Popular Malaysian blogger Kenny Sia, armed with “a (borrowed) huge ass digital SLR camera,” crashes the Miss Tourism Pageant 2005 Kuching Preview Show and returns with lots of pictures. The event was not without some controversy; Miss Ethiopia was quarantined at the airport because she failed to produce a medical certificate and Miss Tibet refused to compete because the Chinese government forced to enter the competition as Miss Tibet-China.
A popular Chinese drama “Dwelling Narrowness” was “re-scheduled” without explanation recently. ESWN translated various reports and discussions about the drama. A recent development of the drama is that one of the main characters becomes the mistress of a government official in order to help repay her older sister's mortgage.
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated local web portal Netease's pick of 41 popular Chinese internet memes.
Tingting from ChinaSMACK translated a local forum post that shows modern and luxurious design prison in China.
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Bueno me parece realmente bien que la gente se divierta, pero no puedo dejar de lado la impresión que me deja esta última parte del post:
the Chinese government forced to enter the competition as Miss Tibet-China
Solo puedo decir que sobran los comentarios