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Drama in a Car Dealership


Posted on Jan 14, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: Viral Video Ads | 2 Comments
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After a big spat in an auto showroom, and after his sassy girlfriend nearly runs over a couple of innocent bystanders, the poor guy just gives in: “Okay, I’m buying it! I’m buying it!”, he cries. “Stop the car!.” And he ponies up for the red Buick she wants, right then and there.
This video, which [...]

A “Shanzhai” Hummer


Posted on Nov 3, 2008 by Steven Lin | Filed under: Shanzhai | 4 Comments
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“Shanzhai” (山寨) is a word you’ll encounter a lot these days. It means “ersatz, but in a pathetic kind of way.” [Commenter Brendan, translator extraordinaire, offers the better translation "ghetto." Right on!]
If you can’t afford it, make it yourself. A lot of industrious Chinese people think this way.
In the middle of 1980s, Chinese families started assembling [...]