Hao Hao ReportThe best China news and blog posts

In Xi’an, like in many other major cities in China, prostitues, sex shops, and adult films have all claimed an important place in its local economy. While the growing public popularity of these adult items and services reflect a change in the way that Chinese people view sex, there is also a large foreign demand that is fueling this market. For this reason, many of the sex shops and...

"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?

Gift Cards! This holiday season give the gift of children's books to an elementary school in China. Gift cards come in 50, 100, 250 and 500 book amounts. Each book costing 8 yuan.

In a world where Chinese manufacturing is king, a soon-to-be laowai wonders what gift to give the nation that has (or rather, makes) everything.

A group of six US movie studios have launched legal action against two Beijing shops accused of selling pirated DVDs. (Talk about trying to move a desert with a teaspoon)

John at Sinosplice sums up the excitement of living in China by sharing a story about visiting New York City for Millennium New Year's.

"The main lobby was magnificent, and it was swarming with commuters. It was at this point that Dave told us about his game.

?This is how you play,? he told us. ?Just run, and don?t stop. Keep changing directions so that you don?t hit anyone. It?s a blast!?

?Wait, what?? I started. But Dave had already shot off straight into the crowd. Alex and I quickly followed suit."

A rather funny (not funny hah hah) account of a 'debate' that recently aired on Phoenix TV where the validity of a Peking University professor's claim to being.. well.. a professor at all were called into question. It all very nearly came to blows.

As per usual, ESWN does a great job of translating some of the behind-the-scenes commentaries of what went down. Bizarre fraud in the PRC.

A funny post on why so many Laowai guys sound like girls...

If I tell you that China has probably the world’s biggest government building, you would think that it must be in big cities like Shanghai or Beijing. Wrong. It is in Jinan, the capital city of Shandong province in eastern China.
According to local newspaper reports, the building occupies an area of 240,000 square meters, and has 15 floors, 400 elevators and 45,000 computer ports. It will host 49 government departments. The construction project is said to cost up to 4 billion RMB.