Fili’s world

I woke up this morning to find 6 (!!!) emails awaiting me from friends and people I don’t even know telling me that the People’s Republic of China girl - Zhang Zilin - won the China Miss World 2007. Strange! I had no idea people are that into Miss World or that they consider me as being [...]

Damn, Russel Peters is hilarious. After finding out about Russel Peters, I couldn’t stop watching his show and rolling on the floor listening to his insights about Asians, Chinese folks and Chinese language.
You gotta check Russel Peters out:

What’d you think? good stuff, eh?

Last year, with "China : Sex, Pride and a bit about Israel" I mentioned the sensational story of China’s sex-blogger, Chinabounder, being hunted down by the Chinese online mob. Some claimed it was a hoax, Chinabounder went underground, then reappeared with strong criticism of the Chinese government and culture, and the professor who initiated the [...]

Now in Israel - Chinese and Taiwanese fight over a Taiwan flag display in one small Israeli folk dance festival almost no one I know has heard of.
Here’s from Taipei Times’  "Dance turns nationalist at Israeli folkdance festival":
 

Chinese performers at an international folkdance festival in Israel touched off a diplomatic flap earlier this month by [...]

Looking for neat stuff about China? then you gotta love those "Top 10 <something> in China" lists.
Following the Israeli call for Top 10s, here are my top 10 Top Ten lists about China that will give you the best of the best of recent Chinese related info:

Akomisko with the great "China needs a new Hero: [...]

Chinalyst is hosting the Best China Blog Awards. The awards are split into a few China blog categories and you can cast one vote for as many blogs as you want. I believe this is an excellent opportunity for some Chinese blogosphere link-love. 
Although there are many wonderful China blogs out there that I follow regularly, here’s my personal [...]