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The picture above is why I never liked wrestling. I did it for a summer as a kid and didn’t like having a sweaty guy in tights rubbing all over me. At least this never happened to me. I think his family jewels are sitting on top of the other guy’s forehead. Nasty!Anyway, after six weeks of relentless work in Taipei, I’ve finally made it out alive and to Beijing to catch a bit of the Olympics and give my support. The city looks great. Better than I’ve ever seen it before and I’ve been coming here since 1978. I am really surprised that the pollution problem was actually solved. It’s so much better than when I’ve been here in the past. Too bad in less than two weeks, the factories will be cranking up and the construction will resume, bringing all that pollution back.More from here in later blogs.
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Shen Jingdong art is totally pop culture. Taking Cultural Revolution folks, and doing some kind of Herge meets glossy fiberglass treatment to them, his works are catchy and easy to like. I saw his works at the 798 Art Zone in Beijing. But if you're in NY, you can see an exhibition of his works here:
ChinaSquare / New York
545 W. 25th Street
Chelsea Arts Tower 8th fl.
New York NY 10001
All of the 798...
Shen Jingdong art is totally pop culture. Taking Cultural Revolution folks, and doing some kind of Herge meets glossy fiberglass treatment to them, his works are catchy and easy to like. I saw his works at the 798 Art Zone in Beijing. But if you’re in NY, you can see an exhibition of his works here: ChinaSquare / New York545 W. 25th StreetChelsea Arts Tower 8th fl.New York NY 10001 All of the 798 photos are now on flickr. Here’s the link. *blogger is not uploading pics now, so this is the best I could do.
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What is this? Spain basketball team doing the chinky... in Beijing with the dragon center court emblem. This is one of those situations where it's okay to do it if you're Asian, but if you're not, you can't. Sorry, that's the end of the story. It might be handled different in Europe, where an Asian might be an Oriental, but this is a popular image floating around the net. People are pissed, and...
What is this? Spain basketball team doing the chinky… in Beijing with the dragon center court emblem. This is one of those situations where it’s okay to do it if you’re Asian, but if you’re not, you can’t. Sorry, that’s the end of the story. It might be handled different in Europe, where an Asian might be an Oriental, but this is a popular image floating around the net. People are pissed, and Lakers, Pau Gasol is part of it too. The N word for example, you hear some African Americans use it in every sentence, it’s part of their vernacular, but can Joe Whitey say it? No. Can I? No. If you’re Native or First People, they can call each other “skin” as in “What up, Skin.” Sort of like an N Word, but can we, non-Natives use it? No, we can’t and No, they can’t. Oh yes we can.
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