The Wu Way 無為

This is a companion to my Foreign Babes in Beijing Book Review — or for anyone who has read the book. If you’re dying to see what Rachel DeWoskin looked like as Jiexi, or see Louisa, Tianliang, and Tianming, this will satisfy. It’s a 16 minute clip, apparently made from a company who sells the [...]

Genocide Olympics. Tibetan protest Olympics. As the world continues to pelt rotten issues at China left and right in the race towards the Summer Games, somehow the stench is coming back at us.
Sure, I get it — the Olympics are a perfect opp for bringing to light the human rights violations within China (Tibet included) [...]

Our blog is taking a little break while Jocelyn works on a book about her experiences in China.
However, our business is still running strong.
If you’ve got a project that requires writing, Chinese translation, Chinese culture expertise or a combination thereof, we’d love to be of service. Talk to us today!

Tags: China marketing

Related posts

No related posts.

I know a fellow from Taiwan who spent eight years laboring over his PhD — eight years! — in some area of engineering. He now runs a private media company and does real estate on the side, and regrets the years he spent on higher education. Another friend of mine came over here for a [...]

The number of juvenile crimes in China has risen from 33,000 in 1998 to 80,000 in 2007, according to a BBC report. Robbery, theft, intentional injury, rape, and gang fighting are among the most frequent crimes the delinquents commit. What are the reasons behind the rising juvenile delinquency in China? This essay focuses on the [...]

The Civilization Office of the China People’s Congress Central Committee announced Friday the assistance plan to 14 of the 53 national moral models who are in financial difficulty. The plan involves paying 24,000 RMB to 100,000 RMB to the models for their life assurance, housing cost, tuition, living expenses, daily necessity cost.
The moral models were [...]

Imagine doing jail time — or worse — just because you were related to the offending party.
If you want to understand just how far collectivism goes in China, look no further than lianzuo — or collective responsibility. Throughout China’s 2,000-year feudal history — from at least 7th-century BC all the way to the turn of [...]

I’ve never been to Macau, but I have visited Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, and Spain.
What’s wrong with that sentence? Well, if you were publishing something in writing in China, you’d be in violation of the one-China policy.
The one-China policy is where politics meets publishing. It’s one of those odd rules in China that creeps up [...]