An Afternoon with Red Laowai

The Shanghaiist's James Creegan spends an afternoon of Chinese net celeb "Red Laowai/红老外" - shopping for Chinese communist memorabilia while talking about the now (in)famous videos that show him singing Chinese nationalist anthems.

Read »

Hao'd by Ryan 22 weeks 3 days ago- – Made popular 22 weeks 2 days ago
Category: Arts & Entertainment Tags:

Tomorrow’s Afternoon Tea - Free Chinese Indie Music 3 weeks 1 day ago

Tomorrow's Afternoon Tea is a collection of 10 songs by female artists (or groups with female vocalists) distributed by China's premier online creative network - Neocha - under there Netlabel label. If you want some good Chinese indie music, be sure to check out this free download (about 40 MB).

Freezin’ your laowai ass off? Tips for staying warm 42 weeks 3 days ago

Here are a few tips from Lost Laowai (and commenters) on how to stay warm in this unnaturally chilly Chinese winter.

Lost Laowai Gets All Two Point Oh’d 1 year 11 weeks ago

Hey all - Lost Laowai has received a major facelift to create a more seamless flow between the main site and the blog, as well as to add additional Web 2.0 functionality. I sure would appreciate if you'd go check it out and let me know what you think.

Shanghai Orient Shopping Centre Kappa Girl [NSFW] 6 days 8 hours ago

A girl who worked for the Kappa brand of clothing inside an Orient Shopping Centre in Shanghai suddenly becomes famous when her sex video is spread on the internet. Some Chinese netizens attack her while others argue that what she did was very normal except it was made public.

Lost Laowai on Facebook.com: China Expat Group 1 year 31 weeks ago

Lost Laowai now has its own official group on Facebook. If you’re a member of the popular social networking site, be sure to join the group of fellow lost laowai!

Come see who else is a member, put faces to names around the China blogsphere (yikes!), ask questions if you’re new to China, or post complaints if you’re not.

The UFO Incident 1 year 51 weeks ago

One afternoon as I walked by the soldiers and they couldn

Group Writing Project: If I Knew Then What I Know Now 1 year 23 weeks ago

Ryan announces a group writing project over at Lost Laowai, aimed at the Chinese Blogosphere. The topic?

If I knew then what I knew now.

What do you know now that you wish you knew before you arrived in China? Write a post, and contribute to what will likely be a great guide for Laowai-to-be coming to China.

Needle me - an experience with acupuncture 1 year 26 weeks ago

China Machete shares his journey to a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to help with his sleeping problem. Like most things in China - a 20 minute treatment involves an entire afternoon off.

Laowai Confucians 1 year 41 weeks ago

The keepers of the official Confucius (孔子) family tree have announced that in addition to now including women in the lineage, they will also be including those Confucians that have stumbled into being laowai. Check out the review of the news at the insightful Useless Tree blog.