China Punks 15: I’m F****ing Dis Pear, Man

Posted: June 1, 2012 | Author: John Artman | Filed under: China, Chinese Culture, Chinese Economy, Non-China tangents included | Tags: chen guangcheng, corruption, game of thrones, naked officials, railroads, serial killers, serial rapists, stimulus, the vatican, yang rui | Leave a comment

Recorded on May 30, 2012

We’re trying something a little different this week and, as with anything new, there’s always room for error (which we never make). It took about two days after the recording to get everything together.

You’ll notice that Charlie sounds amazing whereas John sounds just as crappy. Also, if you’re really paying attention, you might notice that both John and Charlie seem telepathic, because we are.

Again, welcome everyone from the No Agenda Stream. You can catch us “live” every Friday at noon EDT (4pm GMT).

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China Punks 14: Drinkin’ Before 5pm

Posted: May 25, 2012 | Author: John Artman | Filed under: China, Chinese Culture, Chinese Social Media, Western Media, Xiaomi 小米 | Tags: chen guanfu, chen guangcheng, child kidnapping, guangzhou, living with dead hearts, no agenda stream, visas, yang rui | Leave a comment

First, we would like to welcome all listeners from the No Agenda Stream. If you’re catching this post before the live stream broadcast, you can catch our “live” broadcast on Friday May 25 12 noon EDT (Midnight Saturday China time.)

Also, there’s a problem with the Ubuntu One streaming of our podcast, so I won’t be posting a link to streaming. Instead, the link below is to the download.

Find links and more info below

Download China Punks 14

yang rui

China Soft-Power Watch: The Yang Rui ‘Foreign Bitch’ Factor

Okay, seriously…one last Yang Rui story

child kidnapping – serial killer in kunming

17 young people disappear in Yunnan, police fear a serial killer

Serial killers in China

Living with Dead Hearts

chen guangfu

Chen Guangcheng’s Brother Escapes Village

Report: Chinese city enforcers accused of brutality

xiaomi flashing

Book of Knowledge: Xiaomi

Tech in Asia’s Coverage

China Punks 13: Law?! We don’t need no stinkin’ Law!

Posted: May 17, 2012 | Author: John Artman | Filed under: China, Chinese Culture, Gadgets, Non-China tangents included, Xiaomi 小米 | Tags: baidu, chen guangcheng, cultural revolution, game of thrones, illegal foreigners, rule of law | Leave a comment

Recorded on May 16, 2012

Here at China Punks, we like to take your misguided and pre-conceived notions of decency, etiquette, and rule of law and smash them to little bits with our “China Punks Bear and Wizard Deterrent” baseball bats.

So if you’re that guy (or gal) standing in front of the subway (or elevator) doors, get the hell out of our way or the next thing in your face just might be your doom.

If you’re that fat jerk talking smack about our beards, STFU or be the target of the “China Punks” Stare of Death©®™ (deadlier than any Death Star laser, because its real)

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charlie’s trip

crackdown on illegal foreigners

Beijing to “Clean Up” Illegal Foreigners
Watch: Fight between Chinese and laowai passenger on train
British Man Beat Up For Sexually Assaulting Chinese Girl

female chengguan in Harbin

Female inspectors are a hit

City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau

46th anniversary of cultural revolution

Mid-Week Links, Part 2: Retired CCP members ask for Zhou Yongkang and Liu Yunshan to resign, Salman Rushdie on censorship, and “anti-cult month”

chen developments

Chen reports ‘first concrete step’ toward leaving China
Amid celebrations over activist deal, US officials admit they haven’t told Chen Guangcheng that Santa Claus doesn’t exist

baidu’s new phone

Baidu to Sell Inexpensive Smartphone
Baidu Unveils Low Cost Smartphone with Voice Recognition and 100GB of Cloud Storage

BBC reports that everyone likes China

China Ranked 5th in BBC Global Popularity Survey, Above USA

China Punks 12: Bears, Bats, and One Blind Man

Posted: May 3, 2012 | Author: John Artman | Filed under: China, Chinese Culture, Chinese Media, Chinese Social Media, Gadgets, Non-China tangents included, Western Media | Tags: buddhists, censhorship, chen guangcheng, consoles, ct510, game of thrones, rape, weibo, wizards, wokai | Leave a comment

UPDATE: Audio file is now the entire show.

Recorded on May 2, 2012

On behalf of the China Punks team, we would like sadly inform our loyal listeners that we will be discontinuing our line of “China Punks”-branded cattle, power hungry officials and baby brands. Due to amazing lack of demand, there’s just no way that we could continue the production of these life-changing products.

Upon looking at our finances, our board of directors has decided, instead, to place what little money we have into a new line of government approved “China Punks” bear-repelling and dissident-beating baseball bats. They won’t be very useful if you do decide to take a trek into the-middle-of-nowhere Beijing suburbs to test video game consoles.

Nor will they protect you from wizards.

These are poorly-made and low quality products which no one will want. They aren’t limited edition, won’t come with a certificate of authenticity, and certainly won’t come with a warranty.

Did we mention that they won’t protect you from wizards?

We hope you don’t enjoy them.

Sincerely,

John and Charlie

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Wizard Arrested for Raping Buddhist