BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "Beijing" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:01:31 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Spectacular Ice Sculptures In Beijing http://www.buzzfeed.com/faithistorment/spectacular-ice-sculptures-in-beijing-52s6 The Yangqing Ice Festival, an annual tradition, is the grand finale to the Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/faithistorment/spectacular-ice-sculptures-in-beijing-52s6 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:02:08 -0500 <b>The Yangqing Ice Festival, an annual tradition, is the grand finale to the Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing.</b> faithistorment nonadult Occupy Wall Streeter Calls Ai Weiwei Selfish For Not Liking Occupy Wall Street Enough http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/occupy-wall-streeter-calls-ai-weiwei-selfish-for-n This is the same Ai Weiwei who was arrested by the Chinese government for his human rights activism, so, yeah…how dare he not be more involved. From an MSNBC live chat with the outspoken artist, who still faces threat of imprisonment for his struggle against the repressive regime. A commenter named Angelina didn't think Ai was sufficiently reverential in his response about OWS. This is infuriating.

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Ai Weiwei: Only Detained By The Chinese Government For Advocating Democracy And Not Empathetic With The People&#39;s Struggle

Ai Weiwei: Only Detained By The Chinese Government For Advocating Democracy And Not Empathetic With The People's Struggle

Ai Weiwei, the bum who should have figured out some way to evade Chinese surveillance and censorship so that he could have participated in the drum circle outside of Bloomberg's mansion.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/occupy-wall-streeter-calls-ai-weiwei-selfish-for-n Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:02:09 -0500 <b>This is the same Ai Weiwei who was arrested by the Chinese government for his human rights activism, so, yeah...how dare he not be more involved.</b> From an MSNBC <a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/11/ai-weiwei-occupy-wall-street-hopeless-primitive/45307/">live chat</a> with the outspoken artist, who still faces threat of imprisonment for his struggle against the repressive regime. A commenter named Angelina didn&#39;t think Ai was sufficiently reverential in his response about OWS. This is infuriating. gavon nonadult 10 Incredible Pictures Of Smog In Beijing http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/10-incredible-pictures-of-smog-in-beijing Yikes. The smog in Beijing is so bad right now compared with the standards set by the EPA that it was listed as “beyond index.” Apparently the person running the US embassy's Twitter first reported the smog as “crazy bad,” but the tweet has since been deleted and replaced with “beyond index.”

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/10-incredible-pictures-of-smog-in-beijing Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:02:13 -0400 <b>Yikes.</b> The smog in Beijing is so bad right now compared with the standards set by the EPA that it was listed as "beyond index." Apparently the person running the US embassy&#39;s Twitter first reported the smog as "crazy bad," but the tweet has since been deleted and replaced with "beyond index." mjs538 nonadult Fight In Beijing Subway http://www.buzzfeed.com/gossipberry/huge-fight-in-beijing-subway-216i

Apparently it's the season for fighting in subways . This time, passengers in Beijing battle it out when an empty seat becomes available.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gossipberry/huge-fight-in-beijing-subway-216i Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:32:14 -0400 <b>Apparently it&#39;s the season for fighting in<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/baby-in-stroller-rolls-of-train-during-moms-subwa">subways</a>.</b> This time, passengers in Beijing battle it out when an empty seat becomes available. gossipberry nonadult Chinese Performance Artist Sentenced To Labor Camp For Public Sex (NSFW) http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/chinese-performance-artist-sentenced-to-labor-camp Chinese artist Cheng Li was arrested and sentenced to a year of “re-education through labor” following his performance piece, “Art Whore,” where he had actual intercourse in front of onlookers at a Beijing museum. Cheng is currently appealing the decision through administrative appeal.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/chinese-performance-artist-sentenced-to-labor-camp Tue, 10 May 2011 13:30:16 -0400 <b>Chinese artist Cheng Li was arrested and sentenced to a year of "re-education through labor" following his performance piece, "Art Whore," where he had actual intercourse in front of onlookers at a Beijing museum.</b> Cheng is currently appealing the decision through administrative appeal. gavon adult The 60-Mile Chinese Traffic Jam http://www.buzzfeed.com/bfeld/the-60-mile-chinese-traffic-jam

There is a traffic jam in China that has been going on for 9 days.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/bfeld/the-60-mile-chinese-traffic-jam Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:16:27 -0400 There is a traffic jam in China that has been going on for 9 days. bfeld nonadult How To Park In Beijing http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/how-to-park-in-china

It helps to be just incredibly resourceful. ( Via .)

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/how-to-park-in-china Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:02:03 -0400 It helps to be just incredibly resourceful. (<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/ccpr6/parking_is_hard_to_find_in_beijing_one_girl_has_a/">Via</a>.) expresident adult Lego Olympics http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/lego-olympics-6y

Lego enthusiasts from Hong Kong have created a miniature Beijing Olympics!

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/lego-olympics-6y Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:18:33 -0400 Lego enthusiasts from Hong Kong have created a miniature Beijing Olympics! ries nonadult On Michael Phelps' iPod http://www.buzzfeed.com/jredmondiii/on-michael-phelps-ipod-j

What’s Phelps listening to?

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jredmondiii/on-michael-phelps-ipod-j Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:55:54 -0400 What's Phelps listening to? jredmondiii nonadult Beijing's Olympic Makeover http://www.buzzfeed.com/blanca/beijings-olympic-makeover

Beijing’s aggressive face-lift for the Olympic games includes shooting silver-iodide filled rockets into clouds to control rainfall and feline extermination.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/blanca/beijings-olympic-makeover Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:43:05 -0400 Beijing's aggressive face-lift for the Olympic games includes shooting silver-iodide filled rockets into clouds to control rainfall and feline extermination. blanca nonadult