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Category: Humor

Historiography/Humor/Pedagogy

Grand Centennial Best Opening Vignette Contest!

Posted on January 30, 2019 by C. W. Hayford / 2 Comments

Jonathan’s “On the Opening Vignette” is so fresh and smart that the only response is to turn it into a contest: who can write the best opening...

Current Events/Food/General/Humor

Trump Promotes Chinese Food: Egg roll on White House Lawn

Posted on April 23, 2017 by C. W. Hayford / 1 Comment

      In an unusual move, last Monday the White House lawn was given over to egg rolls. The Italian Ambassador contributed to the moment by bringing “ciao mein....

China/English/Humor/Libraries/visual culture

Seek Truth from Farts

Posted on July 4, 2013 by C. W. Hayford / 1 Comment

My passing comment on Alan’s Seek Truth from Facts mentioned that I once saw “Seek Truth From Farts.” Maybe it was a misprint, maybe a comment...

China/English/Humor/Religion

Zhong Kui comes to Sunnydale High

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Alan Baumler / 0 Comment

Sigh… I try to keep my posts to this blog to at least a minimal level of scholarly-ness. At the very least I try to avoid doing too many posts on weird Ch...

anniversaries/China/Chinese/Current Events/English/Events/Humor/Nationalism

PRC National Anthem

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Jonathan Dresner / 2 Comments

In honor of the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic on October 1st, my friend Carsey Yee has sent another video: The Two Chinese...

China/English/Food/Frog in A Well/Humor/Media

April Fool's Day, Self Puffery and Töfood

Posted on April 4, 2009 by C. W. Hayford / 0 Comment

Hooray for me! China Beat, my second favorite China blog, has started a series of quizzes — why didn’t we think of that? The most recent asked reade...

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