Hao Hao ReportThe best China news and blog posts

A creatively edited post over at the 88s makes a good point about the quick-to-rage Chinese netizens. Though the post uses a prank of a site to draw its conclusions, it's still a good read.

A touching post about Ms. Yue, a woman that shows the confidence we all should when tackling a language. She can't speak English fluently and she doesn't care - she communicates and that's what it's all about.

In the latest Lost Laowai post I find a bit of new hope for my otherwise jaded opinion towards free thought in China. It comes, oddly enough, in the form of a CCTV anchorman. He's no Ron Burgundy, but he's pretty cool none-the-less.

Whether he's telling Starbucks to get the hell out of the Forbidden City or telling Chinese to get the hell over their problems with the Japanese - CCTV's Rui Chenggang has thoughts that work outside the rinse-read-repeat system so common among China's "intellectuals".

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.

I'd like to extend a warm welcome to Lost Laowai's newest addition - JohnB. John's inaugural post cuts to the heart of something all of us expats in China deal with frequently - the China funk.

John offers some good advice on regaining that lovin' feeling for the Middle Kingdom. Whether it be just some hotpot (and copious amounts of warm beer) with friends, a good book or getting the hell out of China for a while...

Mask of China has a great post warning people of the trials faced in doing business in China. The post contains the complete text of a South China Morning Post article that cites excellent examples of what you can expect when doing business in the Middle Kingdom.

The latest Lost Laowai post. Always eager to help our fellow man (woman, or child), LLW has stumbled upon a solution to the housing/hutong problem in Beijing. Two words: Card & Board... alright, maybe it's one.

In the newest Lost Laowai post, John raises some interesting questions about whether being "Chinese" is actually the multi-ethnic melting pot the CPC brochures tout, or if it is a highly fragmented collection of close-knit pockets.

There have been some touching little stories related to the Sichuan earthquake that wouldn't be covered by the mainstream media. Here I'd like to share a few here