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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 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.

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.

A review of Ha Jin's War Trash, a fictional yet poignant memoir of a Chinese soldier looking for identity in a muddy and muddled Korean War POW camp.

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A balanced, comprehensive, and persuasive account of the recent riots and protests. Plus a review of Pico Iyer's recent book on the Dalai Lama.

To help celebrate National Day here in China, the Lost Laowai Blog proudly presents a comedic look at significant events in China over the last 57 years of CPC rule. Tongue in cheek doesn't cover it. Parts are just downright stupid - and I wrote it.

This doubles as the official announcement that Lost Laowai (and in turn, Hao Hao Report) now has a blog. Let us know what you think.

Plough the van through 3 hours worth of mountain dirt roads. Unleash party officials on Miao minority girls and rice wine. Watch ponies fight. Ponder meaning of life.

A review of the book, 'Coming Chinese Wars'. The analysis of the pro-** and anti-** [I'll let the reader fill in these spaces] book is quite an interesting one, but in addition to that the comments following it are worth a read.