From NetEase:

Female interpreter fluently translates classical prose Wen Jiabao’s

Summary: After the closing of the National People’s Congress, Wen Jiabao’s press conference has become a focal point for both Chinese and foreign media’s attention. Sitting beside Wen Jiabao, Zhang Lu was also well-received by the audience and netizens for her fluent translation of the ancient poems cited by the Premier.

Some examples:

1、 “亦余心之所善兮，虽九死其犹未悔。”

“For the ideal that I hold dear to my heart,I’d not regret a thousand times to die.”

2、“人或加讪，心无疵兮。”

“My conscience stays untainted in spite of rumors and slanders from the outside.”

Comments from NetEase:

网易上海黄浦网友:

Truly not easy! Translating classical Chinese into English is definitely not ordinary difficult!!!
Admire admire!!!!

网易山东威海网友:

I am willing to say that this interpreter is not some powerful person’s relative. What person with connections/background would have studied so hard/much? Ding in agreement!

网易日本网友:

This is what an expert looks like!
First, one must deeply understand China’s classical texts!
Without understanding them, how can you translate them!
Truly not easy!

网易江西南昌网友:

A person using their own expertise doing something they are supposed to do well being held up by the media (including netizens)? Truly “妓者” [ji zhe, whores, a pun on reporter/journalist], any obscure and random thing can be wildly sensationalized and embellished by you guys! You guys don’t care about the country’s big issues, don’t care about what the Premier said, only mining this kind of useless news!

网易山东网友:

Good form, every profession has its exemplar. Hope she doesn’t lose her direction as a result of the outside world’s attention.

网易北京网友:

Not bad, the 80s and 90s generation girls these days should learn from her. This is the disposition only Chinese women have and cannot be found anywhere else.

网易英国网友 [NetEase netizen from England]:

Coincidentally, I am also an interpreter. Let me help everyone understand a bit more. These types of occasions involving important national leaders speaking are all necessarily prepared in advance. With such a difficult phrase to translate and knowing that there would be that many foreign journalists, could they not have diligently prepared? The manuscript is provided in both Chinese and English, not 100% the same but at least 90%.
To tell the truth, in realty, this kind of political occasion interpreting is not the most difficult to translate technically, as the vocabulary is relatively limited, relatively popular, but one absolute must not make a mistake, so one must give 200% concentration.
The ingenious translations that everyone is noticing are all known translations in the field. It can be said that this kind of classical prose used by leaders cannot be so quickly translated by anyone in China, including the highest professors from Beijing University or Beijing Foreign Studies University. A person’s knowledge has limits, so don’t blindly believe anything [don't blindly believe she is so good that she can translate such difficult phrases instantly].
The most difficult are specialized fields in international academic conferences, where interpreting is very difficult to do because it is truly too difficult. Doing your homework in the first few days is completely useless, as all of it are the most difficult things that the top foreign professors have spent decades researching. The good thing is that you can make many mistakes and the professors would still forgive you.
Explanation complete. Don’t believe the hype.

网易广西网友:

The journalist’s questions were asked on the scene, so how could they have been prepared beforehand? It looks like your IQ is indeed not as high as us Chinese people [He assumes the above commenter is not Chinese]. However, I don’t blame you either. You being able to open-mindedly learn Chinese from Chinese people shows that you still have potential.

网易上海杨浦网友:

All a bunch of 2B, you guys really think people can raise any question they want at the press conference? All of the journalists’ questions must have an outline submitted for verification, and only after this outline has been determined to be answerable is it approved and credentials granted.

网易上海网友:

I also have two questions, one: Translating for the Premier should of course involve a national-level [the best] interpreters, because they would be representing a country’s image, this is obvious, so why do is it necessary to vigorously support this? Two, what is even more curious to me is that we now already no longer care about the country’s major issues and instead care about an interpreter’s disposition, whether or not she has class. Just whose tragedy is this?

网易北京网友:

Human flesh search Zhang Lu, see if she’s already married or not.

Some more pictures of Interpreter Zhang Lu:

See also:

• “Found in Translation: Wen’s English Voice” (China Real Time)
• “Pretty interpreter makes the news” (Danwei)

Pretty interpreters. chinaSMACK personals.

Original Post: Wen Jiabao’s Interpreter Zhang Lu Impresses Netizens

Original Source: chinaSMACK

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We first reported about Sister Feng last year when she became famous on the Chinese internet as the ugly but audacious girl in Shanghai distributing leaflets with a list of high demands seeking a boyfriend and eventual husband. Last month, we discovered that she works in a Carrefour supermarket and that one BMW driver sought a date with her for Valentine’s Day. Her latest news?

From Mop:

Sister Feng hugged and kissed by new boyfriend, hot scene!!

Luo Yufeng, March 9th on a Shanghai television show, with new boyfriend, rumored to be a student at a certain Zhejiang media school, for whom Sister Feng has given up her oath to only marry elite Tsinghua graduates in Economics or similar.

Netizens have named Sister Feng’s [凤姐 feng jie] boyfriend “Sister’s Husband” [凤姐夫 feng jie fu].

Maybe it is only funny if you understand Chinese.

Comments from Mop:

馒头虫爷:

If this guy does not marry Sister Feng, everyone search out this bastard’s information, so we can go block his door every day and pour shit on his door until he commits suicide in apology.

一声声再见不停再倒带:

Cute Sister Feng,

actually being seized by someone…

Sister Feng, how could you go for him?

- – ! Have the two of them XXOO yet?

