http://www.asianoffbeat.com Asianoffbeat http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2390 Meng Laowai and the MBBB Mengs Brothers Blues Band sings the blues of March of the Volunteers national anthem of the Peoples Republic of China. http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2390 26 Dec 2011 04:24:52 GMT http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2380 Lion commemorated its 120th anniversary in October 2011. Throughout its 120year history in Japan, advertising has played a vital role in shaping Lion into an iconic, cultural and timeless brand. http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2380 31 Oct 2011 02:48:55 GMT http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2374 The China 101 video covers everything from economics, eating habits to the concepts of guanxi, and even corruption. It contains lots of interesting infographics. Produced by EnoJin Production. http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2374 11 Oct 2011 21:56:50 GMT http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2354 A short video that recently spread on the Chinese internet featuring one Chinese college students creative method for automatically washing his clothes using two water faucets. In China, many people still handwash their laundry. Chinasmack http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2354 22 Jun 2011 06:19:54 GMT http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2351 In a wedding ceremony of Northern China, a guy in blue tshirt, who could be the grooms gay lover, grabbed groom from the hand of bride and ran off with him. In a few days, this video has become a hit among Chinese netizens. http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2351 14 Jun 2011 02:35:07 GMT http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2337 The Ogilvy creative team in Taiwan has produced a great example of the power of storytelling. Check out this commercial. Its based on a true story about an old Taiwanese lady who was arrested in Venezuela charged with carrying an illegal substance in her bag. In fact, its the material shell use to make chicken soup for her daughter whod just given birth. The Taiwanese mother cant speak any English, but she traveled on her own in 3 days to 3 countries over 32000 kilometers. How did she do it? The banks subtle, at the end of the commercial is, For Ordinary People With Extraordinary Dreams. http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2337 07 May 2011 08:52:08 GMT http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2304 Taichi Saotome battles dark forces during a sword dance.Samurai may no longer have feudal warriors to battle against, but there are still dark forces to be fought in Tokyo according to a hit video from Team Lab. Actor Taichi Saotome, 19, was filmed on stage slicing his way through a mysterious bombardment emanating from dark clouds above. The performance was held at the Galaxy Theater Tokyo in January, and organized by installation art specialists Team Lab, who describe themselves as Ultra Technologists. The twoandahalf minute sword dance and shadowgraph is titled Dragon and Peony. CNNGo http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2304 02 Mar 2011 20:10:59 GMT http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2292 Who says men cant multitask? Nury Vittachi is impressed by the Hong Kong minibus drivers efficiency. Hong Kong journalist, author and funny man Nury Vittachi took a minibus to work today. The driver was steering through the mean streets of Hong Kong while munching his breakfast and reading a newspaper. http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2292 18 Jan 2011 19:03:10 GMT http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2288 Two men in Central Chinas Henan province may have broken a world record by remaining buried up to their armpits in a pile of ice cubes in minus ten degrees Celsius weather. http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2288 05 Jan 2011 02:45:46 GMT http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2284 A video of a complete buildings construction in less than a week has shocked Chinese netizens, with many asking, Is faster better?The video shows how Chinese workers took only six days to build a 15story hotel in Changsha, Hunan Province. They completed the entire facade in only 46 hours. http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=2284 27 Dec 2010 02:10:33 GMT