Dave’s Wagon

Things you could only hear from a Chinese girl while enjoying winter sports:
(walking through the snow while sledding)
Her: “Hey, this is like the Long March!”
Me: (exasperated sigh) “Yes, exactly the same.”
(while downhill skiing)
Her: “Ugh! It is so difficult! My skiis are like an eight!”
Me: “What? How can they be like an…oh…you mean a Chinese eight?”
Her: […]

Another exciting new advance in Chinese culture via Yahoo! News:
Chinese pole dance their way to fitness

Treadmills are run-of-the-mill — Luo Lan wants the Chinese masses to pole dance instead.
As manager of Beijing’s first pole dancing school, Luo says she is trying to make exercise fun — and not morally corrupt anyone in a country where […]

Make no mistake, the average Chinese keeps a very trim figure, but there are those here that are passing up the low-fat “鲜得味” (Delicious Flavor?) tuna and opting for the less-healthy foods instead. With the likes of Colonel Sanders and his Kentucky Fried Chicken capturing Chinese territory faster than the Imperial Japanese Army ever could, […]

You know we’re beginning to scrape the bottom of the cultural barrel when we start exporting this to China.
Nascar targets China and Europe

Nascar, the North American motor sports group, is seeking to expand in China and western Europe by marrying its licensing, sponsorship and media expertise with local partners.
“We’re sizing it up,” Brian France, Nascar’s […]

Two things that caught me off guard during my time in Hong Kong: public decorations declaring “Merry Christmas” and the local Park ‘N Shop playing Christmas hymns (not Christmas music, Christmas hymns) over their PA system. Contrast this to America where the religion-neutral “Happy Holidays” is the slogan of choice and any audible mention of […]