Curious~~~

If this man does not marry Sister Feng, he is bound to be killed…

星灭魂:

Good thing I haven’t eaten…gag…this man is too NB…going this far…just to become famous!

放心我不是好人:

This man…is crazy? [crazy 疯 feng is the same sound as Sister Feng's name 凤 feng]

满面狰狞的小白兔:

The guy simply loves those with heavy flavor~

乱舞命衰:

What a tragedy. To contribute towards a new page [of comments]. How can that guy match Sister Feng? What a tragedy. Obama, your woman was stolen… [This commenter is joking that only Obama would be good enough for Sister Feng].

小小黑861128:

There truly are all sorts of people! Liking this kind [of woman], is very special/unique!

烽火火山:

This guy has a lot of guts, not afraid of being human flesh searched…

毛恒他爹:

The guy wants to become famous, so he found Sister Feng. That row of teeth is still so characteristic. Ho ho!

楼主是个杯具:

Too TM disgusting!!!

But there is bigger news than Sister Feng with a pretty boy…and this news also involves Brother Sharp, a beggar in Ningbo who suddenly became famous when photographs of him were posted online and Chinese netizens hailed him as the most handsome and trendy beggar. Last week, due to the attention of so many netizens, Brother Sharp was admitted to a hospital and then reunited with his family who have been searching for him for years. What is this bigger news for both Sister Feng and Brother Sharp?

From Xinmin:

Recently, a post-80s generation internet venture/promotions team published a post on a certain famous BBS discussion forum claiming that they were the masterminds behind the Brother Sharp and Sister Feng celebrity phenomenon.

When this information was published, it immediately incited a great uproar — – with a netizen commenting: “Us previously following Brother Sharp and Sister Feng so closely was only because it was engineered. Once thinking they were cups, only to discover now that we were the true cups!”

Sleeping four to five hours each day taking turns refreshing

“Netizens, you have all been deceived, Sister Feng and Brother Sharp were both single-handedly engineered by a certain behind-the-scenes group, and the engineers were us” one netizen whose internet name is “Extraordinary Dreams” revealed all over the Tianya BBS discussion forum, immediately attracting the curiosity of many netizens. Afterward, journalists contacted the poster, Cheng Long, and according to his explanation, they are a venture/promotions group in Shandong, with a total of 4 people, and as the team’s core, he directly participated in making these 2 people “suddenly famous”.

When Sister Feng was still in Lujiazui [Shanghai] handing out leaflets, they had approached her, and after she had participated on the television talk show, they immediately and frenziedly reposted Sister Feng’s quotes/comments. To prevent their posts from sinking down [becoming "buried" by new BBS discussion forum topics], they only slept four to five hours every day taking turns refreshing them [keeping them at the top of the forums].

As for Brother Sharp becoming famous, according to them it was completely by accident. Cheng Long claims that they just happened to encounter the down and out Brother Sharp when they were traveling and then posted his photographs onto the internet, never expecting that they would inadvertently raise and even allow Brother Sharp to overtake Sister Feng.

Squatting the “Sister Feng” domain name awaiting business opportunities

As it is understood, these 4 people have already squatted all “Sister Feng”, “Brother Sharp”, and related domain names, with one dating website with the domain name ” Yu Feng Jie [Sister Yu Feng]” having already launched a week ago.

According to their plans, this dating website allows registered male and female members to arrange dates after paying a set fee. Allegedly, in the week since this website was launch, there are already over 200 registered members, with daily pageviews steady at around 500.

Do you believe them or do you believe they are just trying to become famous using Sister Feng and Brother Sharp?

Not the “Yu Feng Jie” dating website. chinaSMACK personals.

Original Post: ‘Sister Feng’ & ‘Brother Sharp’ Celebrities Were Engineered

Original Source: chinaSMACK

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From Mop:

Female reporter arm in arm with many government ministers causes controversy

During the Two Meetings (National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference), in order to get material, media journalists can be said to do many strange things — – blocking the restroom doors, intercepting subjects on the steps of the meeting, even collective “kidnapping” of subjects for interviews…. Recently, a post about a female reporter clutching to many Ministers has been spreading on the internet. It can be seen in the photograph that a beautiful female reporter clutched onto the Minister of Education Yuan Guiren to interview him while walking away from the interview place. In the end, Minister Yuan reluctantly accepted the interview. What more, this female reporter did not do this only once, as it can be seen from several photographs that her methods can be said to be “tried and true”.

Comments from Mop:

墙头的萝卜:

Being able to clutch onto them [the ministers] is pretty niu already, [but] what man doesn’t like good-looking women…so from now on, every occupation will want pretty people. Doesn’t this count as discrimination?

遇到ＪＢ才注册的:

Brother has seen loneliness…

夜半惊魂:

What was no big deal now after being hyped up has become a big deal!

KIM_JUNY:

Good looks can turn the tides.

天之天九于动者攻善:

Those so called leaders are all fucking perverts!

爱居家私:

Could this be the next internet celebrity???

gaxxxxxxx:

Speculating without reasons, hypothesizing without evidence, nothing better to do.

我是纠察:

If it were a man, clutching to a leader’s arm, the leader have you arrested!!!

vigoxw:

Where have I seen her before, can she be a plain clothes bodyguard? However, she really is rather pretty.

拉风的汝人:

As long as it is in a place where there are a lot of men, any woman is considered beautiful.

How can women use subtle methods to get compliance and agreement from men?

Interviews. chinaSMACK personals.

Original Post: Aggressive Female Reporter At Annual Two Meetings

Original Source: chinaSMACK

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Note: The translation of this Chinese netizen’s story is slightly abridged.

