One would think with all those Tibetan prayer flags are being sold in every headshops, the Tibetans would have some kind of textile manufacturing facilities.

Apparently not...

http://www.zonaeuropa.com/200803b.brief.htm#021

http://www.zonaeuropa.com/200803b.brief.htm#021

The ingredient written as "Xianggu" in the diagram is Lentinus edodes, aka. Shiitake mushroom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiitake

Are you allowed to run with those on?

My personal favorite torture instrument is called "pear of anguish" & here is a photo of it:

http://www.tian.cc/2007/01/vacation-in-austria.html

If only he would just install the bootlegged version, this would've never happen.

That is nothing. I dare you to try this "fuck the frog rice" dish from a cafe in Shanghai, China:

http://www.tian.cc/2007/11/fuckthefrogrice.html

What about all those spoof movie trailers made with Brokeback Mountain soundtracks?

What is the point of stacking and restacking dice?

Will there be Apple iFlask to go with these sneakers?

I am also surprised to see the following phrase is not listed in the Forbidden Words:

買不買？ 不買拉倒，滾蛋！

Which means:

[Do you want to] buy or not? If not, go fuck off!

-Tian

Disclaimer: I maintain a website that keeps track of misuse of Chinese characters in the West.

www.hanzismatter.com

Micah,

#10 瞧你那德性! should be translated in English as "[Just] look at your attitude!"

It is nice to see someone has finally responded to this Chinese organized crime recruiting ad:

http://www.tian.cc/2005/05/chinese-criminal-organization.html

#8 If you can't afford it, don't bother ask.

#9 Are you a man (or a pussy)?

#10 Just look at you (does not seem to be someone that can afford this).

Shoot yourself in the temple and ends the misery.

It reminded me of the French film, Amelie, where she tracks down a photo-booth repair man.

www.skreemr.com is an excellent search engine for mp3s.

The vertical banner on the left says "[heaven/god] wipe out Disney", and "[Support] Chinese workers" on the right.

The banner on the ground says "Seeking Mickey's heart [ethnics]".

Does this mean Chinese-made Disney toys equal the new "blood diamond"?

2004. Sorry.

The article in Phoenix Newtimes is from 2005.

It was hilarious.

Cory,

If you are in China, try these two places to access outside of the Great Firewall of China:

http://anonymouse.org/

http://www.econsultant.com/proxylist/index.html

NASA, We are flaming HOT!

Perhaps the reason these cookies are dumped is because they were stuffed with misprinted fortune notes, as I have documented here:

http://www.hanzismatter.com/2005/09/bad-fortune.html

This is such old news.

I saw this coming in Jan. of 2005:

http://www.tian.cc/2005/01/chinese-military-train-soldiers-to-be.html

This could be a distraction away from how terrible of a job the Bush Admins. are doing right now.