This week on Sinica, Jeremy Goldkorn and David Moser turn their attention to vice, in conversation with Robert Foyle Hunwick, a media consultant and editor for BeijingCream.com. We talk about everything naughty that happens here, with special attention to the nightlife scene. Jumping around Southeast Asia, Robert gives a bit of dirt on the many vices of the night elsewhere in Asia.Enjoy listening to Sinica? If you find listening to our show through the online flash player discomfiting, remember that you are always welcome to download it as a standalone mp3 file. Suggestions for and feedback on the show are always welcome in our comments section, or by email at sinica@popupchinese.com.
Sinica
said on July 6, 2014
Mentions1. The Great K-Hole of China by Robert Foyle Hunwickhttp://motherboard.vice.com/blog/the-great-k-hole-of-china2. The Worst Party in Asia by Robert Foyle Hunwickhttp://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/roads/2014/06/thailand_s_full_moon_party_on_koh_phangan_is_debauched_depraved_and_increasingly.html3. Guys and Sex Dolls – Scenes from the Guangzhou Sexpo by Robert Foyle Hunwickhttp://www.danwei.com/guys-and-sex-dolls-scenes-from-the-guanzghou-sexpo/4. Getting it up in China: from Horny Goat Weed to Viagra by David Moser for Danweihttp://www.danwei.org/tv/getting_it_up_in_china_from_ho.php5. Serial Killers in China by Robert Foyle Hunwick for Danweihttp://www.danwei.com/serial-killers-in-china/5. Utopia website shutdown: interview with Fan Jinggang by Robert Foyle Hunwick for Danweihttp://www.danwei.com/interview-before-a-gagging-order-fan-jinggang-of-utopia/6. Wastelands of Beijing by Robert Foyle Hunwick for Danweihttp://www.danwei.com/wastelands-of-beijing/7. Beijing Shopping Center Project Sits in Limbo by Liu Wen & translated by Zhang Xiaosi for The Economic Observerhttp://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2013/0604/244938.shtml8. Weekend Gallery: Humungous Marilyn Monroe Statue Taken to the Dump by Charles Liu for The Nanfanghttp://www.thenanfang.com/blog/weekend-gallery-giant-marilyn-monroe-statue-taken-to-garbage-dump/9. Chris Beam - author page at New Republichttp://www.newrepublic.com/authors/christopher-beam10. James Palmer - author page at Aeonhttp://aeon.co/magazine/author/james-palmer/11. Ian Johnson - sitehttp://www.ian-johnson.com/ RecommendationsJeremy:1. FT Summer reading list for 2014http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/6a7e6e10-fdab-11e3-96a9-00144feab7de.html…which includes the books:Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China, by Evan Osnoshttp://www.amazon.com/Age-Ambition-Chasing-Fortune-Truth-ebook/dp/B00GET185M/Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade, by Adam Minterhttp://www.amazon.com/Junkyard-Planet-Travels-Billion-Dollar-Trash-ebook/dp/B00EME5MNK2. Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way, by Dambisa Moyohttp://www.amazon.com/Dead-Aid-Working-Better-Africa/dp/0374532125/Robert:1. Deep Trouble: On The Set Of China’s Most Expensive, Possibly Worst Film(Part 1)http://beijingcream.com/2014/07/deep-trouble-on-the-set-of-empires-of-the-deep-part-1/(Part 2)http://beijingcream.com/2014/07/deep-trouble-on-the-set-of-empires-of-the-deep-part-2/2. The Incarnations, by Susan Barkerhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Incarnations-Susan-Barker/dp/0857522574David:1. Winner Take All: China’s Race for Resources and What it Means for the World, by Dambisa Moyohttp://www.amazon.com/Winner-Take-All-Chinas-Resources-ebook/dp/B0080K3FHM/2. Dambisa Moyo’s TED talk Is China the new idol for emerging economies?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q2aznfmcYU3. TED talks with Mandarin subtitleshttp://www.ted.com/talks/browse
watermark0n
said on July 7, 2014
MDMA is actually related to amphetamine, not LSD. This makes more sense if you expand its name, Methyldioxymethamphetamine. The other amphetamines just bind more to Dopamine, which produces a stimulant effect, while MDMA binds more to serotonin and produces a serotonin overload, producing the classic effects associated with the drug.
