What is it with the pandas?

Danwei points us to this blog, on which an American professor at Peking University in Beijing details his protest of Dreamworks' Kungfu Panda. Though the description of the protest is in English, the reasons for it are notably absent.

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Bring on the Best of the Chinosphere - China Blog Awards 2007 1 year 23 weeks ago

It's official, the 2007 China Blog Awards are here. If you run an English-language, China focused blog, or you just like clicking things that say "vote" be sure to check out this article for all the details.

The Hao Hao Report is proud to be hosting the China Blog Awards 2007 - Best Story. We've dubbed it the Zui Hao (Best) Report.

Hao Hao Gets Sociable 1 year 43 weeks ago

The Hao Hao Report has been added to the latest version of the excellent WordPress plugin - Sociable. The plugin allows blog owners to easily add a collection of icons to their posts making the addition of their articles to various social bookmarking sites (such as this) a breeze.

To see this in action - check out any of the posts at the Lost Laowai Blog.

China detains US artist prior to Tibet Olympic protest 15 weeks 11 hours ago

China has detained an American artist before he carried out a pro-Tibet protest involving a laser beam projected onto a Beijing building at the Olympics, an activist group said Wednesday.

One world, one dream 19 weeks 1 day ago

A catchy little tune by Chris Pereira, a more creative version of Hong Laowai (Red Foreigner) who puts together his own original Chinese songs as well as vlogs his thoughts on contemporary China. (h/t to Danwei)

Would The Real Professor Please Stand Up 1 year 47 weeks ago

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 Very Public Consumer Protest on the Streets of Beijing | China Expat 1 year 16 weeks ago

For the last six weeks there have been a bunch of strange, sprayed painted SUVS parked strategically around the city. It turns out it's a protest again Chevrolet.

HHR News: New Blogmaster Tools On Tap! 2 years 11 weeks ago

Hao Hao Report News!
Hey, just wanted to let everyone know that we've now got Blogmaster Tools for Blogger and WordPress users. If you've got a blog - why not make it easy for people to submit your posts to the Hao Hao Report?

Not super suave with HTML? Mei ta ma de wen ti! Simply follow the step-by-step instructions and you'll be rockin' in no time.

Problems in a Perfect Beijing Apartment 2 years 9 weeks ago

From Danwei, "Dealing with high prices, sketchy rental agents, flaky landlords, and annoying neighbors can make renting an apartment in Beijing a painful ordeal. Here is one horror story..."

Even Pirates Need Branding 2 years 9 weeks ago

This great post over at Sam Flemming's China Word of Mouth Blog details how the fad of Open Source Marketing (whereby big companies save tonnes of coin getting the masses to do work they should be paying professionals for) has extended to the Chinese pirate DVD market.