Zhang Yimou’s use of rich colors and gorgeous scenery (remember Hero from 2002?) in his movies has earned him a lot of fame, and he’s probably China’s most famous director (overseas, anyway). You could call him China’s King of Color. But his newest movie, Curse of the Golden Flower, is starting to make [...]

A Chinese court has ordered a 4-year-old boy’s father to pay $230 in compensation to the owner of hundreds of dead chickens because apparently the boy’s screaming killed them. The banshee boy was with his dad delivering bottles of gas (I’m sorry, did you say gas?) to a house in a village in Jiangsu [...]

About 45,000 Shanghai cabs are about to be fitted with ‘spit sacks’. Why, you ask? Because hawking lugeys is a really popular activity in China’s public places. And with Shanghai’s being pretty much China’s most advanced city (on the mainland, anyway), the authorities decided it would be a good idea if people could clean up [...]

I know I’ve already posted about this band before, but I want to say again how much I love their music. InLove is the perfect name for this band because I couldn’t help but fall in love with their music upon first listen. To be sure, this isn’t so much music to be listened to [...]

Who doesn’t like food? I love it, and Chinese food is probably my favorite type. Unfortunately, here in the part of America where I live, we don’t get as much of a variety as places with Chinatowns do, but I still love the food. This morning, I came across a good page about [...]