China’s ‘Boxer Shorts Rebellion’
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 03.18.08 | 12:37 PM ET
A man known online as Chinabounder went to Shanghai “to teach English and, apparently, have a little naughty fun on the side,” writes Mara Hvistendahl in a New Republic story. That allegedly included “gallivanting with local women” and blogging about it, which inspired an online posse to get Chinabounder kicked out of China.
Hvistendahl uses this tale to kick off a story about fenqing—“young nationalists who are an increasingly important political force in China”—and how the group factors into a rising China and the country’s attitudes toward foreigners. It’s an interesting read.
Related on World Hum:
* William Langewiesche in China: ‘No Pushing! No Swearing! No Irony!’
* China to Bjork: You Hurt Our Feelings
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