From Mop:

I am a bisexual, my love life from high school to university!

I was a new student at an ordinary high school in Beijing. Due to my strict upbringing during middle school, I had never dated before, and I was rather pure when I started high school. At that time, I really didn’t know anything about dating, but things that should happen will happen, people that we should encounter, will be encountered…

One day during lunch, I had just finished soaking some ramen in hot water, and when I turned around a tall shadow rushed towards me, a tragedy [sic] happened. Scalding hot broth spilled all over me, but luckily, I was not burned. I was in a panic and decided to change my clothes first before finding who was responsible, but he took off his uniform and said: “Sorry, I didn’t burn you, did I? You should take my uniform”.  At this moment, it occurred to me to raise my head and see who this troublemaker was, so tall…. roughly 190 cm [i.e. 6 ft 2 in].  I gave him a hard time, but I knew he didn’t do it on purpose, “when possible, forgive them” [Chinese proverb]. However, I still took his uniform, he took mine, and he asked me which class section I was in, what my name was. I replied that I was a freshmen in Class Four, my name is Xiao Hang. Wearing his large uniform was quite funny because the sleeves were as long as the ones on Beijing opera costumes!

When I entered class the next morning, I saw him waiting for me at the doorway, his hand holding my now clean uniform. I walked over, and he said “I’m really sorry about yesterday, at the time I didn’t see you and knocked you over. Here’s your uniform, I took it home and cleaned it.” I took my uniform and said, “It’s alright, your uniform is at my house, and I’ll bring it tomorrow. Which grade are you in?” He chuckled and said “Keep the uniform, consider it a souvenir, haha. I’m a sophomore in Class One. You can call me Tao Tao.”

And curiously like this, I became acquainted with him. To be honest, at the time I didn’t know anything about male-female relationships much less relationships between two men, so I didn’t think about it too much. After the incident, I didn’t try to talk to him until one day I bumped into him after school and said hello. He wheeled his bike over and asked: “Are you taking the bus home?” I replied, “Yeah, at the stop just ahead.”  “How about I give you a ride over there on my bike?” Being lazy, I happily agreed. After arriving at the bus stop, he asked “Where’s your house?” I answered “Neighborhood A”.  “Not very far, I might as well give you a ride over!” At the time, I felt bad for giving him so much trouble, so I politely refused and took the bus home.

After another period of time, the days got colder, and it was basically dark when school let out for the day. One day after school, I was with my classmate and very good friend Shang Shang. She shivered as we left school, so I lent her my coat since she’s a girl and would be riding her bike home while I took the bus. But it was really cold today, and while standing at the bus stop, he yelled to me before coming up and said “It’s so cold today, especially without a coat”. I smiled and said “It’s not a big deal, the bus will be here shortly.”  He replied “Why take the bus? You ought to take a cab!” Conveniently, a cab drove by and without giving me a chance to say anything, he pushed me in and said “Driver, Neighborhood A”.

Sitting in the cab, I thought “This guy is weird, why does he want to take me home so badly?” While I was thinking, he chimed, “My house is near yours, it’s at XX location.” So I said “Then you should get off first since your house is closer, I can get home by myself.” He remarked “I wanted you to take the cab, of course I have to drop you off, otherwise it wouldn’t be proper.” What kind of thinking is this? Not long after, I got home. While helping me get out of the cab he said, “Can I have your number, it’d be easier to keep in contact.” I didn’t think too much about it and gave it to him. He got back into the car and went home.

After having dinner, I started my homework, and the phone rang with a stranger’s text message, “Whatcha doing? Did you eat yet?” I didn’t realize it was him, so I answered: “You are…?” He responded “Relax! I just dropped you off and you already forgot who I am!” I suddenly realized it, and replied “Sorry, my mind is slow, didn’t think about it enough, hey hey!” He responded “put my number in your contacts! I still have some stuff to finish up here, I’ll talk to you tomorrow!” I still didn’t think too much about it and went back to my homework before watching some TV and going to bed.

The next morning, I turned on my phone and discovered three text messages, and all were from him. The first: “Whatcha doing? Sleep yet?” The second: “Why aren’t you replying?” The last one:  “You must’ve turned off your phone, must be sleeping, have a good rest, see you in the morning!” I wondered what he meant by “in the morning”. While waiting at the bus stop, I saw him wave toward me and he came over. “Get on the bike, I’ll send you to school.” I was stunned, and said “Ah, I shouldn’t do that. I’ll just take the bus.” He said “Take the bus? I’m already here! Lets go, get on!” I admit that I’m a person who can’t refuse others… I couldn’t help it, so I got on. He pedaled very quickly, and I held onto the bike seat. We arrived soon after, and he told me to hurry on ahead and get some breakfast. After this experience, he basically brought me home and took me to school every day and would often come to my class to find me. We’d spend lunch time on playground chatting, and I began to know him. His family runs a restaurant, is pretty well off, and he runs long-distance track. After a while, there was no longer any awkwardness between us, until that one day….

It was a Friday, and like any other day, I waited for him after school while he got his bike. As he pushed the bike towards me, he said “Hang, today’s my birthday, tell your parents you won’t be eating at home tonight. Is that ok?” I called my parents to let them know where I was going and then went with him to a restaurant.  He told me he already had a room reserved and some of his friends were already there. (At the time I was really nervous, I don’t know why, maybe it was because I didn’t know any of his friends.) There weren’t a lot of people, around six, and when we arrived they made a big fuss about how Brother Tao brought with him so-and-so…. at the time I didn’t pay much attention to it. During a birthday, it’s hard not to drink, Tao Tao can drink a lot and loves to drink (his drinking was the main problem that constantly disturbed our relationship, I’ll bring it up again later) and being his birthday, he had a lot…. It was already past 9 pm, and he drank himself to the point of passing out, so I asked one of his friends, Xiao R, what to do. He said lets take him home, and I agreed.

