Tag Archives: Humor

The Xinjiang 特产 Speciality You Always Wanted

And now, another lighthearted interlude, from Engrish Funny: A well-known Xinjiang product, 新疆香梨, or Xinjiang Pears, gets an irresistible reinterpretation by a grocer with questionable English abilities.

Toking Up Has, Is, and Always Will Be an Inseparable Part of China

As the debate rages on about the implications of a 3600 year old Caucasoid mummy in Xinjiang, a team of international scientists has verified that the oldest stash of marijuana was excavated along with a [...]

Madness? THIS! IS! XINJIANG!

The Olympics and all the related hooplah are now rapidly fading from memory into the history books, and the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan comes to a close today. A quick browse through the archives [...]

Online Humor Affirms Xinjiang Stereotypes

So what do you do if you’re interested in ascertaining how a nation’s social imagination classifies and categorizes a particular subset of its citizens? Ask the Internet, of course! This time, John Pasden of Sinosplice [...]