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So youtube is banned.

There are gonna be a ton of expats in China looking for alternative ways to waste their time. Fortunately, I consider myself somewhat of an expert in wasting time, and I do have some great recommendations. 5 in total.

Number 1: DailyShow.com

Jon Stewart is great. Until just recently, there was no real decent place to watch him online. Or Stephen Colbert. There’s an ongoing lawsuit between Viacomm and Youtube, due to their videos ending up on where they shouldn’t have. Until now, with the exception of Comedy Central’s site and iFilm.com, there was no place to check them online. Until now. Every Daily Show ever is now archived for your viewing pleasure. DailyShow.com. Gotta love it.

Number 2: 6.cn, Foreign TV shows

If you click on playlist, like so:

And then scroll down to the Overseas Television section, like so:

This will instantly take you to TV heaven. Browse the newest or the hottest laowai TV, depending on the mood you’re in.

Number 3: Real books are for suckers. Try Audio books

Go buy yourself an iPod or some Chinese iPod knockoff, and soak up some edumacation via these audiobook sites – here, here, or here.

Number 4: You prefer radio, do you?

Try iHeard.com, musicovery.com, or Social.fm. Pandora’s a no go for outside the US these days, and you probably know last.fm already.

Number 5: My Silly Tumblr Media Site

You could always try my accumulated tv links, which is good fun as well. When I find stuff, I’ll click a button on my browser and it goes on automatically. I’ll add a few a week. If you’re interested, sign yo’ ass up via RSS.
Update: After much thought, I’ve decided to take this down.

Hope you find at least one of those links useful.

If you know any other neato links, post them in the comments.