I’m surprised that the Chinese Earthquake didn’t get as much press as Katrina, Iowa floods, etc.  Afterall, 69,000 people died!  Well, we managed to find out a pretty cool way to support the victims of the Chinese Earthquake.  The Red Star Press is an Asian Contemporary Art gallery located in Beijing, China.  They are selling a special limited edition print by a Chinese graffiti artist called “Soos.”  Each print will be hand finished by Soos which is pretty cool as it’s almost like an original piece of artwork.

100% of all proceeds will go to support Mercy Corps a charity focusing on Chinese Earthquake Disaster Recovery.  Please buy one and tell your friends and family to buy one as well.

More about Red Star Press after the jump…

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I have to admit, I’m not fully up to speed on the issues, but it’s not hard to imagine China oppressing/torturing/beating on Tibetans and their supporters.  The Dali Lama was in Seattle this week and from what I can tell he seems to be more willing to compromise and work on the issues, unlike China.  What do you guys think?  Is he genuine or, is he like the Emperor Palpatine?

Take this quiz and find out…

Funny article we found from  stuffasianpeoplelike.

“Asian chicks dig white guys. Somewhere in the midst of the pseudo-nationalistic indoctrination our well-meaning parents inflict upon us, we ladies stop paying attention and allow tall(er), skinny, white boy engineers to steal our hearts.

What’s up with the race treason? One theory: They love us. Asian fetish, yellow fever. Whatever you call it, there’s plenty of literature out there telling white men that we slant-eyed princesses are the exotic, submissive, and hypersexualized women of their dreams.

This post, however, is not about why white guys live in a delusional fantasy world. It’s a dissertation on why, despite the tawdry roots of our suitors’ affection, we just eat it up. One economist says it’s because Asian women are the least discriminatory female demographic (second-to-last paragraph)—that “the white man-Asian woman pairing was the most common form of interracial dating … because of the women’s neutrality, not the men’s pronounced preference.”

Uh, ok. Whatever. What about our strict fathers and sheltered childhoods? Plus, we all saw how well that John Lennon/Yoko Ono thing worked out. And we can’t resist everything white men have to offer—and no, I’m not talking about that. White men indulge our deepest PDA-fantasies; they hold our hands, they aren’t terribly cerebral about their emotions, and they will—heaven forbid—tell their parents that we’re actually dating. Asian parents don’t do any of that gross hand-holding, making-outhttp://star-ecentral.com/archives/2006/9/22/movies/f_03robbhood.jpg stuff. Asian boys learned the lesson; girls, not so much.

Lastly, if you think this is all a pile of BS, we all can agree on one tangible reason the Asian/white pairing works so well. God knows we all just want highly attractive children, and halfie babies are so damn cute.”

A friend of mine is starting a blog in China (he lives in Beijing) and recently encountered a number of issues during the registration process.   Just goes to show that while China embraces capitalism, it’s still a communist country…

•  The Chinese Government purposely decreases Internet download and upload speeds so that they can monitor and manage all Internet traffic entering and leaving China.  At best, a high speed dial up connection is equivalent to a good dial up connection in the US.
• Before going live, you need to submit paperwork to the government explaining what you’re intentions are with your website.  This can take up to two weeks.
• Once you go live, you need to be careful on what you post.  A lot of bloggers have been arrested for posting “controversial” content.  This includes search queries.  If you search for “Free Tibet” not only do you not get any search results, but you may get a visit from the local police.

This made me think about the movie “V.”  Scary…