Eric Jou's discussions

yup the number 4 is unlucky cause it's si - which is the same for death which is also si just a different tone. But at the same time, four days off is better than 3 days off. Read more

damn right! Read more

Self immolations. Google it, don't post about it here please =[ Read more

not really. It's a cabbage. It's not like he was holding a water bottle over his head or speaking in uyghur. Read more

I see where your coming from with pricing, but most games on the gray market in China go for about 300 or so. So game pricing isn't so much an issue - the gray market thrives. Gamers see localized content and they're willing to pay for it, you see this with the HK and TW games being gobbled up at gray market stores.

Tho… Read more

We used to collect them. I don't even bother anymore, but here's a link to one of the more common thefts - this includes graphics and everything!

Here's an older story - I warn you...The content is possibly NOT SAFE FOR WORK! NSFW!!

This just happens to the story that comes to mind. There's lots of other stuff that… Read more

Technically China's always been dabbling in capitalism. the FTZ is their way of opening up a new industry because they need to find a way to keep their economy afloat. Read more

TV's pretty popular in China as it's a family gathering kind of deal. Internet's taken a huge chunk of TV viewers but TV's still there. Now that's not to say Chinese TV shows are popular. There's IPTV, Smart TVs that help stream stuff from the internet. Read more

actually...There are quite a bit of Chinese readers reading Kotaku! They just don't know it =[. Read more

政策 isn't just legal reasons - it also doubles as Government reasons. 政策 <—-literally means policy or Government Policy. In regards to legal reasons, legal reasons would say something along the lines of "版权" <—- copyright, which would denote that it's a legal issue regarding copyrights . Having worked in China and… Read more

I was thinking about that too. The Chinese government has been known to block out outside competitors, but the thing is that even blocking out foreign shows, domestic shows fail.

On top of that, Korean Dramas haven't been blocked and South Korean dramas are just as, if not worse, than US shows when depicting excess.… Read more

You know...I'm actually quite surprised that most of the comments seem to be about how bad Big Bang Theory is or how people wish it was taken off the air. The fact that BBT is on the air is a testament to it's likability. Read more

Exactly! That would've been phenomenally cuter! Read more

I can see that too but I think the ultimate goal is for CCTV to make money from all of this. Read more

Seriously...

I've showed it to people in the office. 60% of the women think it's cute. The other 40 percent just laughed.

50 percent of the men were like wtf.
the other 50 were like that's just too much effort... Keep in mind that my office apart from myself, and three other foreigners are all Chinese. Read more

I knew it Chris! You're part of the non - New York group. We are not real people...we're just figments of the interweb's imagination. Read more

No one can forget Fahey!!! Shhh!! If he finds out we've forgotten about him, he'll d.....Oh noes! Read more

it might not be that hard. Though you would need to learn Chinese. Also from what I understand from the last time i visited the temple, only martial arts learning monks can eat meat. Read more

The numbers gone up from 20. It's an unclear number since. Last I read it was about 30+ now. Read more

nope! This was pretty solid. Read more