Hao Hao ReportThe best China news and blog posts

"A labor rights group alleged Tuesday that crucifixes sold in religious gift shops in the U.S. are produced under "horrific" conditions in a Chinese factory with more than 15-hour work days and inadequate food."

What would Jesus have to say, I wonder?

“The cycle of poverty can only be broken through education. Poor peasant farmers struggle to pay the annual school fees for their children to go to primary school but very, very few can afford the higher costs of sending the children to Junior Middle School or beyond. We know that if the children can learn to be comfortable with foreign visitors and speak some English they will be able to get work. Volunteer English Teachers...

Thank you to 'Electric Sinophile' blog for spotting this one on 'Wired'. An item about the development of Chinglish [Chinese English] and how one day it may take off as a language within its own right. Actually, I thought it had . . . .

Clearly it's foreign English teachers who are the cause of 'spiritual pollution.'

Ok. So most of us are well aware of the Chinese Chat software, QQ. Chances are, if you know a Chinese person, or someone learning Chinese, you know a registered QQ user. But until recently there was no English sign-up page or a Mac version of the QQ application...

Asian Americans can't compete with white instructors in China. When Douglas Lee started searching for a job as an English instructor in Chengdu, he seemed just like any other American to his potential employers.

But when he submitted a photo of himself, the 26-year-old graduate of San Diego State University discovered that he had one blemish on his application: He looked too Chinese.

Social networking site, The Hao Hao Report, is a way to quickly see what the most popular English language articles regarding China are. The HHR accepts blog posts, major news articles, and basically anything about China. The HHR is part of the Lost Laowai family, a site providing a number of resources for foreigners coming to or already in China.

An AJAX-powered job search engine, with personal and company profiles, email alerts, notes, and a really, really shiny logo.

There is already quite a large batch of jobs listed, and the site is offered in both Chinese and English (the jobs are mostly offered in Chinese).

Opposition lawmakers yesterday proposed a legal amendment that English-language competency should be mandatory for all presidential aspirants.

Presidential hopefuls who fail to pass the intermediate level of General English Proficiency Test (GEPT) would be disqualified from running in the presidential election