Now of course, you should never search the Chinese internet for pirated movies. But hypothetically speaking, if one were to attempt such a nefarious undertaking this would certainly be a useful tactic.
That’s it. You now have a link to the Chinese IMDB. Yes, it does exist. And it should have the Chinese name listed for the movie in question. In this case, the name is ????.
Most of you have probably read about China’s Charter 08 by now. Drafted and signed by about prominent Chinese intellectuals, dissidents Charter 08 calls for freedom, human rights, and government reform. Right now the document is bouncing all around the internet, being chased by the government censors who aim to delete its tracks. You can read an English version of the document here. And it seems Zola has put assembled a page with different translations as well, including the original in Chinese.
The document’s content is not surprising. But the fact that so many people are brave enough to sign it and spread it around — well, that takes more than a little guts if you’re a Chinese citizen. One blogger’s story is so striking that I had to re-post it here:
“I was brushing teeth in the bathroom when I thought of my deleted post with the full text of the Charter. My eyes became wet suddenly and I burst into tears. What the fuck is this country! Others have adopted democracy for hundreds of years. They can breathe the air of freedom. They can speak and write. Their government officials have to seek permission from taxpayers before they use any tax money. Their farmers can rely on social security when they become aged and don’t have to live the rest of their lives by begging in the cities. Their babies won’t be aborted by family planning officials……We have nothing! Nothing! We can’t enjoy democracy and freedom. Fine. But why aren’t we allowed to speak out? Why do the posts have to be deleted and we go to jail when we speak out? Is there any justice in this world?”
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“On the late night of December 14, 2008, I had a good cry and after that I made a decision with a calm mind – I was going to sign my name to Charter 08. Signature is an expression. I completely agree with what Charter 08 advocates. I hope the democratic system can be set up as soon as possible so that people can live freely. Yes, I want that kind of bright future. I don’t want a life like this now. In a democratic society, we’ll become outstanding columnists, reporters or lawyers. In the current society, I have to worry about being incriminated because of my words all the time. I don’t know what will happen to me by the end of the day. I don’t want to live like this, so I am going to sign my name to it.” Chinese Blogger Persian Xiaozhao, source: China Digital Times
Strangely now that I’m in Japan, anytime I try to view a youku clip from here in Tokyo, I get a youku error telling me that it’s blocked in my region. Hotspotsheild provides a good workaround, however, as for some reason it seems that a US IP is preferable to a Japanese one to the youku brass…
Cool, cool…
I’m not going to speculate as to why that might be the case, but let me say that no country should be denied the joy of an uber-slow speed Chinese police chase! Awesome… Read the rest of this entry »
I can’t remember where I found this. I think it might have been on Mutant Palm But here’s a handy little javascript link that you can install into your browser. Use it anytime you want to translate a Chinese webpage into English using google translate.
Just drag this link to your browser to install: Ch-En
Interesting development in Olympic news these days. Word on the street is that Chinese diving star, Guo Jingjing is pregnant:
***Update: Turns out it’s just a rumor****
China Sports Today: During recent routine physical examinations of China’s national swimming and diving team, Guo Jingjing was discovered to be pregnant. After consecutive nights of emergency meetings by relevant officials it was decided that the individual is most important and the athlete’s personal choice would be respected; it was agreed that Guo Jingjing would leave the team.
It will be interesting to see if there’s any backlash from this, as there are no shortage of Guo Jingjing haters out there already. Looks like someone has already found the time to whip up an oil painting of her with a bun in the proverbial oven:
source : Caption reads: ??????!???? or “Guo Jingjing is pregnant! Who dunnit?
She’s not going to be leaving no small splash diving in like that! (kidding… Congrats Diver lady.)
Personally, I’ve always been a huge fan of her eyebrows.
Seriously. Nice eyebrows…
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 00:00 – 19:33 Or Guinness Day, will be on 17th March. I noticed that in Beijing they're celebrating by having a Guinness price war, with several bars cutting the 60 Yuan plus drink to 30 Yuan. That's about wholesale price when accounting for a little wastage. What's happening in Dalian? […]
