Foreign Babes in Beijing Video Clips — see Rachel DeWoskin as Jiexi
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 […]
More Beijing than just Babes: Book Review of Foreign Babes in Beijing
Let’s clear up a few things first. Despite the title of Foreign Babes in Beijing — and the suggestive picture of a foreign girl in a sultry little silk black dress, fishnet hose and stilettos, towering over what seems to be her Chinese hotel fling for the evening — this is not a book about […]
The Holocaust of Hiroshima…what happened to the Holocaust of China?
I was listening this afternoon to NPR’s All Things Considered, and was stopped dead in my tracks by this excerpt from a story about a Japanese survivor of the Hiroshima bombing who became an artist and an ambassador of peace: Hirayama immediately began sketching out what would become one of his most powerful works, a […]
After China Earthquake Disaster, Chinese in New York Protest Falun Gong’s Rejoicing
The China earthquake disaster has brought some interesting images out of China, but not usually protests. Apparently, instead of providing financial donations and relief help, Falun Gong has rejoiced in the wake of all of the loss and misery, saying that this is the Gods’ way of punishing the country. This video, in Mandarin Chinese, […]
China Earthquake Relief Psychology First-Aid Translated Document…ç¾åŽå¿ƒç†æ€¥æ•‘
In light of the gravity of China’s earthquake in Sichuan Province on May 12, we’ve decided to take a break from the usual commentary at the Wu Way — and instead do our part to help. Since there are few psychological disaster relief materials in Mandarin Chinese, we went ahead and translated this Citizenscorp document […]
China iPhone survey results are in…so is the mobile phone the new symbol of China?
Last week, I received a fresh market report from China Polling about the growing popularity of the iPhone in China. Some of their results got me wondering. First, the numbers: Unsurprisingly, over 65% have heard of iPhone, and among this group, more than 85% are willing to actually buy an iPhone if it’s available here […]
In the “games” leading up to the Olympics, media bias against China is ahead
When reporting the incident in Tibet last month, a CNN website photograph shows a person running in front of a Chinese military truck — but it cropped out rioters stoning it. 1 The Washington post also provided false information 2 on the issue. Then some western media choose to report only the protests during the […]
What does your Chinese translation say about your company? You may be surprised…
“I hired a student from a local university to do my translation…and it ended up hurting my reputation.” This was the story I heard from a business contact I met with a couple of weeks ago. He works for a large chemical manufacturer with a presence in China, and they needed their website translated into […]