Mar. 04 2010

Human-flesh Search Engines in China

Human-flesh search engines - renrou sousuo yinqing - have become a Chinese phenomenon: they are a form of online vigilante justice in which Internet users hunt down and punish people who have attracted their wrath. The goal is to get the targets of a search fired from their jobs, shamed in front of their neighbors, run out of town. It’s crowd-sourced detective work, pursued online with offline results.

Feb. 24 2009

Harrowing commute

Locals in Beichuan county in China’s Sichuan province, including children commuting daily to school…
after this, i’d imagine that gym class would be a huge letdown.

Aug. 04 2008

‘The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World’ Documentary Series | Serious Eats : Required Eating

economies of scale always interest me.  imagine the amounts of MSG!

Jul. 02 2008