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How to Send Mail to China for Half Price

http://www.farwestchina.com

While sending out Christmas letters this year I accidentally ran across a method of sending mail to China that costs only half the price. The catch? It's probably not very legal even if it is good for a couple of laughs.

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US National Anthem...in Chinese...Sung by a Canadian

http://shanghaiist.com

Talk about multi-cultural. If you ever wanted to hear America's national anthem sung in Chinese by a Canadian guy, here's your chance. Lyrics included!!

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Journalist Throws Shoe At Bush, Chinese Reactions

http://www.chinasmack.com

Translated reactions of Chinese netizens to the shoe-throwing incident of United States President George W. Bush in Iraq.

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Jet Li vs Jackie Chan

http://www.panasianbiz.com

Jet Li and Jackie Chan are planning a martial arts action movie where the two will face off for the first time.

Jet Li said his latest film, "Hero" would be his last martial arts film. Jackie Chan says he's too old to fall out of a fourth story window and land on his feet, then back, then face....

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German Research Journal Prints Chinese Call Girl Ad, not Poetry

http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com

It happens all the time to dumb people who get tattoos of Chinese characters without doing research, but when a leading science and technology journal prints Chinese strip club ads instead of beautiful poetry you have to wonder how long the editor will be keeping his job.

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When in Xinjiang...Eat the Bread?

http://www.farwestchina.com

Every once in a while there rises from within an ethnic group a particular cultural characteristic that tends represent the group as a whole. For the Uyghurs, a small ethnic group situated in Xinjiang, it's their bread.

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The Hunt for the Elusive Chinese Thanksgiving Turkey

http://www.farwestchina.com

Maybe you can buy a turkey pretty easily in Beijing or Shanghai, but how do you celebrate Thanksgiving in Xinjiang where most people haven't even seen a turkey?

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China's Andy Rooney on How Great the Chinese Government Is

http://www.theonion.com

"And let me tell you, our legal system is without flaw." Quality Onion satire.

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Medical Examinations In China: A Laowai Exposed

http://foundinchina.com

A Brit and his Chinese wife undergo intense scrutiny in a Fuzhou hospital:
"As instructed, I wiggle my hands and feet for the old fella before impressing him with a yoga-like stretch to the ceiling. Then he asks me to bend over. Say what?"

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China state media blast new Guns N' Roses album

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A newspaper published by China's ruling Communist Party is blasting the latest Guns N' Roses album as an attack on the Chinese nation.

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The Best Part of a Chinese DVD? The Back Cover.

http://www.farwestchina.com

If you live in China you probably buy pirated DVD's. It's just a way of life here. But who knew that looking at the back cover could sometimes be more fun than watching the movie itself?

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Pepsi Shoots an Odd Commercial in Xinjiang

http://thechinabeat.blogspot.com

Leave it up to Pepsi to find a way to make Uyghurs act like Brazilians, Kazakhs look like Russians, or to somehow get Chinese students to dress like Japanese. This story represents much of the segregation that is normal in Xinjiang, and yet this commercial was anything but normal. Be warned, this interview is long but quite intriguing.

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Tomorrow’s Afternoon Tea - Free Chinese Indie Music

http://www.lostlaowai.com

Tomorrow's Afternoon Tea is a collection of 10 songs by female artists (or groups with female vocalists) distributed by China's premier online creative network - Neocha - under there Netlabel label. If you want some good Chinese indie music, be sure to check out this free download (about 40 MB).

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Network Songs : Life Inside China's Pop Echo-Chamber

http://outdustry.com

When unknown Chinese singer Yang Chengang wrote and recorded the song Mice Love Rice in Wuhan, Southern China in 2000, he would have had no way to predict it’s eventual impact.

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ICCCW Guide for pairing wine and Chinese food

http://www.grapewallofchina.com

Direct from Grape Wall of China: "We ate and drank, ate and drank, ate and drank, then ate and drank some more - all in the name of research. The inaugural International Congress of Chinese Cuisine & Wine met in Beijing in May and put the livers and stomachs of some 100 participants to the test.

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Can a Poor White Boy Survive Hong Kong?

http://www.authorsden.com

7 humbling days in Hong Kong - Asia's wealthiest city - a tragic comedy starring a dusty, perpetually insolvent backpacker.

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Learn the divisions of China while playing Tetris

http://www.mapmsg.com

Play Tetris, not with the usual blocks, but this time with the divisions of China.

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When Forklifts Disagree

http://daliandalian.com

Forklift truck lifting is not an Olympic sport. Equally a forklift cannot compete because... it's a forklift. Lastly, this is not in Beijing but a sleepy backstreet in Dalian, China.

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Funny Women vs. Men Morning Wake-Up Pictures

http://www.chinasmack.com

Popular email and BBS forum pictures showing the difference between women and men when waking up each morning, with English translations and internet comments.

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(photo) A Glimpse Inside Xinjiang China Uyghur Muslim Mosques

http://www.jpgmag.com

Inside the 15th century Id Kah Mosque (Kashgar, Xinjiang, China) during salah, one of five compulsory daily prayers recited by Muslims to entreat Allah.

As seen in Tom Carter's CHINA: Portrait of a People, the most comprehensive book of photography on modern China ever published by a single author. Available now from Blacksmith Books.

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