Chinese Factory in Guangzhou Contributes to Globalization of American Racism

A Chinese furniture maker in the Guangzhou, through Chinglish and an all-too-familiar act of lost-in-translation, inadvertently contributed to the globalization of American racism. It's effect reached back around the globe and landed in the form of a sofa in Toronto, Canada. The story goes something like this:

http://www.snopes.com/racial/business/sofa.asp

Cardboard Buns

Sadly, another damn good reason to kill my desire for street food in China.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/12/cardboard.food.ap/index.html

Shanghai Water Fight

Fuxing Park, Shanghai. 400+ water balloons, 40 big kids, 10 little kids, water guns galore.

Photos courtesy of Hendrik Petersen.

Live Earth: 07-07-07!

12 Girls Band
sarah Brightman
Yvonne Hsu
Joey
Anthony Wong
Eason Chen
Hwang Xiao Ming
Winnie Hsin

I don't know who half these people are but they're performing at the much anticipated Live Earth Concerts happening July 7, 2007. The Shanghai leg of the 7-continent, 24-hour concert will be held on the on the steps of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong.

Live Earth is a global-wide concert organized to promote awareness for global warming. Founded by Kevin Wall with support from Al Gore, the goal is to inspire behavioral change in the way we live on this dear earth.

In addition to Shanghai, Live Earth will stage official concerts at Giants Stadium in New York; Wembley Stadium in London; Aussie Stadium in Sydney; Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro; Maropeng at the Cradle of Humankind in Johannesburg; Makuhari Messe in Tokyo; and HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg.

http://www.liveearth.org