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These guys explain the official government approved Olympic cheer.

h/t to Christine Lu via Chris Amico

Just came across this old cartoon on the front page of youku. While I’ve not watched it all yet (it’s over 70 mins long!), I thought it was worth posting for sure. It’s not Disney by any stretch, but it’s worth a look.

It’s called ????, which I think translates into “Iron Princess” (someone correct me if I’m wrong, the ? character is new to me).
I stand corrected: ???? is iron-fan princess.

Update: Thanks to Bill for recommending another old Chinese cartoon:

???? from 1960’s is awesome. probably the best of Chinese cartoon, recent cartoons couldn’t get closer. It won a bog award in Czech movie/cartoon festival in the 60’s

This is a pretty cute little composition.

He’s no Georges Méliès or Michel Gondry, but the animation that this kid has managed to put together is pretty damn cool.

Looking forward to seeing more from him.

Out of all the supposed human rights abuses in China, I think this is the worst so far.

Poor little fella.

This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time.

A long row of wine bottles all filled with different amounts of water, arranged in such a way that when an Remote Contol car bumps them with a little hammer, it plays the Super Mario Theme song.

It looks like it was made in China. Good show guys!

Here’s a quick look at a video making the rounds on the video sites, showing one April Fools prank staged in China.

For anyone who has spent any time at all in China, you know that walking down a busy street is kind of like being swept down a raging river.

Check out what happens when hundreds of Chinese pranksters decide to simultaneously stop in the middle of a busy pedestrian street:

Now I don’t watch snooker. Tables are too big, really. They should really have golf clubs…

But anyway, snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan, while doing a press conference after the China Open, was filmed making some pretty nasty remarks while the interpreters were speaking. Who knew snooker could be so interesting?

The tape shows O’Sullivan growing restless at the time taken for the translation. After answering the first question, and while it was being translated into Chinese, he is seen pointing to his penis and asking out loud: “Do you want to suck that? Do you want to come and suck on that later?” He then laughs and says: “Anyone want to give me a nosh?” . . . “Fuck me, how many more questions are they going to ask?” The reply comes back, “one more.” While it is being asked, O’Sullivan refers to the size and shape of his penis. . . He once stated he did not like travelling to China because “they don’t speak English.” He has, though, become more enthusiastic about the country since signing a six-figure advertising deal with a Chinese watch company last year. Source

Snooker won’t be in the Olympics will it?