The Bad News Bears the Truth: Why I Prefer Tragedy
Tragedy is sad. Tragedy is terrible. But the one thing that I can take away from tragic news is that the people who have died in it are actually dead. As horrible as the headline "Dozen die in...
View Article“Trading to Extinction”: Black and White Photographer Sees in Black and White
Patrick Brown is a professional photojournalist who has spent the last twenty years of his life documenting all facets of the illegal sale of endangered animals in Asia. Driven by his life's passion,...
View ArticleHow To Protect Animals in China: Or, How Acting in Moderation is Not Extreme
As a foreigner, you inextricably belong to this narrative; don't exacerbate this preexisting condition by playing into a cage that has been long been housed to control you. Since China is often defined...
View ArticleNo Face to Killing Two-Face: Chinese Dis-Representation in Hollywood
As China appears unwilling to go this route, Chinese culture is at risk at being rendered out of date and irrelevant (if not already). As noted previously on Sinopathic, Korean culture is exploding in...
View ArticleThe Long, Brown Trail of Tears: Chinese Tabloid News – Upskirting the Issue
If you want to look there, you'll see it; if you want to see the worst, you'll find it, and someone will enable you. In the case of China, it's nationalistic nature of building pride with its citizens...
View ArticleOut “Beyond” The Cultural Black Hole of China: From “Wanting Ideals of...
There's nothing wrong with having good intentions; as pointed out, everyone in China always has good intentions. In this case, there can't be much else more selfless than contributing to a worthy...
View ArticleOut “Beyond” The Cultural Black Hole of China: Like Being Crazy Yet Useful,...
Whatever "Unrestrained" once meant to the regional identity of Hong Kongers has now been broadened into the collective experience of the mainland. And while Hong Kongers struggle to bolster their low...
View ArticleThe Official Policy to Curb Rude Chinese Tourists of 2006: Or, So Long As We...
The year was 2006. Denise Richards alleged Charlie Sheen hit her face, Dick Cheney accidentally shot his hunting pal in the face while Lance Bass admited he enjoyed shots to the face. Hong Kong...
View Article“Ignorance Promulgation”: Wang Gang and the Art of Disinformation
All these themes amount to an exponential splay of loose ends that break out into a cacophany of dischordant noise. Who is right? What can be done about this issue? While another show may bring up all...
View ArticleThe Opportunity of Tragedy: Hero of China, Mister Martyr
As heroes don't exist in normal Chinese society, they only exist outside everyday events: tragedies, catastrophies, acts of God. Because: you can't be a hero without a villain. Like the twist from...
View ArticleBarack Obama: President of an Un-united State of Anarchy
The suspicion towards political freedoms can summed up by the Rush Limbaugh-worthy portmanteau "demoncrazy", a pun that pokes fun at the Greek origins of the word in which "demos" means "the people"...
View ArticleDaughter Slaps Mother in Street: The Exception that Proves the Rule
A cynic may simply say, "Chinese people aren't harmonious; 'harmony' is only for its society," but that's not being fair. There's a lot of factors that may be used to explain this phenomenon: the...
View ArticleNEWSFLASH: Chinese Hackers Not A Problem, Not Interested in US Targets, “Too...
So even though hackers in China are portrayed as money-opportunists who are operating freely in a unorganized system without rules, these Chinese hackers still have ethnics. Yes, ethics, for they are...
View ArticleThe French Image in China: Unable to Locate House, Laowai Breaks Down and Cries
Because it is so true that one incident is indicative of a common trend. Because it is the exception that proves the rule. Because the first you hear of something is the last you'll ever need to know...
View ArticleCurrent Century Egg Food Scandal Predicted by Previous Century Egg Food Scandal
Yet another food scandal has hit China. In addition to the usual list of ingredients like milk, oil, lamb, chicken and water, last month in Guangzhou rice was found to contain cadmium. The news of the...
View ArticleDay Above Ground’s “My Asian Girl”: If This is Wong, Then I Don’t Wanna Be White
The music video "My Asian Girl" by "Day Above Ground" is a racist, puerile, condescending piece of insulting trash that exposes the depraved depths of ignorance through lyrics that should be condemned...
View ArticleNaked Foreigner in Middle of Intersection is Clearly Crazy and Not Protesting...
All that we really know for sure is that we don't know for sure. And this is enough. Enough for the internet. Continue reading →
View ArticleCuriosity Fulfilled the Cat: Excavators on Buildings and Why They Need to Be...
Chinese are curious. Damned curious. This could be a sign of intelligence - a mind thirsting for knowledge is always inquisitive. But this may not be the case for the inability of Chinese to not look...
View ArticleVisitors Litter At National Day Flag Raising in Tian’anmen Square
"Disrespecting one's country in order to respect it": this would be ironic if there was irony in China. But for there to be irony, there has to be an acknowledgement of one set of circumstances to...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Jimmy Kimmel Regarding Your Apology to Chinese Whom Need to Be...
Mr Kimmel, you are now in debt to the Chinese for making a joke about being in debt to the Chinese. Continue reading →
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