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China

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    The "World's 50 Best" List Is Published, Is Usual Steaming Pile of Irrelevance

    Oh, look, this year's edition of "The World's 50 Best Restaurants", sponsored by San Pellegrino and its subsidiary Acqua Panna, has come out. Cue the precious online debates and the bored yawns from the rest of the world.Ranked lists of the best anything are patent bollocks: they necessarily reflec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Huntington Beach Businessman Nailed For Exporting Thermal Imaging Cameras To China

    A 52-year-old Huntington Beach businessman got sentenced this week for exporting seven thermal imaging cameras to China in violation of U.S. national security controls.Jason Jian Liang, a 1985 immigrant from China and president of Sanwave International Corp., admitted that he did not seek export lic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Balboa Bay Club and Newport Beach Country Club Sale to Chinese Investor Reportedly Off

    ​We had fun in August with the venerable Balboa Bay Club & Resort and Newport Beach County Club reportedly being snatched up by Chinese investor Winston Chung.Alas, it seems that deal is off.And in what may be a recent first, it was not grubby Americans with patches over their trouser knees th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Infographic: How to Be a Douche In the Buffet Line

    ​Years back, Pizza Hut in China tried to put an end to the Homer Simpsons of the world by enforcing a one-plate-per-person rule for its salad buffet. Customers were all like, "What the heck, man?" And then they were all like, "CHALLENGE!"    In stunning acts of engineering and douchebagg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    [PHOTO] Occupy Chik-fil-A? People Camped Outside Fullerton Location for Chance to Win Free Food for a Year

    ​One day--one glorious day, when stock markets are raging, gas is a buck a gallon, and China is our overlords--someone's going to write the They Shoot Horses, Don't They? of gimmicks involving the opening of chain restaurants, the urging of making people camp for the chance to win free food for a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2011

    'Warriors, Tombs and Temples'

    Bowers Museum

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Capistrano School Program To Teach Kids in Chinese

    ​Ni hao. Recognizing that China is set to become the next global superpower and that Mandarin is the most-spoken language in the world, Capistrano Unified School District trustees approved what will be the county's first Chinese-English language program.  Those in the program, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Report: Contaminated Chinese Honey Continuing to Illegally Invade U.S. Stores

    Photo by Anne Marie PangorianGet the real stuff at your local farmers market...​The big story about honey these past couple of years is colony collapse disorder, the disturbing phenomenon of mass die-offs of bees. But one I learned about years ago that doesn't get enough play is that what is sold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Ajisen Ramen Busted By Chinese Authorities For Lying About Soup

    Photo by Keith May​Typically when you hear about food scandals in China, it's dire stuff, dangerous stuff that endangers lives. This one, by comparison, seems like a minor drop in the bucket; but it is making waves just the same. Ajisen Ramen, the giant ramen chain which has 588 stores in China (a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    [UPDATED: Recall Effort Dropped] Residents Petition to Recall Hacienda School Board Members for Supporting a Language Program Funded by the Chinese Government

    Flickr user cleverCl@i®ê ​UPDATE, JUNE 7, 1:46 P.M.: Opponents of the Confucius Classroom, a Chinese culture and language school program, have stopped their efforts to recall the four members of the Hacienda La Puente Unified School Board who voted to implement it. A small group of resident ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Chinese Watermelons Exploding Due To Chemicals

    Finally a story about food production in China that brings chuckles, not fear and panic. This video is funny because it involves exploding melons. Overzealous farmers used a growth accelerator called forchlorfenuron (a legal substance) too late in the season which made their whole crop of melons bur ... More >>

  • Film

    May 12, 2011

    Crying Rape

    Dramatizing—and weeping for—the carnage of the Nanking massacre in 'City of Life and Death'

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Panda Express Heading to . . . China?

    Wiki CommonsPanda Express may introduce the people of China to . . . Chinese food--or at least the American bastardization of it.​First, Taco Bell made its way to Mexico. Now, Panda Express, which we can thank for bringing glazed orange chicken to mall food courts across the country, may find a pl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Seated? Dana Rohrabacher Gets One Right!

