Eric Jou
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Darth Vader, You Can’t Eat Chinese Food With A Mask On
1As many of you might already know, Chinese New Year has come and this year, 2014, is the year of the horse. To recognise and greet those who celebrate the event, some companies (and even world leaders) have created video greetings. However, all of those pale in comparison to one that comes from a galaxy…
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The Death Of A Taiwanese Game Shop
Shopkeeper Ms Wang has run a video games shop in Taipei for well over 10 years. Located in the underground Taipei City Mall, Wang’s shop is one of two mum and pop stores that specialise in selling retro games. Now, after more than a decade, she’s talking about calling it quits and moving on towards…
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Chinese Fans React To Japanese Anime Character’s New Haircut
Chibi Maruko-chan, one of Japan’s longest-running animated shows, has had a slight change recently. The titular character, Maruko-Chan, got a haircut, and Chinese fans are having a field day. That’s right, Chinese fans, in China, are reacting to a Japanese anime character getting a haircut.
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Hold Your Horses, Don’t Get Excited About Consoles In China…Yet
Earlier this week, China’s State Council sneakily released a document about regulations in the nifty Shanghai Free Trade Zone. Due to this release, media outlets have been calling China’s archaic 13-year ban on video games consoles to be over. I’m here to rain on everyone’s parade.