The best China news and blog posts as chosen by you 15414 submitted stories, and counting

1029 reads

I Was Almost a Chinese Dating-Show Star – Arts & Entertainment

www.foreignpolicy.com — A very interesting story on one man's experience participating on a Chinese dating show. However, dating shows - and his particular segment - have caught the eye of Beijing censors who decided a foreigner being successful was just too...wrong. It never aired.

full story »

Login or register to post comments
1029 reads

Submitted by FarWestChina

1 year 40 weeks ago Made popular 1 year 40 weeks ago

Tags:

2 Comments

Stuart 1 year 40 weeks ago

LOL - beat me to it, Josh. This is absolutely priceless. Or as I exclaimed rather too loudly in the library just now: "for fuck's sake!"

FarWestChina 1 year 40 weeks ago

Finally! Most of the time I find something interesting I get on HHR and you've already uploaded it. It's my turn for a change.

Who Hao/Bu Hao'd It?

Similar Stories on HHR

Ai Weiwei, Dissident Chinese Artist, Accepts Post in Berlin - 44 weeks 2 hours ago

Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist and recently imprisoned dissident, said Wednesday that he had agreed to become a visiting lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts in 2012, but that he did not know whether China's government would allow him to leave the country to work there.

Avatar sequels: Made in China? - 2 weeks 4 days ago

Fourteen years ago“Titanic” shattered box-office records in China, as it did nearly everywhere else in the world. Its impact was especially shocking in a market that was captive to a conservative, state-dominated film industry, with no ability to produce a blockbuster of its own. Mr Cameron’s ballyhooed “Avatar” broke China’s records again in 2009 and 2010.

Censored Chinese Artist's Photos Coming To NYC - 14 weeks 9 hours ago

NEW YORK -- Liu Xia is a forbidden artist whose work is censored in her native China. The photographer, who is under house arrest, uses life-like dolls as metaphors for the pain and suffering of the Chinese people.

Review: Flying Swords of Dragon Gate - 19 weeks 2 days ago

A review of the new Jet Li wuxi flick, "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate".

China launches first 3D TV channel - 19 weeks 2 days ago

China has launched its first three-dimensional television channel (3D TV) on a trial basis.

The channel, operated by China Central Television (CCTV) and five local stations, aims to be launched formally over the upcoming Chinese New Year.

The Flowers of War: Christian Bale and the making of a hero - 20 weeks 5 days ago

Nicki dishes up a review of Zhang Yimou's new (and now highly controversial) film staring Christian Bale.

Ai Weiwei fans showing their support... and a whole lot more - 25 weeks 2 days ago

A site full of Ai Weiwei fans... and not much else. The site features pictures of Ai Weiwei fans in the buff to show their support for the artist turned activist. Those adverse to the Great Asian Manfro be warned.

China's Great Firewall Tests Mysterious Scans On Encrypted Connections - 25 weeks 4 days ago

In the cat-and-mouse game between Chinese censors and Internet users, the government seems to be testing a new mousetrap–one that may be designed to detect and block tunnels through its Great Firewall even when the data in those tunnels is aimed at a little-known computer and obscured by encryption.

Ten awkward questions to ask Crazy Crab, cartoonist who challenges China’s Great Firewall - 26 weeks 5 days ago

In recent weeks, people have been talking about Crazy Crab -the pseudonym of the first cartoonist who challenges China’s Great Firewall doing political satire. Hexie Farm, a political satire comic book, has attracted lots of attention from internet users around the world.

China's film failures - 33 weeks 3 days ago

While China may be releasing a huge quantity of films, and producing a number of new TV shows, to most foreigners living here, there is still a dearth of entertainment (sorry CCTV). Despite efforts to promote "soft power", China still seems unable to attract followings on par with Japanese anime or Bollywood films. So today we'll be looking at the factors limiting China's cultural potency.