Someone asked me to make 50 cupcakes for a bridal shower (chinese theme). I did a search on CC for "chinese" and found a few things, but does anyone have any other great ideas, pics or links?

i don't know what you have already found, but I googled a couple things, and here are some that i think are cute:

a simple green cupcake with a cherry blossom(my favorite!)
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3214446/2/istockphoto_3214446_green_tea_cupcakes_teapot.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php%3Fid%3D3214446&h=253&w=380&sz=40&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=bkUxl9y2lwEVZM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=123&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dasian%2Bcupcakes%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

cupcakes with gold coins for prosperity
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://bp0.blogger.com/_PcTiO4AUgRI/ReutCpVFBSI/AAAAAAAAAYM/3LRy8RObkQU/s400/IMG_1607.JPG&imgrefurl=http://simplycake.blogspot.com/2007/02/chinese-new-year-cupcakes.html&h=400&w=300&sz=24&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=7ggDeav6_wq4gM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=93&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dchinese%2Bcupcakes%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

cupcakes with fortune cookies on top of them
http://redstandard.org/editrix/cupcakes.jpg

Or what about the chinese symbol for love? you could do it in chocolate, let it set and stand it up on the cupcakes with a little cherry blossom at the base of it.

all the above comments are perfect. I was going to suggest cherry blossoms as well.