I helped Xiao R take him outside (people who have had too much are really really heavy), and Xiao R managed to get a cab before we hoisted him inside. His house wasn’t far away, and when we arrived I told Xiao R he should drop him off since I had to hurry home. Xiao R grumbled, “I can’t move him by myself!” (Indeed, Xiao R was a scrawny kind of guy, not even 170 cm [5 ft 7 in]). No choice, so I helped Xiao R drop him off. When we reached his house, Xiao R knocked on the door a few times, but no one answered. Xiao R said to get the keys from his pocket. I reached in to his jacket and started to search for the keys….not there, so I started to search in his pant pockets… I reached in and he suddenly grabbed my hand and started to move it to that area. I was very startled and quickly pulled my hand out …. and that’s when he pointed to his bag. I opened his bag, found the keys, opened the door, and we laid him down on his bed. Xiao R went to go get a moist towel to wipe him off and instructed me to take off his shoes and clothes. It was already late, but I grudgingly complied…. I guess good people gotta finish what they start. I took off his shoes first, and when I started to take off his shirt….. he suddenly pulled me into his chest and embraced me….. Ok, I admit that once again I was very startled. He hugged me tightly, I felt his breathing become more urgent, he turned his face towards mine… I saw this familiar yet unfamiliar face and, to my own surprise, closed my eyes and moved my lips toward his…

To be continued…

Comments from Mop:

潜水专用小马甲:

Update more quickly.

天楠筷子龙:

Strongly urge lou zhu for updates… updates….

天使又怎样_:

Don’t be too explicit, also: your taste is really strong, ha.

我叫康帅搏:

Dirty animal! Let this old monk fuck you.

NB小白:

Strong taste or whatever, I like it, LZ continue

牡丹的甜甜圈:

。。。。。。。。

ARes_Viva:

Nothing too exciting.

大柏树家的猫猫:

This is really sweet! Bless you two!

装逼b侠:

LZ, if there are no updates, I will beat you up.

酱子简单:

Lou zhu is really unique

《深谷幽蓝》:

Pray that the sweethearts of the world will find a way to be together

酱子简单:

Lou zhu , increase your efficiency! The masses of Mop are waiting!

丛林熊猫:

To say nothing else
My fantasy is to find a bisexual wife.
As for the reason… all men should understand.

Bi-curious? chinaSMACK personals.

Note: The above image is not related to this story.

Original Post: Chinese Bisexual Schoolboy’s Story & Experiences: Part 1

Original Source: chinaSMACK

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In what appears to be a reversal in history, a balloon with the messages “Loyalty to the Party…” drifted across the strait to Taiwan. Some older netizens recalled receiving similar balloons from Taiwan during the Cold War that contained propaganda along with food and other goodies, while others poked fun at the messages along with the balloon as a possible secret weapon.

From NetEase:

This airborne balloon hung with the [banner] written in simplified characters “Loyalty to the party, loyalty to the people…”, drifted and landed in Yanpu village in Pingtung County, it was a novel sight for residents.

According to Taiwan’s United Daily News, a big balloon manufactured by a Lantern production company in Hunan, drifted to Yanpu village in Bingdong County, the balloon was written with simplified characters: “Loyalty to the Party, Loyalty to the people,” the crowds curiously observed this balloon that flew thousands of kilometers to “defect” to Taiwan.

“Wow! Such a big balloon, even hung with simplified characters…”, yesterday morning at around 6am, a care-taker at Taishiqi Company discovered a large red balloon suspended on top of the factory building, the Xinwei Police Department after receiving the news, Department chief Lin Bofan asked in the local Bureau to send construction vehicles, and only after strenuous effort did they pull the balloon down.

On the balloon was the marking of a manufacturing company in Zhenjiang, Hunan, with the serial number as No. 52 Lantern balloon, under the balloon hung a red banner, with the big simplified characters “Loyalty to the Party, Loyalty to the people, Loyalty to one’s enterprise, and Loyalty to oneself,” that drifted with the balloon for thousands of kilometers, yet still remained intact.

Mainland manufacture [representative] Liang Jinhua after hearing about the balloon flying across the strait to Taiwan was not surprised, “this is not the first time it flew to Taiwan,” the company sells many balloons, most used during the holidays; I predict it was probably bought by a customer from Fujian, who didn’t properly secure [the balloon] causing it to float across the ocean.

Comments from NetEase:

网易山东网友:

When I was young, I often pick up propaganda leaflets and delicious candy from balloons that floated over from Taiwan.

网易广东深圳网友:

According to latest reports, enemy Taiwan agents changed the message on the balloon to traditional characters and sent it [drifting] back to the mainland.

网易山东济宁网友:

Those born in the 70’s all know that in the early 80’s in Shandong, [one] could find propaganda goods from Taiwan, like beef jerky, candy, even little scissors and things, it was finely crafted and delicate. At that time, our own manufactured daily items were old and ugly.

网易四川成都网友:

This society today, still thinking about loyalty to the Party, I’m only loyal to one person and that is myself.

网易重庆渝中网友:

I’m only loyal to my old lady. [wife]

网易山东济南网友:

Yesterday I saw a balloon that drifted from Taiwan, on it was written “very foolish, very naive“.

