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quirkyBeijing reads

· Jackie Chan has a blog. · A woman’s morning routine vs. a man’s morning routine, from ChinaSMACK. It’s a cute set of illustrations that is all too true! · Where is the Manchu? A mystery at the Forbidden City, from Jottings from the Granite Studio. · This has nothing to do with anything, but [...]

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quirkyBeijing reads (the self-promotion version)

· quirkyBeijing was mentioned as one of the Wall Street Journal’s “Best of the China Blogs” for August 15th! · I have been blogging over at CNReviews.com on what it was like in Beijing during the Olympics opening ceremony and how to get Olympic · tickets for “sold out” events.  The second post is also [...]

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quirkybeijing reads

· China’s Female Artists Quietly Emerge from the New York Times · If you love Chinese indie music, or just love indie period, then check out NeoCha’s NEXT streaming music application. · Hong Kong-based model Elyse Sewell’s blog has been on my reading list for a long time. She has a great sense of fun. [...]

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quirkyBeijing reads

· An interview with yours truly by Cedric at Comme les Chinois. · In the village of the Yu Family, at Ben Ross’ blog. · How do Chinese internet users express their discontent over the Weng’an incident? Why not do push-ups? From Global Voices. · Where do your clothes come from? A slideshow on Forbes [...]

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quirkyBeijing reads

• Hanzillion: all hanzi belong to me! A student of Chinese collects the characters by taking photos from her daily life in Shanghai (via Shanghaiist) • China Madness. It’s China. It’s mad. Gotta love it. (from Sara) • The Rather Difficult Font Game tests your knowledge of fonts.  It is, as the title says, rather [...]

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quirkyBeijing reads

- DIY Ceiling Cat, from Tubbypaws, itself an adorable blog about papercrafts – How Wong Kar-wai lost his way by Grady Hendrix of Kaiju Shakedown – The Misadventures of Hello Cthulhu. A webcomic that dares to ask who is more evil, Sanrio characters or the dread lord Cthulhu. Hilarity ensues. – Chinese cooking video: Mark [...]

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