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Changchun claims endurance karaoke titlePosted by Eric Mu, March 11, 2009 5:54 PM
Changchun celebrated a record-breaking accomplishment today: a nineteen-day singing marathon involving more than a thousand of the city's residents set a new record for continuous karaoke. New Culture View's front page shows the scene shortly after midnight when Changchun's heroes bested the Finns' old record of 446 hours 4 minutes and 5 seconds. But it was still far too early for everyone to go home, so they kept singing for another ten hours, concluding with a rendition of Lo Ta Yu's 1986 all-star charity single "Tomorrow Will Be Even Better." The final total ended up being 456 hours 2 minutes and 5 seconds, during which 1,302 participants sang 6,281 songs. Endurance karaoke has certainly come a long way since 2007, when a crew of hardy singers in Anhui lasted just 145 hours.  New Express March 11, 2009 In more serious news, a patrol ship recently acquired by China Fishery Administration departed the port of Guangzhou yesterday heading for the South China Sea, reported today's New Express. The 4,450 ton No. 311 Fishing Administration Ship, formerly a PLA Navy support vessel, becomes the CFA's biggest boat. According to the newspaper, the ship is on its way to carry out a patrolling and fishery protection mission. The article commented that the new ship has strengthened China's power to sustain maritime sovereignty. On the same page, the newspaper reported on the incident involving the US Navy ship Impeccable, and quoted PLA Navy vice-commissar Wu Huayang calling the whole incident "America's hype" (美方的炒作): "they are sneaking around the fence, so the house's owner goes out to see what is going on. Does it make any sense that they accuse us of infringing their right?" The incident was also covered on the front page of today's Global Times. The big headline reads "American spy ship messes around with China in the South Sea." The cover illustration of today's China Business View assembles the photos of five former high-level officials who were busted last year. Right above it is the top headline: "1,200 White-collar crime offender were arrested last year." On the sidebar, the newspaper reports on Liu Xiang's return from the US. Liu has been a CPPCC representative for three consecutive years but skipped the last two annual sessions. Liu's absence has been controversial. Liu Shikun, a famous pianist and CPPCC representative, had reportedly described him as "on the pot but not shitting" (占着茅坑不拉屎). However, The Beijing News reported today that Liu Shikun has released a statement to the Internet claiming that he had never said anything of the sort, and that he was not qualified to criticize Liu Xiang. According to the article, Liu will attend the reminder of this year's legislative sessions. Links and Sources
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Comments on Changchun claims endurance karaoke title
re. Liu Xiang:
i don't understand China's continued interest in the guy.
Liu Xiang, of course, is nowhere to be found on this list of multiple olympic gold medalists.
nor is he likely to make the list, at least not in this lifetime.
占着茅坑不拉屎, indeed.
and yet half a decade after his last and only olympic gold medal, the man still makes headlines.
maybe there's a good reason for this. maybe his fame has precedent. i'm not a sports fan, so i can't be sure. nonetheless, it strikes me as odd.
i ask the sports fans among you:
has any other olympic athlete ever enjoyed a fame so singular and yet somehow enduring?
well, he had been unbeatable since 2004 and held the world record until just last summer. he's a young, handsome guy who excels in a sport which the chinese are not particularly great. yeah, it's kind of hard for expats or people from countries who traditionally excel in track & field to understand why he's so popular, but i doubt chinese people care what they think. hell, i can't for the life of me understand why li yuchun was still popular almost 2 years after supervoicegirlsmsextravaganza, or why half of american celebrities EXIST but my opinion is not all that important.
re: Changchun
This is what I can wuliao and vulgar.
has any other olympic athlete ever enjoyed a fame so singular and yet somehow enduring?
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This isn't about sports anymore, it's about special interest groups manipulating the media to meri Liu every way possible, they want to squeeze evey drop of profit off Liu before throwing him into the trashbin.
The way I see it, a duly elected (excuse me) representative absent from congress TWICE for his own COMFORT is an act of HIGH TREASON, and Liu should be officially charged with it.
@slowboat
Liu Xiang not only won a gold medal at the Olympics in Athens in 2004, he also won the IAAF World Championships in Osaka in 2007. Add to those accomplishments a world record (now held by someone else) and you have the makings of a great athlete.
The Chinese (and other Asians) make a big deal of Liu Xiang because it was long thought that no Asian man could ever hope to compete in a premier track-and-field event against black or white athletes. After his surprise win in 2004, buses in China were plastered with Liu Xiang's face and the phrase "Not Just a Chinese Hero, A Hero for all of Asia." The pride that Chinese feel for athletes such as Liu Xiang and Yao Ming has a great deal to do with long-standing feelings of inferiority (i.e., 东亚病夫 and all that).
Add to all of this the fact that Liu Xiang appears to be a genuinely nice guy, loves his mother, gave tons of money to the Sichuan earthquake relief effort, and is not bad to look at and you can begin to appreciate the Chinese fascination with Liu Xiang a bit better.
Finally, don't count Liu Xiang out just yet. He spent the last few months in Houston, Texas receiving top-notch medical treatment from American doctors recommended by none other than his oft-injured compatriot Yao Ming. If Liu Xiang can return from this injury (not a given) he is still young enough to compete at the highest level of his sport. I, for one, am rooting for him.
As for Peteryang wanting to charge Liu Xiang with treason for having skipped meetings of a rubber-stamp congress, I can only hope that he is kidding.
No I am not kidding, the rubber-stamp title has nothing to do with this, just like the looted bronzes have nothing to do with their monetary value. It's a symbol that you at least give a shit about your voters.
Plus, I for one hope the congress will function as it should, and I understand it will take quite some time but I know it's getting there so I can't allow this kind of felony to exist. I believe it's my duty to watch over the society and point out its ills.
Stinky, you can check out all the forums and news comment section, majority of Chinese are furious over his absence and want him out of China. That's right, out of China, stay in America forever.
And if I ever see him, my boots will pry into his butt.
you gotta catch him first
@slowboat
China is indeed fortunate to have someone such as yourself looking out for the best interests of the Chinese people. I can now die in peace. 你辦事，我放心。
Sincerely,
小臭 (Stinky)