Is your winter sweater too itchy? Try these wearable (!) porcelain clothes from artist Li Xiaofeng.

Via Neatorama

What’s that you say? Turd Baby? Yes.

Via Neatorama via Miss Cellania via Flickr via Taiwan

Tired of being able to access all of the websites you want? Try the Firefox plugin China Channel and free yourself from the unfettered world of the uncensored internet. You won’t not find yourself to not be misunderwhelmed.

Via Gizmodo

The question: is she gesturing to the photographer or the beggar? Please let it be to the photographer.

From Alan Taylor’s essential photoblog, The Big Picture, come a series of arresting photographs from the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. Below are a few of our favorites:

Remember Michael Phelps? Remember China? Here’s Michael Phelps learning Chinese:

In order to assuage fears that China would not be open to debate a criticism during the Olympic games, the government has set up three “protest zones”. Says Mo Yuchuan, director of the Research Center for Constitutional and Administrative Law at Renmin Daxue 人民大学:

The move to set aside protest areas is in line with Beijing’s promises to the International Olympic Committee to adhere to the Olympic traditions, such as free expression outside the sporting venues. It offers a new channel for the protestors (sic) to better express their opinions by attracting the eyes of tourists, reporters and officials during the Games.

So how is this arrangement turning out? Quite well if you believe that nobody wishes to protest. Not so much if you travel to the three zones and find them empty. Even worse when you realize that some applicants have been arrested. When questioned about why nobody has been allowed top protest, Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games vice president Wang Wei said:

China has stepped forward. The ordinary Chinese in the street will give the same answer. Do not underestimate the wisdom of the Chinese people. Do not think that you are smartest.

In related news, five US activists have been detained after unfurling an LED “Free Tibet” banner in Beijing. Regrettably, Tibet remains quite expensive.

First China vows to open access to media during the Olympics. Turns out that was a joke. Now the International Olympic Committee has sent its minions accross China to tape over unauthorized displays of the Olympic rings. Although the Chinese government has a substantial lead in the Douchebagoffery, the IOC is gaining ground. Who will reach the bottom first?

Windows only: PPstream is a peer-to-peer (P2P, or if you must, PP) video client that allows for live streaming and sharing of television and movies from China. Catch favorites such as CCTV (中国中央电视台) channels 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 17, movies of questionable legality and plenty of Olympics. The PP streams offer a golden opportunity to soak up immerse yourself in dip your toe into watch a deluge torrent bunch of TV from China. Sorry.

Direct link to installer here. Instructions here.

China is rich in natural and cultural resources. Which resources? you ask. Scienticians have revealed the new Periodic Table of Awesoments, which supplants the now-obsolete Periodic Table of Elements. Let us briefly consider which elements abound in China:

1. Bacon: yes
2. Ninja: no
3. Batman: no
4. Explosion: yes
5. Mountain Dew: maybe
6. Beer: yes
7. Chocolate: yes
8. Cheese: yes
9. Pirates: YES
10. Sniper: yes
11. Chuck Norris: yes
12. Grenades: yes
13. Boobs: yes
14. Beef Jerky: kind of
15. Coffee: yes
16. Sausage: yes
17. Zombies: yes
18. Assassin: yes
19. Mr. T: yes
20. Bombs: yes
21. Laser: yes
22. Jet Fighter: yes
23. Throwing stars: no
24. Minigun: unknown
25. Sonic Boom: yes
26. Kung Fu: yes
27. Jet Pack: unknown
28. Helicopter: yes
29. Microwave: yes
30. Light Speed: unknown
31. Space: yes
32. Taco Bell: yes
33. Kool Aid: unknown
34. Ramen: yes
35. Dwarves: yes
36. Vampire: yes
37. Bob Saget: no
38. Rockets: yes
39. Sword: yes
40. Tank: yes
41. Nunchucks: no
42. Daggers: yes
43. Trebuchets: yes
44. Light Saber: yes
45. Moon Jumps: no
46. Mecha: unknown
47. Internet: kind of
48. Hyperspace: no
49. Lightning: yes
50. Fire: yes
51. Liquor: yes
52. Doritos: yes
53. Robots: yes
54. Wizard: unknown
55. William Shatner: unknown
56. Fireworks: yes
57. Dinosaur: yes
58. Shark: yes
59. Dragon: yes
60. Giant Squid: unknown
61. Penguin: yes
62. Eagle: yes
63. Cheetah: no
64. Crocodile: kind of
65. Wolf: yes
66. Bear: yes
67. Cobra: yes
68. Falcon: yes
69. Trilobite: yes
70. Werewolves: unknown
71. Mutants: yes
72. Monster Truck: no
73. Motorcycle: yes
74. Battle Axe: yes
75. Catapult: yes
76. Rayguns: unknown
77. Video Games: yes
78. Teleport: yes
79. Computers: yes
80. Time Travel: unknown
81. Tornado: yes
82. Black Holes: no
83. Storms: yes
84. Ribs: yes
85. Aliens: unknown
86. Jedi: probably
87. Christopher Walken: yes
88. Proximity Mines: probably
89. Mustache: yes
90. Mohawk: yes
91. Yin Yang: yes
92. Skulls: yes
93. Scars: yes
94. Tattoos: yes
95. Mullet: yes
96. Hoodies: yes
97. Sunglasses: yes
98. Guitar Solo: yes
99. Holograms: yes
100. Battleship: yes
101. Fortress: yes
102. Sex: yes
103. Metal: yes
104. Magnets: yes
105. My Money: yes
106. Bounty Hunters: yes
107. Ghost: yes

We will update this post if we recieve unfounded and/or photoshopped sightings of the missing Awesoments.