This is actually an old post, the earliest one I could find is from tieba.baidu on March 29, 2006, however, it came back to life these days and was reposted by sohu business review, chinareviewnews.com etc. and was recently referred by the popular commentary talk show Behind the Headlines with Wen Tao (铿锵三人行) on Phoenix TV.

Here is translation of the  content:

I am a typical so-called “economic animal” Japanese businessman, I have been China for over 6 years working and living in 5 different cities in China. I have learned some Chinese in university back in Japan, so I understand Chinese and can read Chinese character though less capable in writing and oral speaking. I have my own understanding about China’s being called as “world factory”, as far as I am concerned, China do achieve a lot in terms of productivity, but it has a lot more to go to fulfill the essence of being “world factory”.

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From Netease:

March 30, Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau Traffic Police Department was equipped with “BMW 5 Series” police cars for the World Expo escorts. 22 BMW all had lights and sirens installed and police symbols painted on them. These vehicles will be operated by the Shanghai local police in full service of the 2010 World Expo.

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From IFeng:

In recent years, cases of criminal suspects and people who are mental ill armed with knives, engaging in extreme behaviors occur frequently. It has become a major problem affecting the social stability and the security of the people. It is reported that during the Shanghai World Expo, the city will take measures to strengthen the safety management of knives, in order to minimize and avoid the occurrence of similar cases, to safeguard public security and to ensure residents and foreign tourists’ safety. The reporter interviewed the relevant department on this issue.

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From Sichuan Online:

Yesterday Netizen “Jujuber” complained on the forum post, the newly constructed bus stop benches at Renmin Road in Chengdu are too narrow and too slippery, “can’t even fit my butt”. Reporter visited five bus stations and found that the new benches were indeed not popular among people. The relevant department responsible for the design said such unique shape has its reason – to prevent homeless from sleeping on them.

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Ernai: 二奶 [èrnǎi] – kept woman; second wife; mistress
Xiaosan: 小三 [xiǎosān]: Another name for kept woman, mistress. Literally “little three”, three being the third person in the relationship. Interchangeable with Ernai.

From Creaders:

On the micro blogs I saw this story: going to work, riding in coworker’s car in early morning, when waiting for a red light, there was a “Cayenne” next to us. It was a beautiful girl, so I rolled down the window and took a look. My coworker said it confidently “must be an Ernai (二奶: [èrnǎi] – kept woman; mistress)”. Maybe it was too loud the girl heard us and looked a little annoyed. Green light, we hurried and took off, but the Cayenne gassed and caught up on us, rolling down her window, shouted at us “Ever seen an Ernai going to work this early? Fuck!”

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“Year 2015…” is the latest trend on the Internet among the Chinese Netizens.  It is a game of building a sequence (接龙) started by @Songshinan (宋石男), to imagine what will it be like in the year of 2015.  Short messages are written by netizens with the “year 2015” and to share their humors, sarcasms and visions with everyone.  On Twitter, just search for #2015 and you will see.   “2015” also became the top searched keyword these days.

The following are translated from Song Shinan’s blog, a collection of the tweet messages written by some well-known bloggers and writers.  All the names mentioned in these messages are popular figures in China on and off the Internet.  Follow the wiki links to see who they are. Don’t feel bad if you don’t understand some of the messages.  These messages are humorous and  sarcastic, they  cover a lot of China’s current affairs, social issues and memes.  It is amazing how much references can be written in 140 characters.  Well, Chinese language definitely have an advantage on twitter,  you just can write so much more with 140 Chinese characters than in English.

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(Key: The following is submitted to me by ChinaHush reader, blogger Carlis:)

I found this piece of QQ chat log showing us how network supervision is delivered to each web portal.
(QQ, or Tencent QQ, is the most popular free instant messaging computer program in China)

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This "Seed Cathedral" seems to be garnering rave reviews from both the US and China. With Chinese netizens exclaiming "I must go see it!" and "Beautiful!" BLDGBLOG saying, "it is one of the coolest architectural constructions I’ve seen in a long time," and the NYT calling the building "extraordinary and unconventional."

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From img.ly:

China’s booming economy in the recent years has dramatically changed its image and its people’s mind set. Chinese people have commercialized their way of life. All kinds of advertisements and commercials can be found in every street corner in China. From the flyers on the telephone poles to the giant LCD screen on the tallest building in the city, everyone seems to have something to sell to this potentially the largest consumer market.

And who says Chinese people are not creative? Have you ever seen an advertisement in a school exams?

The above picture is the header of a university exam, translation:

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Data from Netease

Drought areas: Yunnan Province云南, Guangxi Province广西, Guizhou Provice贵州, Xichuan Province四川, Chongqing City重庆

Number of people suffering from water shortage: 22,120,000

Affected farming land: 74,000 km²

Duration: almost 5 months for some areas

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From Netease:

March 23 Morning, in Nanping, Fujian Province a man appeared to be mentally ill brandished a knife at the entrance of Luantong Nanping experimental elementary school during the time when students were just arriving to school. He continuously stabled and cut 13 elementary students. Currently, 9 children were killed and the other 4 are in critical condition and being rescued in the hospitals. The suspect was arrested by the police. 42 year old Zheng Mingsheng (郑民生) born in 1968 April 30, a local resident of Nanping, Fujian Province, was never married and used to be a community doctor, now unemployed since he quit his job in June of 2009. According to the people around him, suspect’s motive could be that he felt people around look down on him; both marriage and work are unsuccessful so he felt that he has no reason to live.

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This reminds me of when Internet addiction was made an official mental disorder in China. I’ve also heard quite a few Chinese people say that "the Internet has ruined a generation." And these are just really cute kids. There are also some good links after the break.

From CRIENGLISH:

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From hsw

Xi’an netizen “Gu Cheng Fei Niao” couldn’t wipe the picture or the sound of a wedding he saw in February. So he uploaded the photos he took to share about what he called “the most superb wedding firecracker works in history”.

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From Netease:

A young man named Yang Huajun (not his real name) likes to go online, one time by chance he joined a QQ group, and the members of the group often posted some pornographic videos and pictures. Out of curiosity, Yang Huajun often watched these pornographic materials, not for long, he started to download them in order to view them at any time. Until he was arrested by the local police, he was not aware of that his action had violated the law.

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