April 15th, 2008 at 12:44 pm (Uncategorized)
Ceci n’est pas un Lobsang Gendun
Chinese netizens have been furiously seeking the guy who tried to grab the Olympic Torch from Paralympian Jin Jing in Paris. An Internet manhunt was launched and pinpointed a Tibetan man in Utah named Lobsang Gendun. First problem? It’s not the right guy. Utah TV station KSL manages to confuse London with Paris in the article (another example of why Chinese nationalists are taking errors by US media waaaay too seriously), but its definitely not the guy whose name, address, phone number, Google Map location, pet peeves and favorite color have been splashed across Anti-CNN and other Chinese bulletin boards. Oh, and wanted posters.
This isn’t the Tibetan You’re Looking For
His phone began to ring in the middle of the night. At first, they were hang-ups. More calls followed with threatening and obscene messages. Messages left on his answering machine include, “Hey, I wish you to die and go to Hell (obscenity),” and, “Please remember that if you want to be an enemy of the whole Chinese people, then you are doomed, OK?” Read the rest of this entry »
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April 12th, 2008 at 10:03 am (Uncategorized)
Just a quick note, since I’ve been lax in Xinjiang blogging, everybody should be reading The New Dominion. They’ve got it all covered, from the newest announcement of suicide bombing food poisoning kidnapping terrorists, to the alleged Hizb ut-Tahrir connection, to telling Nicholas Kristof he’s a hack. And Uyghur lessons (podcast, fellas, podcast!!!). Now I would just make a request: hey guys, how about digging into the Uyghur forums and translating some of the stuff there? I heard there’s some wacky story getting posted all over the place about a Korean missionary who sleeps with guys in order to get them to take bibles and convert. No, really.
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April 11th, 2008 at 11:44 pm (Uncategorized)
A joint Sino-Japanese documentary, “Yasukuni” (靖国) is having some trouble finding cinemas willing to show it, apparently due to pressure and threats from right wing groups who believe the movie is Anti-Japan. The director had this to say:
“‘Anti-Japanese’ was a phrase that was used here [Japan] often before the Sino-Japanese War,” the director says.
“It was used to encourage nationalism. It’s a very dangerous phrase. Those who use it are irresponsible.”
*thump* *thump* *thump* *thump* *thump* Don’t mind me, I’m just banging my head against this wall here…
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