KICKSTARTER PROJECT!
A few hours ago I launched a Kickstarter project to raise money for the printing of WAIJIAO, my comic essay about teaching in China (My girlfriend and I lived there for four years, during which time we created this blog. We also have another website called Resolving Chaos). My goal is $1000, which will cover [...]
See the Street Cats of Zheshida Old Neighborhood
“The Street Cats of Zheshida Old Neighborhood is a collection of feral cat portraits taken in the Zhejiang University old teachers’ dormitory neighborhood in Jinhua, China. The cats live in a similar fashion to their homeless human counterparts; mainly they survive on handouts. They spend their days digging in trash cans, eating through plastic trash [...]
New Project: RESOLVING CHAOS
Dear Reader, This Ridiculous World has started a new project based site called Resolving Chaos. It has not quite grown to its full fledged glory but any feedback or suggestions would be much appreciated. We will leave This Ridiculous World as is for the time being because we feel it contains an entertaining archive of [...]
Romance of the Western Chamber – a Review
An adaptation of a famous Yuan Dynasty play, the silent film Romance of the Western Chamber offers 45 minutes of jerking eastern theatrical acting, ridiculous head gear and awesome close-up clips of swords clashing. Sources tell us that the original version was nearly twice as long, but the remaining portion did not seem to need [...]
The Foreman’s Nightmare – Part 1
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INVISIBLE HAND OF MARKET FOUND IN CHINA!
Some Smoggy City, CHINA – While Americans bicker over economic policies and try to disagree on the best way to guide the nation toward prosperity, it seems the object of Adam Smith’s over-referenced phrase has floated across the Pacific to get itself dirty (quite literally) in a different kind of muck. Skeptics will no doubt [...]
This Ridiculous World Guide: China – Life Stages of a Modern Building
A building is a magical thing. However, as a resident, whether temporary or permanent, getting to know your own building can be confusing, if not scary. At times you may wonder what goes on within its walls, or below the floorboards. You may be concerned about the shifting of doors and cabinets, or the loosening [...]
Postcards From Tomorrow Square – a Review
The Escape List: Postcards From Tomorrow Square by James Fallows *Editor’s Note: The Escape List originally existed as a separate identity from TRW. However, as busy readers and watchers we thought we ought to include some exposure for the various China-related (defined as broadly as we decide) media we have ingested and try to put [...]
A Chinese Car Accident in Three Parts
Attn: Outside World We wish to share with you a complete account of the recent remarkable event which unfolded directly below our dusty office window here at This Ridiculous World Headquarters. Set deep in the remote urban jungles of modern industrial China we witnessed the coming together of human, machine and fire hydrant. The story [...]
Skyline full of Fireworks at Chinese New Year
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Dear People of the Rooftops
Dear People of the Rooftops, We see you sometimes, black shapes crawling over unfinished buildings – black because of your distance and the dulling grayness between us and also because of the jackets you wear and the hair on your head. You are the toilers; the transformers of the cities; the ones who knock it [...]
ANCIENT COUNTRY CHANGES RAPIDLY
PEOPLE BUY NEW THINGS CHINA – If you have eyes or ears, you’re no doubt familiar with the rumor: China is changing. The Western media teems with tales of the massive nation’s development – the qualities of a rising middle class; the plight of the poor rural folk left behind; the corruption that chews its [...]
English Programme for Children: That was a Funny Thing I Did
Having survived twelve weeks and twenty four classes of the English Programme for Children I am ready to put it behind me and search out the humor in the experience. The “Program” involved teaching a class of twenty Chinese kindergartners an assortment of English terms (random in my eyes but no doubt the favorites of [...]
The Foreman’s Nightmare – Part 2
RETURN TO EPISODE 5 – PART 1 VIEW THE FOREMAN IN ITS ENTIRETY See The Foreman and other comics at Resolving Chaos Share this:EmailRedditStumbleUponDigg
Apr 25, 2011 | Categories: China, Comics, The Foreman | Tags: Balloons, chairwoman, china comic, Construction, drawing, hairdos, Humor, illustration, lines, social commentary, webcomic | 1 Comment »