    Dana finally finds an issue he can't botch​Okay, sure. Perennially goofy Orange County Congressman Dana Rohrabacher occasionally makes a good point.This week in Washington, Rohrabacher and other Republican politicians questioned planned U.S. aid to China.What does the Obama administration want to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Residents Petition to Recall Hacienda School Board Members for Supporting a Language Program Funded by the Chinese Government

    Flickr user cleverCl@i®ê ​Four members of the Hacienda La Puente Unified School Board have been targeted in a recall effort.  The basis for the recall? They support a middle-school Chinese-language-and-culture program funded by the Chinese government.

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Are Chinese Companies Producing Fake Rice From Plastic?

    The headline is as scandalous as it gets: "China Makes Fake Rice From Plastic." The news reports, like the one linked above from a site called Very Vietnam, alleges "that some distributors are selling fake rice in Taiyuan, Shaanxi Province, and this rice is a mixture of potatoes, sweet potatoes an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    A Chopstick Tree Grows in Brooklyn--Err, Beijing

    Flickr user Dan4th​Now that I think of it, Little Saigon restaurants are much better at offering plastic, reusable chopsticks than local Korean and Chinese eateries. I've never noticed a quantitative difference between those and fresh chopsticks--if anything, the reusable ones never kept stray spl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    A Sign of Good Things To Come? Or Not?

    Photo by Craig Medici​Sometimes a sign can say it all. The photo above was taken by our friend Craig, who has been quietly observing the remodel of China Palace in Newport Beach on PCH for months. 

  • Culture

    June 24, 2010

    Exquisite Corpses at the Bowers

    The multicultural mummies of 'Secrets of the Silk Road' don't disappoint

  • Culture

    June 10, 2010

    Exhibition Games at Local Art Galleries

    [Summer Guide] Exercise your mind at these art shows this summer

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Chinese, Part 5

    The cuisine of Northern China--Tianjin, Shandong, and Beijing--is shocking to someone who assumes that all Chinese people eat bowls of rice with sauce-laden stir-fry ladled on top. Rice doesn't grow in the northern reaches of China; the climate is more like Chicago than Atlanta. While Shandong food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Does Dana Rohrabacher Suffer From Multiple Personality Disorder?

    Two faced pumpkin​Earlier this month, a San Francisco television station quoted Orange County Congressman Dana Rohrabacher on his outrage that Americans have suffered cyber e-mail attacks from China through Google. "We have a potential adversary who is the worst human rights abuser in the wor ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 17, 2009

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Do Mexican Muchachos Like Asian Muchachas?

    Two faced pumpkin​Earlier this month, a San Francisco television station quoted Orange County Congressman Dana Rohrabacher on his outrage that Americans have suffered cyber e-mail attacks from China through Google. "We have a potential adversary who is the worst human rights abuser in the wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Surfrider, Other Enviros Agree: Go Green By Having Fewer Kids

    Doh! The carbon footprint just got bigger.​Based on the huzzahs the Surfrider Foundation posted on its Facebook account, the San Clemente-based clean-ocean advocates are apparently down with notion that having fewer children is a more effective way of going green than changing lightbulbs, driving ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    How Did Chung Get Away With Spying for China for So Long?

    In light of today's first-ever economic espionage conviction of Dongfan "Greg" Chung, 73, of Orange, it must be asked: How did the former Rockwell International and Boeing engineer get away with being a spy for China for so long? Born in China, Chung was employed by Rockwell in Downey from 1973 unti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2009

    Dana Rohrabacher is Going to Be Pissed

    Dana Rohrabacher believes missiles should be pointed at China that way.A day after Rep. Dana Rohrabacher sent a blistering letter urging President Barack Obama "to unambiguously condemn the Communist Chinese government's violent crackdown on peaceful Uyghur protests in the Xinjiang province of China ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Chuck Devore to China: Set Your Prisoners Free!

