http://www.redkemp.com China News Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:20:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to the New York Times: China has issued a sweeping directive requiring all personal computers sold in the country to include sophisticated software that can filter out pornography and other “unhealthy information” from the Internet. The software, which manufacturers must install on all new PCs starting July 1, would allow the ... http://www.redkemp.com/?p=458 Post to resume shortly... http://www.redkemp.com/?p=457 For those of you who have not heard this 'Venomous' new Guns N' Roses Album (I won't mention its name here for fear of getting blocked)... http://www.redkemp.com/?p=454 Via The Philadelphia Enquirer: ZHENJIANG, China - This smoggy, industrial city is famous for one thing, which it manufactures by the bottle, jug and gallon: vinegar. But it wants to be famous for something else: being the place where author Pearl S. Buck grew up, where she experienced the sweat and ... http://www.redkemp.com/?p=452 American McGee, a video game designer living in Shanghai and probably best known for the game Alice, is working on a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) racing game titled Baijiu Racer (白酒赛车). The following is the announcement that is featured on American McGee's blog: Announcing “BaiJiu Racer” - An MMO-lite racing ... http://www.redkemp.com/?p=451 From Today's Drunken Ping Pong Karaoke Peeing Incident Brought To You By China It doesn't seem that Chinese sports stars get into as many embarrassing incidents at bars as American sports stars do (See Adam "Pacman" Jones for a good example), but perhaps that will soon change. Wang Hao, one ... http://www.redkemp.com/?p=450 Photograph by Flickr user silverlinedwinnebago There has been much written about the toll that China's rapidly improving economy is having on its own environment, but we hear less about what effect it has on the rest of the world's environment. From the the New Yorker, The Stolen Forests (found via Green Daily) Chances ... http://www.redkemp.com/?p=447 From Internet Business Law Services (via ConsoleJocks): E-sports, or video game tournaments, have become increasingly popular in China. At the same time, Chinese regulations governing the e-sports market are extraordinarily restrictive and serve as a barrier to foreign investors; forcing them to adopt creative solutions in order to reap the benefits ... http://www.redkemp.com/?p=446 For those of you who have not seen it, the latest episode of South Park, The China Probrem (link goes to full length video), begins with Cartman having nightmares about the Beijing Olympic's opening ceremony, and he is then convinced that China is going to invade the US. Not a ... http://www.redkemp.com/?p=445 The actress who plays Wudi in a Hunan television adaptation of Ugly Betty (Ugly Wudi) recently made her first public appearance, but the public felt the title was a bit misleading. Though the actress wears black-framed glasses and ill-fitting braces like the other Betty, her image was largely dismissed by the ... http://www.redkemp.com/?p=443