网易美国网友:

Always hanging this type of message is not good toward the unification of Taiwan.

网易湖北宜昌网友:

Disgusting mainlanders is not enough; they have to float across the ocean to disgust people on the Treasure Island [Taiwan].

网易福建厦门网友:

When I was young, our area frequently had helium balloons floating from Taiwan, containing many electronics, watches, propaganda leaflets, etc. Now it has changed to floating from the mainland to Taiwan.

网易广东深圳网友:

In reality this is the advanced secret weapon to counter the patriot missile system.

网易火星网友:

I want to float myself over there!!! Haha!!!

网易辽宁大连网友:

Could it be an experimental weapon, or to test Taiwan’s missile defense system?

网易浙江杭州网友:

The important thing is that Taiwanese people are not curious about the balloon, but the words written on it, what is the point of loyalty to the Party? Loyalty should come from one’s heart!

网易江苏南京网友:

In the 21st century today, two grown men are still playing children’s games. Real creative.

Above: Propaganda balloons from Taiwan during the Cold War

Loyalty to your wife. chinaSMACK personals.

Original Post: ‘Loyalty to the Party’ Balloon Lands In Taiwan

Original Source: chinaSMACK

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From Sohu:

Daughter’s nationality arouses American media’s attention. Yao Ming: This is our private matter

Where will Yao Ming and Ye Li’s daughter be born? This question recently became a focal point of attention for domestic [China] basketball fans and media, and with the broad domestic attention, the American media also began to pay attention so much that today, before the [Houston] Rockets’ game, Yao Ming in the Rockets’ locker room once again expressed his hope that everyone can give him and Ye Li some private space.

Yao Ming’s wife, Ye Li, recently flew to America so it is likely that she plans to give birth there.

Comments from Sohu:

qning940:

China is unfair/unjust everywhere. Who would be willing to stay in China if they had the choice?

搜狐手机网友:

If I were Yao Ming, I would change [citizenship/nationality], it is better for the child!

搜狐手机网友:

Damn, them having a daughter is none of some of you people’s fart business.

搜狐手机网友:

You are a public figure, so this is not a private matter. Who can guarantee that you will always only have a Chinese heart! It is not as if there are not Chinese traitors! This is the time where you are tested!

搜狐河北省保定市网友:

Yao Ming is Chinese. His wife is Chinese. Their child will be even more Chinese. A child of the dragon!!!

搜狐手机网友:

If Yao Ming’s daughter were to take American nationality, that would be such an injury to our countrymen’s hearts! Truly very difficult to bear!!

搜狐湖南省郴州市网友:

Because of patriotism, Yao Ming can only have his daughter take American citizenship!!! This way, he can then have a son in China, so his son can take Chinese nationality!!! To contribute to China basketball!!

搜狐辽宁省沈阳市网友:

I support Yao Ming, as long as he still has his motherland in his heart that is enough.

kasim:

Famous people are still people. Also, what business of your’s is his daughter? Also, what family these days with some means does not send their own children abroad! Also, if others have this means, what can you do about it?

搜狐北京市网友:

Jackie Chan had Jaycee Chan give up his American nationality.

搜狐手机网友:

Taking another country’s nationality is their private business. For which country the child plays ball is the child’s right to choose. Everyone else [criticizing] has nothing better to do.

搜狐江苏省镇江市网友:

No matter from what angle we consider, it is all Yao’s private family matter. However when considering the long-term, Yao’s daughter taking Chinese nationality can get more and broader development [opportunities]. China eighteen years later will not be like today’s China, possibly being even more powerful than America. Even if [China] has not yet matched America at that time, Yao’s daughter having Chinese nationality is still more advantageous for Yao’s daughter’s development prospects. Wish the best to Yao Ming, wish the best to Ye Li, wish the best to the Yao family’s new baby.

搜狐网友:

Actually, it really is whatever. Even if YM’s [Yao Ming's] child is American, the reasons are over a lot of educational and upbringing issues. It would be simpler just clearly asking which country YM’s child would play for if she plays basketball! After all, isn’t arguing over YM’s nationality issue all about whether or not his child would contribute to the country [China]? Were it a normal child, would you still argue over her nationality? So extending the question would be if his child will be involved in sports, has good genes, what country’s team would she join!

Very tall people will make very tall children.

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From Mop:

Outstanding Sleeping God, have you ever seen children that sleep like this?

Comments from Mop:

非潜不可:

Son, if you sleep like this brother
daddy will not take you to go watch Sister Shou Shou’s video tape~~~

麥、尛沫:

Pretty cute kid.

Isn’t sleeping on the floor cold?

LZ, not helping the child up, fine, but secretly photographing them too?

ヤ雲端♂戀:

Who knows, maybe I was like this too when I was small.

真的饿了:

I’m here to get soy sauce.

俺初来乍到的小猫:

His appearance is really cute, but what kind of heavy work made this child this tired?

From NetEase:

Sleeping God again appears amongst the people: This kind of bed kung-fu I’ve never seen before

Comments from NetEase:

受害者bb:

Future genius.

渡海的蚂蚁:

Careless parents, niu bi mosquito net!

kaiyuansi96:

This is a special use for fully enclosed mosquito nets, my baby has also several times slept like this.

雨中行路人:

Extreme sleeping. [She's] also advertising for the mosquito net!

心碎无痕:

These two children, too funny!

Have you ever fallen asleep in a strange place or in a strange way?

Extreme sleeping. chinaSMACK personals.

