Posts Tagged ‘ Black humor ’

“The Sound of Rising Prices”

December 9, 2010
By C. Custer
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It may not be as well-produced as the Chinese song about rising housing prices1, but rising inflation has finally inspired its own song. The song is a parody of an already well-known tune called “The Sound of Applause” (掌声响起来, listen here). The parody version is called 涨声响起来, roughly translated as “The Sound of Rising...
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Ai Weiwei Updates: Two Posts

June 1, 2009
By C. Custer
Ai Weiwei Updates: Two Posts

You can see, in the face of disaster the people of Shifang are tenacious, and under the great leadership of the Party, the rebuilding process is flourishing! Mr. Li! You once were a member of the Communist Youth League, and grew up accepting the education of the Party. Wherever the Party says we should...
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