http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Vox’s group on anything and everything Chinese en Vox Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:13:51 -0700 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a01240b713d92860e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a01240b713d92860e.html?_c=feed-rss http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a01240b713d92860e.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:13:51 -0700 For overseas friends who would not have seen it live, here is the link to my TV3 appearance this morning on Sunrise. Props to Helen Baxter, to Ali Ikram and Carly Flynn on the programme itself, to Lars and Frankie at the Wellington studio, to Clau... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a01240b713d92860e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a01240b713d92860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> new zealand sunrise wellington jack yan aotearoa tv3 whanganui-a-tara facebook. helen baxter http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddb13c04860b.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddb13c04860b.html?_c=feed-rss http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddb13c04860b.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:01:04 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddd9d767860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddd9d767860d-50si" alt="Dick Emery Ooh you Are Awful But I Like You part 2" /></a> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a0123f16ff055860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a0123f16ff055860f-50si" alt="Aces go places part 7" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The stories are different enough that one could not accuse the Hong Kong film-makers of outright copying, but there is clear inspiration between the English Ooh, You Are Awful (or Get Charlie Tully), starring Dick Emery, and the first of the success... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddb13c04860b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddb13c04860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> inspiration hong kong movie london england film retro 1980s uk 1981 1970s 1972 adaptation remake 許冠傑 sam hui aces go places 麥嘉 最佳拍檔 get charlie tully karl maka ooh you are awful dick emery cheryl kennedy http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddce882e860d.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddce882e860d.html?_c=feed-rss http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddce882e860d.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:16:19 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a01240b612de0860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a01240b612de0860e-50si" alt="Six-digit phone numbers at the Yangtze" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A smaller photo this time, since I know close-up stuff shot at night on a cell will look like crap. These are plastic chopsticks from the Yangtze Restaurant on Willis Street, which were obviously done many years ago: they feature a six-digit t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddce882e860d.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddce882e860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> restaurant dining new zealand retro typography 1980s chopsticks wellington msg typeface helvetica aotearoa typeface design whanganui-a-tara willis street yangtze restaurant http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a01240b5f0636860e.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a01240b5f0636860e.html?_c=feed-rss http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a01240b5f0636860e.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:59:35 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddb8ac77860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a0123ddb8ac77860c-50si" alt="1989 Tiananmen Square Protests" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Surprisingly, I have never pasted this video on my blog before. About time that was redressed. The YouTube comments include one that reads, ‘Balls of steel’. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a01240b5f0636860e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a01240b5f0636860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> media tv retro china beijing 1980s 1989 freedom broadcast protests red china tiananmen square 天安門廣場 iconic scene http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00fa969412a200020110164b5306860b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(RongHua aka WangWa) http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00fa969412a200020110164b5306860b.html?_c=feed-rss http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00fa969412a200020110164b5306860b.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:48:18 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00fa969412a200020110164b53cc860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00fa969412a200020110164b53cc860b-50si" alt="released on 17 August 2009" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> India's second largest party, "Bharatiya Janata Party" translated in English means People's Party has been front page news, by expelling one of their senior members Jaswant Singh. He is one of the few Indian politicians to have been the Minister... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fa969412a200020110164b5306860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> india independence partition writer jinnah jaswant singh chetan bhagat http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a0110164187f7860b.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a0110164187f7860b.html?_c=feed-rss http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a0110164187f7860b.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:01:11 -0700 What is the first movie you saw in the the theatre? Believe it or not, it was A Bridge Too Far. I hate war. As far as I can recall, we were new émigrés in New Zealand and with no one to look after me, my parents had to take me along to the cin... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a0110164187f7860b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a0110164187f7860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd new zealand hong kong movie film 1970s walt disney 1978 wellington 1975 first movie war film aotearoa whanganui-a-tara st mark’s church school a bridge too far the taxi driver cornelius ryan herbie goes to monte carlo 的士大佬 http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a0109d0f1bd12000f011016c0592c860d.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(MusicDish) http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a0109d0f1bd12000f011016c0592c860d.html?_c=feed-rss http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a0109d0f1bd12000f011016c0592c860d.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:44:33 -0700 During my recent trip to China for the Music Matters conference in Hong Kong, I met up with Christine Wang in Beijing. Ms. Wang started in the music business as a MusicDish intern in 2007 and went on to rise up the music ranks to Supervisor of I... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a0109d0f1bd12000f011016c0592c860d.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a0109d0f1bd12000f011016c0592c860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music business chinese china artist sony market label roster http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a011017f840d1860e.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a011017f840d1860e.html?_c=feed-rss http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a011017f840d1860e.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:54:55 -0700 A shocking series of racist emails attacking job applicant Julie Eru on the North Shore, which have been traced back to a Chinese-run company called Brightstar, has been exposed on 3 News. It was generally agreed by Brightstar that their comput... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a011017f840d1860e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a011017f840d1860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> chinese new zealand auckland hacking racism immigrants emails north shore māori tv3 3 news brightstar east tamaki http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a011017cf330c860e.html?_c=feed-rss 100 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a011017cf330c860e.html?_c=feed-rss http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a011017cf330c860e.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 31 May 2009 00:11:34 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a0110182e32d3860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a0110182e32d3860f-50si" alt="Home Sweet Home第8集嘉賓: 甄文達" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Found on Andrew Lau’s Facebook page, a video with Martin Yan (甄文達), probably the most famous guy in my whanau. Martin and I were both interviewed a few years ago for a book on our clan. Martin begins with his past in China and his subsequent emigr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a011017cf330c860e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a011017cf330c860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family tv hong kong usa china chef celebrity home sweet home guangdong whanau martin yan 甄文達 http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a011018201574860f.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a011018201574860f.html?_c=feed-rss http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a011018201574860f.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 06 May 2009 05:39:56 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a0110164599b0860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a0110164599b0860c-50si" alt="BYD T6" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> BYD showed a new minivan at the Shanghai Auto Show—a total clone of the Toyota Previa. And most recently, it says it will make an SUV with a two-litre (really) engine. Here’s what it looks like in its ad: Yeah, I’ve seen this pic in a Porsche a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://chinese.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2252293c4604a011018201574860f.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a011018201574860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> photoshop copyright advertising car suv porsche artwork intellectual property piracy copying retouching porsche cayenne red china byd