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Many Chinese people really liked James Cameron’s “Avatar”. In January, we translated many Chinese netizen reactions to “Avatar” and shared many photographs of Chinese people lining up overnight every day to buy tickets to see the movie. So when “Avatar” lost big awards such as Best Picture and Best Director to “The Hurt Locker” last night during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards [Oscars], many Chinese were very disappointed. For example, on Tianya, one post topic title is: “‘The Hurt Locker’ disposed of ‘Avatar’: The year’s greatest cups.”

From KDS:

Really did not think “The Hurt Locker” was that good, Oscars this year was a mess.

I am not American, so I think it was very average, far from “Black Hawk Down”, not even as good as “Saving Private Ryan”.

I wanted to fall asleep after watching some of it.

Of the six awards, which one was it not worthy of?

I think of the 10 films, this one could be placed last.

Comments from KDS:

油凳子:

The Academy awards movies that contribute to the film industry, not films that contribute to entertainment. All the ones you are talking about are all very strongly entertainment films.

加州的大雕:

Avatar did not contribute to the film industry? What a joke.

Which movie jump-started IMAX? Which movie jump-started 3D? Plus a not bad story and musical score, it should’ve been considered a very ideal film.

But “The Hurt Locker”? Leaving aside Best Picture and Best Director,
this movie is able to win Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing?

走过路过:

The Hurt Locker is indeed not good, a very strange movie, more like a documentary.

HiDe&#8482:

I also think The Hurt Locker was just average. I didn’t even finish it before I deleted it.

cyb:

A giant amongst dwarfs, plus this movie belongs to America’s “war” films, so what is so strange about it winning, whereas Avatar winning Best Picture would have been strange.

奥特MAN:

Americans’ movie awards, Americans’ movies, so if the Americans think it is good, what is the problem?

clank:

Already winning Best Director, and also giving it Best Picture is indeed a little going too far. I reckon normally [James] Cameron has offended quite a few people, so he was harmonized.

招财:

Haven’t seen it, but the film is for those who pay to watch, not for selection committees who do not pay to watch, so as long as those who pay think it is not good to watch, then it fucking isn’t a good film.

yoyo:

War movie, understand? China has war movies. Americans also have them. If China had Oscars, the winner would be: The Founding of a Republic, The Founding of a Republic, The Founding of a Republic, The Founding of a Republic, The Founding of a Republic, The Founding of a Republic, The Founding of a Republic, The Founding of a Republic, The Founding of a Republic, The Founding of a Republic, The Founding of a Republic, The Founding of a Republic.

"The Founding of a Republic", Chinese stars celebrate the 60th anniversary of the PRC.

ben:

“The Hurt Locker”, a very realistic war film~!! The details were very fine, and it also have a very strong writing team. Those that get it would naturally get it~!! A movie’s review does not just look at the visuals, it must be reviewed from comprehensive angles as well~!! A well-filmed, extremely detailed realistic film will of course be favored~!!

waley:

Only after watching “Avatar” did I understand that the person with the bigger dick between their legs is whoever is listened to;

Only after watching the Oscars did I understand that no matter how big your dick is, it is no match for 《拆“蛋”部队》 [chāi dàn bù duì, a pun of the Chinese name for "The Hurt Locker" 《拆弹部队》 chāi tán bù duì which means "ball/testicle disposal unit"]

albin:

This is the so-called emperor’s new clothes. Those saying this movie is good are actually just IB‘ing.

非鱼:

A very realistic film, after watching it, it is like having personally experienced being an American soldier in Iraq.
Every day hovering on the line between life and death, just when will this war end, and is there an end?

加州的大雕:

A very realistic war film?
Of those who saw the movie, just how many have actually go on the battlefield to fight a battle?
How important is pursuing these details?
What does this movie telling/teaching us?
The brutality of war? That war not only traumatizes our bodies but also our minds? “>The effects of war on the next generation?
Amongst anti-war films, this one is definitely nothing special.

鬼塚:

The Hurt Locker,
I think is better than Avatar.
I saw it 4 times.
LZ is one of those who like watching entertainment films…
while that is a historical film…

伐告诉侬:

If one does not have higher expectations than normal people, how can one be an expert? It is the same domestically and abroad.

罗伯斯庇尔:

A lot of people watching this film as an action movie will definitely be disappointed in the end. The director is only showing the lives of American soldiers in Iraq, their internal world.

This is more difficult to film than explosions, and even more emotionally stimulating.

堪察加半岛:

According to certain people,

why is it necessary to select [winners]?

Why not just distribute prizes according to box office results?

堪察加半岛:

Were Avatar to have gotten the Oscar

then wouldn’t that have been hilarious

that the dignified Academy Award was given to this kind of film.

老油条:

American culture is the “American Dream”. Actually, their aesthetic/taste is also pretty lousy.
I just like big films/blockbusters.

"It's okay...don't be angry..."

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I did not know that Kathryn Bigelow was James Cameron’s ex-wife…how funny.

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Ten days ago, we reported about a beggar that netizens have begun calling “Brother Sharp” (or “Sharp Brother”) for his “sharp/penetrating” eyes and fashionable appearance. He became the hottest news on the Chinese internet. A few days ago, Brother Sharp was reunited with his family. Here is the update:

From Xinmin:

“Brother Sharp’s” real name Cheng Guorong, has two children, wife deceased

Yesterday (March 5) morning, this reporter received news that the relatives of the Ningbo street beggar “Brother Sharp”, that netizens have been following, have been found, and have already arrived in Ningbo while “Brother Sharp” has since already entered the Ningbo City mental hospital.