    In September 2001, Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) self-published a book called "China Attacks" which envisioned a Chinese sneak attack against Taiwan that precipitates a third world war. Call it a case of bad timing: as the events of 9/11 suggested, China might not be America's worst enemy after all. In 20 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2009

    Kung Fu Monks

    Bowers Museum

  • Film

    January 15, 2009

    Bollywood Goes Far East for 'Chandni Chowk to China'

    Bowers Museum

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2008

    L.A. Times: Chinese Uproar Over Eating Cats

    According to the L.A. Times, China's Guangzhou, formerly known as Canton, is currently the scene of protest and outrage among the Chinese over the use of cats as food.  Barbara Demick's fascinating story chronicles what happens when the Cantonese -- renowned for their indiscriminating palates -- po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    World of Warcraft, Government Pork and UC Irvine

    The online Bad Idea Magazine points us to a 49-page report by U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) titled "2008: Worst Waste of the Year--A look back through some of the year's most outrageous federal spending." Included is this:Studying American and Chinese Video Game Habits - California ($100,000) ... More >>

  • Film

    August 28, 2008

    [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Big Wednesday,' 'Back to School,' More

    The online Bad Idea Magazine points us to a 49-page report by U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) titled "2008: Worst Waste of the Year--A look back through some of the year's most outrageous federal spending." Included is this:Studying American and Chinese Video Game Habits - California ($100,000) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2008

    Lock 'Em Up and Don't Even Have a Key

    I know, I know, right-minded alternative weekly journos are not supposed to read the PR Newswire, but they have a cute story involving a Santa Ana bail bondsman that deserves repeating (or relinking or whatever it is you webizens call it). While vacationing in Beijing, China, Bob and Anne Miller of ... More >>

  • Film

    July 17, 2008

    Special Screenings

    I know, I know, right-minded alternative weekly journos are not supposed to read the PR Newswire, but they have a cute story involving a Santa Ana bail bondsman that deserves repeating (or relinking or whatever it is you webizens call it). While vacationing in Beijing, China, Bob and Anne Miller of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 22, 2008

    Soldier On

    Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor

  • News

    April 3, 2008

    [Moxley Confidential] Chi Mak, an OC-Based Spy for Communist China, Looked Like a Bumbling Nerd

    Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2007

    Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: Are There Snapple Bottles in Jail?

    Sheriff's Lawyer Pal Going to the Slammer: Somehow defense attorney Joe Cavallo—indicted Sheriff Michael S. Carona’s longtime drinking buddy—was able to operate a bail bonds scheme inside Carona’s jail. Hmmm. Wonder how that happened. Any ideas Mikey? Anyhow, yesterday Cavallo (pictured) be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2007

    Rohrabacher: Why aren't we causing a revolution in China?

    Last night in a C-SPAN televised speech, Dana Rohrabacher called Chinese government officials “gangsters,” slammed both Bush presidential administrations for failing to challenge China’s human rights abuses and complained that the U.S. Government isn’t working to spur a democratic revolution ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 23, 2007

    The China Syndrome

    East meets west in Cao Fei’s ‘Whose Utopia?’

  • Food

    October 5, 2006

    This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

    It Takes a China Village

  • Film

    August 31, 2006

    Miles From Home

    Veteran Chinese director takes a sentimental journey

  • Columns

    July 20, 2006

    Letters

    'He is smart enough to realize if he didnt get out then, he may have awoken a fortysomething with crazy-colored hair and a tattoo of dragons circle jerking'

  • News

    December 8, 2005

    The Low Cost of High Wages

    American Apparel wants to follow Wal-Mart to Chinafor all the right reasons

  • Food

    April 21, 2005

    Garden of Eating

    Calling the dim sum races at Irvine China Garden

  • Food

    August 14, 2003

    Where Bread Is King

    Make a Pilgrimage to Jamillah Garden

  • Food

    February 21, 2002

    Suzie Wong Meets Lazy Susan

    Peking Restaurants wheels of fortune

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Toys from Hell

    In China, Santas elves labor in a Dickensian workhouse

  • Columns

    July 8, 1999

    Superpower Like Us

    In China, Santas elves labor in a Dickensian workhouse

  • Columns

    July 1, 1999

    Ain't He a Pisser?

    In China, Santas elves labor in a Dickensian workhouse

  • Columns

    June 24, 1999

    Letters

    In China, Santas elves labor in a Dickensian workhouse

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