Comments on: Dispatch from Pyongyang: Xinhua’s sense of humor? http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/ China and Other things Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:05:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Jamblichus http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-69228 Jamblichus Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:17:53 +0000 http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-69228 [Pyongyang] [Pyongyang]

]]> By: Jamblichus http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-69227 Jamblichus Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:17:19 +0000 http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-69227 Hi guys. Nice blog... I think that might be all Xinhua; a quick squint at the KCNA archives gives me this scintillating lead instead. "The International Women's Day (March 8) is a significant day which brings pride and happiness, pleasure and glory to the Korean women pushing vigorously one of the wheels of revolution." (Because you wouldn't want them pushing both would you?) And which concludes thusly.. "Women of the capital spent a pleasant while, taking Pyongyang cold noodle in restaurants." So there you have it. Noodles over singing and dancing. Live from Pyonyang... Hi guys. Nice blog… I think that might be all Xinhua; a quick squint at the KCNA archives gives me this scintillating lead instead. “The International Women’s Day (March 8) is a significant day which brings pride and happiness, pleasure and glory to the Korean women pushing vigorously one of the wheels of revolution.” (Because you wouldn’t want them pushing both would you?) And which concludes thusly.. “Women of the capital spent a pleasant while, taking Pyongyang cold noodle in restaurants.” So there you have it. Noodles over singing and dancing. Live from Pyonyang…

]]> By: Chris Hearne http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68544 Chris Hearne Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:26:58 +0000 http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68544 @ Porfiriy That reminds me of a conversation at work yesterday. There was a discussion about ethnic minorities and we first focused on the distinct ones: Tibetans, Uigyers, etc. Then someone mentioned Zhuang and asked what is so unique about them. There was kind of a silence and my co-worker said "They like to sing." @ Porfiriy
That reminds me of a conversation at work yesterday. There was a discussion about ethnic minorities and we first focused on the distinct ones: Tibetans, Uigyers, etc. Then someone mentioned Zhuang and asked what is so unique about them. There was kind of a silence and my co-worker said “They like to sing.”

]]> By: Porfiriy http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68452 Porfiriy Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:34:41 +0000 http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68452 I think it's interesting how Chinese media agencies always invoke "singing and dancing" to describe how empowered people who actually aren't empowered are. These Korean women are empowered! They also can't help but sing and dance. This happens all the time in Xinjiang. New housing projects opened for Uyghurs, who sang and dance! New irrigation channels routed into such and such a village, where they sang and danced! In religiously free China, Uyghurs can celebrate their holidays, where they sing and dance! If people are singing and dancing, they MUST be really satisfied with their lives, eh? I think it’s interesting how Chinese media agencies always invoke “singing and dancing” to describe how empowered people who actually aren’t empowered are. These Korean women are empowered! They also can’t help but sing and dance. This happens all the time in Xinjiang. New housing projects opened for Uyghurs, who sang and dance! New irrigation channels routed into such and such a village, where they sang and danced! In religiously free China, Uyghurs can celebrate their holidays, where they sing and dance!

If people are singing and dancing, they MUST be really satisfied with their lives, eh?

]]> By: rob http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68437 rob Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:50:17 +0000 http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68437 @ULN and Michah, despite my purported belief that this was a joke, I actually thought the same as both of you when I read the article. @ULN and Michah, despite my purported belief that this was a joke, I actually thought the same as both of you when I read the article.

]]> By: Micah Sittig http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68398 Micah Sittig Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:09:21 +0000 http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68398 My thought was the same as Uln's. Sounds very KCNA-ish. http://www.kcna.co.jp/ And let's not cast stones about gender equality, with the US now having a record high 17% women senators (and 17% also in the House). My thought was the same as Uln’s. Sounds very KCNA-ish. http://www.kcna.co.jp/

And let’s not cast stones about gender equality, with the US now having a record high 17% women senators (and 17% also in the House).

]]> By: Mike Fish http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68192 Mike Fish Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:27:11 +0000 http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68192 First they say men and women are equal in everyway and then follow with a statistic of only 20% female representation in the Supreme People's Assembly? That's funny! First they say men and women are equal in everyway and then follow with a statistic of only 20% female representation in the Supreme People’s Assembly? That’s funny!

]]> By: Uln http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68186 Uln Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:57:01 +0000 http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68186 Hi, Your explanation might be right, but I have a different one to propose: The tone sounds very similar to the articles of the Rodong Sinmun, which, if I remember well is also published in Chinese. So there is a chance that the guy has just copied the text from there, or from some other of the DPRK papers/magazines (which are all the same) You can try to check this by running a search on Google for some string in the Chinese article, but you are unlikely to be succesfull as most of those papers are not online. Hi,

Your explanation might be right, but I have a different one to propose:

The tone sounds very similar to the articles of the Rodong Sinmun, which, if I remember well is also published in Chinese. So there is a chance that the guy has just copied the text from there, or from some other of the DPRK papers/magazines (which are all the same)

You can try to check this by running a search on Google for some string in the Chinese article, but you are unlikely to be succesfull as most of those papers are not online.

]]> By: Beijing Sounds http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68117 Beijing Sounds Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:23:34 +0000 http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2009/03/10/dispatch-from-pyongyang-xinhuas-sense-of-humor/#comment-68117 I vote in favor of more translations like this in order to express my fervent patriotism for Black and White Cat I vote in favor of more translations like this in order to express my fervent patriotism for Black and White Cat

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