Showing posts with label CHINA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CHINA. Show all posts

THE ARMY OF LUCK, OR THE GLOBAL PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

SO into this. Via @Sermad, made by boris petrovsky.

WORK FASTER



Randos wandering around Chinese markets in the 80s

Don't know what it is, but I'm loving these obscure clips uploaded by Solid Space.





SICHUAN SOUNDSYSTEM



KIDS SMOKE THE DARNDEST THINGS



2 year old kid partying it up in China. Can't embed this unfortunately so get clicking.

Try this direct link:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjcyOTU5NTI=.html

MORE CRAZY FROM THE CHINESE CIRCUS

Remember those Chinese circus bears who beat each other up in a boxing ring? I thought that was pretty next level, but then along trundles this daredevil riding a motorbike on a tightrope while balancing a girl on a swing, elbows on handlebars, all nonchalent.

Nothing can top that guy. Although this lion riding a horse gives him a good run for his money.

PS: Is it me or does the horse above have the same look in his eye as the fish below?


WATCHING TV IN CHINA


I love watching Chinese TV. It may not be as outright wacky as Japanese tele, but sometimes I'm flicking through the channels and I'll come across something so incredibly weird that you probably wouldn't believe it. So I've now positioned a camera by the box so that I can record some of this stuff. Take this clip I just took. It's from a Chinese variety/talent show. I think it's a bearcub boxing bout, but they kinda look like anteaters. Mistreating animals in this way is outlawed in most other countries, but in China they broadcast it on national TV!

CHINA'S ENGRISH-SPEAKING CONTEST


Forget Britain's Got Talent, X-Factor, and America's Next Top Model. The ONLY TV talent show worth watching is China's English Speaking Contest. I'm totally hooked! Thousands of young people enter the competition to find the most fluent orator in the land. My favourite bit is when the contestants come on stage, introduce themselves, and recite an inspirational quote or a statement (see above).

The undisputed star so far is Shi Yupeng. He's the camp guy who comes on at 1:45 and overuses overblown gesticulation and hyperbole (watch his speech here). It all gets pretty emotive, especially in the debate part of the contest. Last year's winner, Wang Liansi, stole the show by calling her opponents "bananas" - not as in "crazy" but as in "yellow on the outside, white on the inside" - displaying a knowledge of racial slurs beyond that of even native English speakers.

HUANG CHUNCAI


I feel so sorry for this guy, good luck buddy.