As it is understood, “Brother Sharp’s” real name is called Cheng Guorong, born 1976, and is from Poyang county of Jiangxi province. Yesterday rushing to reunite is his mother and younger brother. According to “Brother Sharp’s” younger brother Cheng Guosheng, “Brother Sharp” has two children attending school in his hometown, that his wife and father suffered a car accident last year and both have passed away.

After shaving his beard and changing out of his homeless clothes, “Brother Sharp” became a completely different person from the one netizens previously were familiar with. Cheng Guosheng said his older brother came to Ningbo in 2000 with others from his hometown to find work, had still been in contact with his family the past few years, but beginning in 2003,  information from him had stopped. Family members have previously came to Ningbo to find him multiple times, with the most recent time being the year before last. That time, it was his uncle who came to Ningbo to find his nephew, but eventually found no information. Cheng Guosheng thinks his elder brother maybe did not earn much money and thus did not have the face to return home, but as to why he became homeless on the streets, he too is perplexed.

With regards to “Brother Sharp’s” psychiatric symptoms, doctors say there needs to be further medical observation. After “Brother Sharp”, there have again been people who have discovered “Brother Sprite” etc., while some netizens have called for not using beggars as entertainment.

In the video below, the media believes they have found Brother Sharp’s family. Brother Sharp’s possible mother and younger brother arrive in Ningbo after riding a bus for many hours. In Ningbo, they review some video of Brother Sharp to determine if they are sure it is her son and his older brother. The mother cries, wondering how her son had become this way. The younger brother says he is over 90% sure Brother Sharp is his elder brother, although after so many years, there is of course some change.

The man wearing the hat in much of the video with Brother Sharp is “Lao Can Mao”, the netizen who met Brother Sharp in 2008 and shared how Brother Sharp lives on the internet (see our previous post).

In the next video, the mother and brother go to meet Brother Sharp. A representative says that Brother Sharp’s condition was okay when the hospital admitted him, that they cleaned him up, changed his clothes, and that he was able to write his own name as well as his father’s name. When interviewed by reporters, his younger brother says that he had originally come to Ningbo with people from his hometown, later returned, but then came to Ningbo alone again. A doctor tells the media that Brother Sharp still has some mental problems. Brother Sharp’s younger brother answers more questions from the media, such as whether or not Brother Sharp recognized them, and also some stupid questions like whether his hair was cut and what he looks like now.

The last person in the video being interviewed is “Lao Can Mao” again who says he did not meet Brother Sharp yet, that he only saw him from a distance, that Brother Sharp did not see him, and that he just wanted to see the mother and younger brother. He jokes that Brother Sharp is now much cleaner and trusts that he should now be more handsome than before although he probably is no longer “Brother Sharp” because he no longer has the “sharp/penetrating” eyes or look. Finally, he says that the expenses will probably be paid by a relevant government department.

In this last video, we can see Brother Sharp himself, shaved and cleaned up. The host first shares that most netizens believe Brother Sharp should remain in the hospital for further observation but that the younger brother has told them that they feel staying would not be good for Brother Sharp and have already checked him out of the hospital. Brother Sharp is wearing the Puma hat.

There have been many Photoshops of Brother Sharp during this time. Here is a collection:

Some photographs during Brother Sharp’s reunion with his mother and younger brother in a hotel room:

As you can see, Brother Sharp has not yet completely recovered to normal.

Original Post: ‘Brother Sharp’ Reunited With Family & More Photoshops

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From Sina:

The term “unspoken rules” is a popular phrase in today’s society, and those who suffer the consequences from unspoken rules are often women, especially those “pretty flowers” that are already popular or want to be popular. Due to widespread conversation and concern, this matter has increasingly become one of society’s biggest moral debates. However, everyone seems to have neglected the other gender’s experience with “unspoken rules”. Even though males in society occupy a position of strength, he will inevitably suffer from “unspoken rules” to a certain degree, especially those in the special line of work of being male secretaries.

Due to a strange set of circumstances, I ended up enrolling in the secretary profession at a “not well-known” college after my college entrance exams. On the day that new students report in, I saw my class was “a field of red flowers”, “green leaves” [i.e. men] were indeed very few, and the strange thought that “at last, now is the time that men must endure the role of being red flowers” inexplicably exploded into my mind. The secretarial profession is least-scared of artistic performance, to the point where droves will boldly show up for even one performance, but for sport competitions, we are viewed as “a handicapped group” in need of special care.

In the blink of an eye, I graduated college, and after experiencing a round of bitter defeat, I finally got my wish by finding a job that fit my major with the sole regret being: I would be a “little secretary” [slightly derogatory term] for a middle-aged woman. My job was in a medium-sized trading company which was said to be established by my boss and her husband. Later on, the husband fulfilled the popular saying that “men who get money become bad” by taking his deserved share of the assets before he “dusted off his sleeves and left” [Chinese proverb]. My female boss is forty or so this year, other than “money” and “power”, I do not see any virtue in her, but these two are enough for countless people to grovel beneath her “pomegranate skirt” [sic, i.e. submit to her will]. According to a colleague: the female boss has a depraved lifestyle, and at any point in time she switches between a variety of “little white faces” [white-skinned, cute/effeminate boys]. They even warned me to be careful, don’t become her “little sweetheart”. At the time, I thought to myself that I’m just working here, she won’t try to “lay her hand on me” [i.e. make a move], moreover, my looks are mediocre, average temperament, I reckon she won’t be attracted to me. After working at the company for almost two months, nothing happened, the female boss gave me appropriate tasks and didn’t have any desires for me “in that way”.

