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Archive for June, 2009

Are They High School Graduates or CIA Agents?


Posted on Jun 15, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: Wild Wild China | 3 Comments

Do you still remember the fuzzy agent in the Get Smart the movie? Well, it seems that some high school graduates from Jilin province are much better than him: They used the latest cutting-edge equipment to cheat on the Gaokao exams.
Honestly, as a former journalist, I’ve never seen stuff this unbelievable before - a mini [...]

Grassroot Promo Video for Guangzhou Asian Games


Posted on Jun 15, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: UGC | No Comments

A bunch of amateur film makers from Guangdong province brought us this semi-professional video, the first part of their “Guangzhou Asian Games Video Tour”. From 00:32, you can get a sense of the amazing design, tranquility, and beautiful views of Xiaozhou Village (小洲村), a small town in Guangdong.
The chase scenes through the alleyways is obviously [...]

How Chinese Students Hate Gaokao Exams


Posted on Jun 9, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: Wild Wild China | 2 Comments

In the past two days, more than 10 million Chinese graduates joined this year’s National Higher Education Entrance Examination, a.k.a Gaokao exams. For most of them, they’ve sacrificed countless weekends and holidays for this glorious exam, because they’ve been told that to enter a top university (and join the Party) is their only way to [...]

Chinese Brand’s Transformers Campaign


Posted on Jun 1, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: Shanzhai, Viral Video Ads | No Comments

Wenzhou-based Meters/Bonwe Group, the down-market clothing brand who invited Wentworth Miller to star in their TVCs, now has Optimus Prime on their side. Here’s Meters/Bonwe’s latest video ad for their special edition of Transformers t-shirt product line. Hope this stupid clip doesn’t destroy any affection you might have for the Autobots.

HotForWords, Terrible Chinese Shanzhai Version


Posted on Jun 1, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: Shanzhai | No Comments

Seriously, someone just started a copycat version of HotForWords. I think there’s no need for me explain why I call it “terrible” and “shanzhai”. It seems that the girl in the video comes from a cheap bar in Sanlitun or a store in Xiushui. As for her English… well, it makes her even more Xiushui [...]