Probably no figure to have emerged recently in Chinese pop culture has been more widely reviled than Zeng Yike, the singer dubbed “Brother Zeng” by detractors for her supposedly androgynous appearance (I don’t really see it). Her somewhat anemic voice and tendency to wander off key stirred up indignation from many watching Hunan Satellite Television’s [...]
The uploader of this 94-minute documentary titled it, “If you are younger than 18, no need to watch this. But if you’ve been through Gaokao [college entrance exams], take a look. Documentary: Senior Year (高三).”
On Youku Buzz, we’ve talked about what Gaokao is and how Chinese students feel about it before. But the 50 second [...]
We’ve introduced Chinese Students’ “Recess Exercises” before. Here’s the latest invention in this field.
In China, there’s an existing “national standard” for students’ recess exercises. However, some schools opt do develop their own standards. This video features the local version from Ningxiang No.4 High School in South China’s Hunan province. We’re pretty sure that these doubtlessly [...]
Yesterday’s total solar eclipse — the longest of the century blah blah — might have been a big disappointment for those who traveled halfway ’round the world to Shanghai to see it, but the lousy weather that ruined things for Shanghai wasn’t to be found everywhere in the eclipse’s path through China. By 2:30 pm [...]
Hmm… Very little actual information is available in this video. But let me briefly translate the related news from the Guangzhou Daily for you. The title is, “Facing Traffic Problem on the Way to School, Parent sent High School Student to School by HELICOPTER”!
At 00:05 of the video, a student in uniform comes out of [...]
It may have been a little late, but at long last Chinese Michael Jackson fans — and they are legion, they are indeed legion — have finally joined in with their own flash-mob tribute to the King of Pop. This doesn’t exactly compare to similar fan tributes like these from Sweden, which are absolutely amazing, [...]
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 [...]
My friends and colleagues have told me the same story again and again — desperate Chinese parents are calling every single friend and relative to help their kids get a job, even with no pay and no benefits.
“This year, it’s not a question of finding a good job. It’s a question of finding anything,” As [...]
BREAKING NEWS: This video went up on Youku just a few hours ago. Who cares about North Korean missile launches? The self-proclaimed “King of Dice” has broken his own record, by stacking 26 dice without touching ‘em. One hell of a bar trick. Must get him women galore.
Steven rounded up the following biographical info on [...]
You might remember MC Qiangqiang from a post that Steven did a few month back, where he did the whole MC Hammer dance routine to “Can’t Touch This” while his mom sat knitting on a couch.
Now he’s back with some crazy skillful Michael Jackson action. Pretty amazing, this guy.
