Dave’s Wagon

I like it when I see U.S. companies taking initiative in China and seizing market share — but not in this way.
MySpace now available in China - minus politics and religion

MySpace, the world’s largest social networking website, has finally come to China, the world’s most populous nation. After months of delays, China’s 1.3 billion citizens […]

From Reuters, a bizarre article about the “possible” pirating of Spider-Man 3 in China.
Chinese pirates beat Spider-Man to the punch

China’s infamous movie pirates have done it again — “Spider-Man 3″ is already being sold on Beijing’s streets almost two weeks ahead of its U.S. premier.
Costing just over $1 apiece, the pirated DVDs appear to be […]

A hat tip to Weird Asian News via OneManBandwidth on this find.

It’s apparently a children’s coloring book published in China called “Military Weaponry for Kids”. Above is what must be the cover, complete with two very happy children piloting a battle tank along with their sunglass-wearing, Kalashnikov-toting dog.
Now, I grew up playing with green plastic […]

Sometime last year, before my Chinese friend had begun to fully realize the differences between America and China, we were having a conversation about the Nanjing Massacre. At some point, my friend casually remarked, “Actually, there is a very good film about the Massacre, but I don’t think you will be able to get it […]

…or, maybe not quite.
(Photo from a market outside Hangzhou’s Yellow Dragon Sports Stadium).