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Chinese beat poets beaten
China’s first ever Beat Poet convention in the northern city of Dalian was broken up by police who mistook their berets as some kind of military attire. Despite the event being sanctioned and even...
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Beijingers Speak Purest Klingon
The inventor of the Klingon language Mark Okrand told The Asia Beat that the most accurate Klingon pronunciation is produced by a group of Beijing science fiction fans. The guttural, invented language...
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Chinese Lamingtons use Rhino Horn
In what has been described as a “fatal misunderstanding of a classic Aussie dessert”, Chinese chefs have been substituting grated rhino horn for the standard grated coconut. Coconut is used to coat the...
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Collingwood puts the bite on China
The Collingwood Football club is promoting the benefits of zero dental costs for its overseas fans, as the AFL (Australian Football League) makes a push into China. For the past two seasons, Chinese...
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Neck transplants have China executioners in a spin
Shanghai. The latest trend in cosmetic surgery – neck transplants, may force a rethink in the way China executes condemned prisoners. The organs harvested from Chinese criminals have become the...
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Jackie Chan – I will be the “Yellow Bono”.
Announcing his retirement from action movies, Hong Kong star Jackie Chan confirmed the worst kept show business secret – that he will become Asia’s first Bono. Chan joked with journalists about...
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Racist Aussies Shun “Asian” Highway
Tens of thousands of motorists in Perth Western Australia are avoiding one of the city’s major arterial Roads - Tonkin Highway in the mistaken belief that it is named after the Gulf of Tonkin between...
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“3 Sisters” renamed for Chinese market
The iconic Three Sisters rock formation in the Blue Mountains is to be renamed “Two Parents One Child Mountain” to appeal to the Chinese tourism market. New South Wales Tourism minister George Souris...
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Asian Men’s Shed cracks the whip
The first Asian Mens’ Shed established in Guangzhou China has been criticised for being “too productive” by the Australian Men’s Shed Association. Men’s Shed President Merv Dobson issued a “please...
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Australian company Rio Tinto to mine Beijing’s air pollution
At 950 micrograms per cubic metre, (the PM2.5 level in Tongzhou, on January 13), Beijing’s famously bad air pollution has finally reached comercially mineable levels. Chinese officials are delighted...
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China Buys Porn Star Skeleton
The controversial Sexual Health Museum in Guangzhou China claims to have purchased the bones of seminal 1970s pornography star John Holmes after ten years of negotiating with an unnamed agent. However...
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Chinese remake of The Castle stirs outrage
A Chinese remake of the iconic Aussie film The Castle has been labelled “Cultural Terrorism” by Australian commentators. The new film, still called “The Castle” in english language promotion is titled...
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Critics defend Ai Wei Wei’s “meta” vandalism
Controversial Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei received surprising support from art critics for what UK police are calling “straight vandalism”. Wei used tar to paint a penis and scrotum on the penis and...
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Dog movie “racist”.
The shock casting of a German Shepherd dog to play a Chinese Shar-Pei in an upcoming movie has been labelled racist by Chinese and Western commentators alike. “Jaws of The Tong “, the story of Sao...
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