a symbol of resistance to the Communist Party’s draconian clutch on religion, activists and witnesses said on Monday....

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How Racist is Your Toothpaste?

It’s hard to believe in this day and age that there is such a blatantly racist product as Darlie toothpaste, yet you can find it in virtually any store in the Chinese speaking world. For 60 years, this...

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10 English Songs to Make Your Ears Bleed

The Chinese love to sing, and they are not much bothered by which language they sing in either. In China, certain English songs seem to be constantly ringing in your ears everywhere you go, be it a...

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When yangwawas go to the beach in China...

...this video is what happens. The kind of attention our kids routinely face, from which kinds of people, and how we deal. more »China Rantsyangwawalaowaiexpatwaiguorenforeignerqingdaobeachstaringphotos

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Dumbest NYT article in a long: "Why China Will Reclaim Siberia"

How historically illiterate Frank Jacobs claimed the title for dumbest headline and article in New York Times 2014 so far - jumping on the bandwagon of a series of related propaganda articles in a...

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How to Drive in China

Car ownership is, undeniably, part of the Chinese middle class dream. After all, how are we supposed to correctly categorize and grade our fellow human, and ourself, unless we have clear ranking...

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Spirit of Christmas goes Capitalist Chinese

Christmas in Beijing? A cavalcade of commercial eyesores. Santa with a headband, pink hello kitty decorations, and more. Those quite extraordinary attempts at decoration reminding us all that it is...

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"I Hate Hunan the Least" - Kevin McGeary's cheeky ballad to China

A cheeky little ditty, performed by bawdy balladeer Kevin McGeary and the Foreign Devils, about the various virtues and vices of China's provinces. (VPN required for YouTube) more »China Rantskevin...

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The Hypocrisy of China's 'Wrong Western Values' Debate

“Why should China say no to ‘wrong Western values'”? asked an editorial published on the People’s Daily, a mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The editorial was written in defence of the...

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