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Bawtry dog-meat scandal – wait, am I being stereotyped?
Zhang Lijia’s Guardian piece ‘Dog meat at a Chinese restaurant inYorkshire’ – why do such myths spread? was prompted by the story of a Chinese restaurant that has been put in financial difficulty by a...
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Obama loves Hu
Although the White House has announced its disapproval at Benettons’ new ad campaign there has been no denial of the romance that has been slowly blossoming. White House spokesman Eric Schulz wrote:...
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A Sichuan dog barks at the Sun – Nicolas Anelka off to China?
Anelka to Shenhua? The Chinese idiom a sichuan dog barks at the sun 蜀犬吠日 (Shu quan fei ri) is used to indicate being suprised at something being normal, due to one’s ignorance. During the Tang dynasty...
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Born under a bad sign
As if life wasn’t awful enough, an English language training company recently posted a job advert at a Wuhan University that precluded Scorpios and Virgos from applying. The “moody and critical”...
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A tale of murder, fog, beef noodles and the ‘greatest gangster in China’
This story is a Chinese Agatha Christie style murder mystery Cluedo on crack. The backdrop to this tale of political intrigue is Chongqing, (think Gotham with dumplings) – an overpopulated, murky,...
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University officials inflamed by grad snap
University staff at the Dalian University of Technology said they were disappointed that students went ahead with the traditional square hat fling graduation photo while a campus warehouse fire blazed...
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Becks to tackle Chinese footy corruption
With the exciting news that David Beckham has been named as the first global ambassador for Chinese football, Brushduck presents a quick, and sometimes accurate, guide to the essential lingo for those...
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Dalai Lama under fire
Often seen as the world’s biggest goody goody, the Dalai Lama has been accused by chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People’s Congress (TAR) Chadma Poling of paying Tibetans in areas of Sichuan,...
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Bad drunken decisions
We’ve all tried a nifty shortcut on the way home when sozzled. But when rolling back from his village local in rural Zhejiang in the early hours of Thursday morning, I’m sure this man didn’t expect...
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Man who denounced his mother denounces his actions
A moving video report from the Guardian. Anonymous stories of children denouncing their parents as counterrevolutionaries are often used to illustrate the all-pervasive horrors of the Cultural...
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Beijing high rise
Not as well known as Hong Kong or Shanghai for it’s upwards protrusions, Beijing does still have its fair share of mighty erections. And, with the skyline already boasting one building firmly in the...
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Good hands!
If you’re going to find yourself hanging from a fourth floor window ledge, try to make sure you have this set of helpful Zhejiang couriers down below you. Ideally, in these circumstances, the ground...
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Mao not a Beleiber –不到长城非好汉
Not always praised for his foresight, it seems that Mao must have had 30 September 2013 in mind when he proclaimed that “Who never climbed the Great Wall cannot be deemed a Man” (不到长城非好汉). For on...
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Moon cake
Brush Duck enters the space race, giving a big thumbs up and tip of the space helmet visor to the unmanned Chinese landing module which is expected to touch down today in the Bay of Rainbows, the Moon....
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Brushducks joins the duang throng
It seems everyone is saying “duang” and no-one knows why – except maybe Jackie Chan. *artist’s impression At Brushduck we are happy to go along with this.
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KFC to take customers at face value
It’s been over three years since our last KFC update, but happily this time the news is so good you might be tempted to lick your fingers! Super Chinese search engine Baidu has partnered with the...
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