Hao Hao ReportThe best China news and blog posts

John, of Sinosplice/Chinesepod/ChinaBlogList fame, has hit the big time. Watch out Da Shan, John's more likable and (according to his limited female readership-and mom) much more handsome.

On his own blog John hits on a point about profiles like this and how Chinese English-language media are always gunning to get us laowai "in a corner" and interview us. I applaud John for getting in a good quote or two that don't just "sell up" China and Chinese culture.

John at Sinosplice makes a very good point about not jumping too quickly in over simplified generalizations in regards to Chinese rudeness. Using a personal experience, he shows that, sometimes, people just are having a crap day and we shouldn't judge too harshly.

This New York Times report shows how the demographics in China's most prosperous and populous city are quickly changing ... leaving a lot of retirees and not enough people to fill the gap in the cheap-labour workplace that's been the city's, and the country's, rise to glory.

TPD discusses China sharing more than their holiday spirit with the US. With ever-increasing need for coal, massive toxic clouds are on the fast winds across the Pacific - and unlike the Great Wall, can be seen from space.

The Duck brings up an interesting point about how environmental problems are quickly reaching the breaking point when people are going to stand up and say "I'm mad as hell and I ain't going to take it anymore!"

Blogger Matthew Stinson gets some advice from Sinosplice's John Pasden and fellow Shanghai expat Micah Sittig on some must-see and must-do things when visiting Shanghai for the first time.

Just Another Laowai asks the title question after visiting a local Chinese pharmacy where he was told the biggest purchasers of Viagra are men in their 20s and 30s. If that's not funny enough, it was the shops "Buy It As A Gift" ad that originally drew him in.

A nicely told story about exploring the boundaries of urban China.

John over at Sinosplice hasn't found the solution to the YouTube block, but he's got a pretty darn good alternative - Stage6. According to John, though it doesn't have the numbers, Stage6 does have higher quality and faster download times.

Check out the post for a few links to some Stage6 videos about China.

Excited to the point of death? Over soccer, er, "football?" Whoa.