One day in July 2009, the female boss wanted me to accompany her to see a client who came from the south, to be a secretary. Accompanying a boss for social gatherings is very normal, so I didn’t think too much about it, and I went with her after work. I rode in the female boss’ Benz with the assumption of going to the “Hong Ning Hotel” which is often used by our company for receiving clients, but the car was headed in the opposite direction. I didn’t think too much of it, maybe we were receiving rather important clients and switched to another hotel? After about half an hour, the female boss’ car reached a neighborhood of villas. I once saw an ad in the newspaper for this neighborhood, the housing price for one square meter is comparable to half of my yearly salary. I wondered why we had to come here? I asked the female boss: Chief Liu, aren’t we going to meet the clients? The female boss said: We’re not going to the hotel today, this client is a friend of mine, so might as well receive him at home. I didn’t say anything but did feel a faint pain of discomfort. The Benz stopped at a villa, the female boss and I got off and went inside.

The instant that the doors of the villa swung open, my eyes were stupefied, it would not be an exaggeration to describe the interior design and furnishings as “splendorous and majestic”. I didn’t even get a chance to examine things closely before the female boss wanted me to sit on the couch. She said to wait a bit since the client hasn’t arrived yet, and she would go upstairs to change into another outfit. I sat on the couch while looking in every direction, and before long, the female boss came down from upstairs, but she wasn’t wearing any clothes, not a single thread of clothing was on her. I really didn’t know what to do, I didn’t know what she was going to do. The female boss casually walked to my side, both her eyes gazed tightly on me and said: Xiao Zhao, am I beautiful? I was scared stupid and stammered: Liu…. Chief Liu….Client….. Where’s the client? The female boss laughed scornfully: There are no clients, we are the only ones in this house. Come, tonight I’m yours. I didn’t know how to respond, only dumbstruck and looking at her stupidly. The female boss saw that I wasn’t responding and continued to say: Xiao Zhao, if you’re with me, the company’s deputy chief position is yours, I will also give you a BMW. For a kid who came from the countryside, it’s hard for me to resist material temptation. Just like that, I submitted to the female boss’ money and power, my first time was given to the “middle-aged but still somewhat attractive” female boss.

The next day, the female boss announced to everyone that I was promoted to deputy chief and was allocated a BMW. I used my one night in exchange for what these other people had no way of getting in their entire lifetime, but am I really happy? I, myself, am very confused, I don’t know how I would face my relatives and friends, I also don’t know if what I did is right or wrong? From this point onward, the female boss would often bring me to different inns, hotels, and the villa to provide her with “pleasure”, I’ve simply become a “machine” to satisfy her lust. I’m truly nauseated to see her disgusting face and body, but the temptation of money makes it impossible for me to stop. I can sense my colleagues’ superficial respect, but behind my back they are all gossiping. What path should I take? I’m really in agony, can everyone please help me out, ok?

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Comments from Sina:

红豆1115:

Encountering “unspoken rules” does not distinguish between men and women.

麦楽鸭:

Wah…old buddy….Your taste is this strong/heavy~~!

无聊人:

Forget it, just endure it.

寂寞如歌:

Each must do what’s necessary, clear your conscience. If you feel ashamed don’t do such shady things.

淘宝网有宝呀:

Accept reality~~~~!~~!~~~

记得回帖:

From what I see, examples like this are too many, lo.

灰色边缘:

From an outsider’s perspective, this in fact is very simple.
Material temptation and the body, the consensus is it’s hard to resist.
My thinking is if you really have the ability to take such a position, you certainly can escape all this.
If you do not have the ability, and you still want to be treated better, you certainly will be captive to materialism.
Clearly, you are the latter, society’s rules told you that you can be like this.
But I think your life is not very happy.
This is desire’s mistake, if you are a person who can satisfy the necessities of life, you can certainly rely on just one or two thousand and live peacefully: however, you’re not. Be more balanced, and you’ll be better off.
I think your strategy is to wait until you’ve got enough money and then leave, fortunately, you’re not a female secretary.

王俊杰猛:

Got money, what else is there.

秋上:

What’s the way to determine unspoken rules?

I don’t know what unspoken rules really are.
But I’ve always believed that if you protect yourself well, others won’t risk the dangers of breaking the law to engage in unspoken rules with you.
Your definitely gave others the chance and excuse to engage in unspoken rules.

Unspoken rules are actually someone estimating their own worth, comparing it to what one wants and many other things.

Other peoples’ darkness and immorality are their own,
but you’ve encountered unspoken rules, don’t blame it entirely on your environment, because the internal reason determines the external reason, the external reason merely brings about the opposite of the internal reason.

狼嚎:

Your life is so good.

1154783755:

Take the money and leave.

1686444744:

Eating soft food [sic] also takes skill, congratulations.

1579893780:

This is the results after meeting a wealthy woman. Brother, don’t be too virtuous, use this chance to your advantage. Fight to get something useful out of this, and take a leading role in society!

中目:

You win some, you lose some. When you get what you wanted, you can go find what you lost. Not much to it.

熠冰:

This is not unspoken rules, but your own system of values.

lyw3182179:

To be an old woman’s male secretary, if you don’t do it, someone else will.

欲火焚身:

Little buddy, your fate is so good, old chap here has worked away from home for 10 years without bumping into a good occasion such as this. The paths for seeking one’s livelihood are myriad, in today’s society, to have money is to have status! Be a little realistic, build your center around economics.

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