Fantasia Investment

Only in China would some sort of investment company name itself "Fantasia Investment!" :-) I cetainly would not entrust my funds to "Fantasia" Investment!

只有在中国会有投资公司的英文名字是 " Fantasia" 投资. "Fantasia " 英文的意思差不多是 "幻想".

Annoying elevator ads in China

Almost all residential and commercial elevators in China (as well as elevator lobbies) have small monitors that broadcast, almost 24 hours a day, annoying video ads. Here is a clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoG5LSCawfk

To me, this says a lot about Chinese culture. I am sure most people in the West would not accept such invasions of privacy.

However, more and more Chinese are indicating to me that they are finding these LCD monitors annoying as they proliferate to each and every aspect of Chinese life - elevators, buses, trains, taxis, super markets, etc.

Amusing pirated DVD covers in China

Pirated DVDs are still on sale ubiquitously on the streets (and in shops) in China. Of interest are the covers of the DVDs which often have rather poor or amusingly incorrect English.

Witness the cover of this collection of 24 episodes:

"Wenty Four"

Hunanese Cuisine (湘菜) + Beer = Crazy Delicious

China is chockablock with restaurants serving delicious, spicy and greasy Hunanese cuisine. The food is very good but spicy. Furthermore, since Chairman Mao was from Hunan, often eateries have a Red Guard, Cultural Revolution or Maoist motif. Below are shots from a Hunan restaurant in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province:

How would you like that stir fried?

Waitress in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China discussing the methods for stir frying the ordered vegetables. At a Hunanese cuisine restaurant.

Tea kung fu

A tea master pours tea out of a long-spouted kettle. It's a sort of herb and flower-ladden tea mix. This was taken in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China. In an Hunanese restaurant.

Really bad air in Shenzhen

Really bad air pollution in Shenzhen: