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05 Nov 09
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The Mouse looms over Shanghai Xinhua Daily TelegraphNovember 5, 2009
San Jin City News
Disney is coming to Shanghai.
The Shanghai government announced yesterday that its proposal for a Disney theme park in the city had been approved by the central government. Today's Xinhua... |
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05 Nov 09
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Taiwan to open memorial museum for 228 incident Taipei Times reports. The museum will be open for memorials in 2010.
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05 Nov 09
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Follow-ups to Wen Jiabao's DPRK trip Adam Cathcart rounds up some reactions to various episodes of the Premier's recent visit to Pyongyang, including this classic, noisy Arriflex camera one North Korean journalist used to film the proceedings.
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05 Nov 09
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On silk farming in Wuzhen David at Randomwire posts on his visit and witnessing of cocoons boiled and silk extracted, with photos.
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05 Nov 09
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Actor fakes multiple illnesses in commercials ESWN presents reports and videos featuring xiangsheng actor Hou Yaohua, who has promoted dodgy medicines in ten television commercials.
At the China Daily as well.
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05 Nov 09
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Hundreds protest after man died in Kunming ChinaSMACK has a translation of a story about a man in Kunming beaten to death by the Chengguan.
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05 Nov 09
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Soong Mei-ling and Christianity Biographer Hannah Pakula has written an biography of Soong Mei-ling. The New York Times has an extract about her religious upbringing:
One of the interests the Soong parents shared was music. Madame Soong had studied piano, and her husband had a... |
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05 Nov 09
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World Bank gives China a higher financial forecast The New York Times reports:
The bank now expects the Chinese economy to grow 8.4 percent this year, according to its latest quarterly review of the country, up from the 7.2 percent it forecast in June. It predicts growth of 8.7 percent next year.
The... |
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04 Nov 09
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Danwei Canteen: Chestnet Chicken Stew
Our new series, Danwei Canteen is a quick guide to traditional Chinese food as it's prepared where the cuisine was born: in Chinese rural areas and villages. We'll accompany the food with originally recorded music from parks and villages, and... |
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04 Nov 09
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Obama's Shenzhen-based brother publishes novel This report from Reuters does not say where the novel will be published.
U.S. President Barack Obama's half-brother made a rare appearance on Wednesday in southern China, his home for seven years, to launch a novel he says draws on his painful... |
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04 Nov 09
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A centenarian monk reads the newspaper Daily SunshineNovember 4, 2009
Today's Daily Sunshine, a Shenzhen-based commercial paper, talked to the former abbot of Hongfa Temple ahead of his 103rd birthday on the 21st day of the 9th lunar month (November 7 this year).
Master Benhuan (本焕), bor... |
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04 Nov 09
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Han Han: metrosexual and carefully groomed TIME's Simon Elegant interviews Han Han:
"It's stupid to try to evaluate one's own works," he says, lacing his answer with frequent expletives. "If you are too humble, people won't take you seriously; and if you think too highly of yourself, it's not... |
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04 Nov 09
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Julia Lovell on Lu Xun On The China Beat:
[A]n excerpt from the introduction of Julia Lovell’s forthcoming translation of Lu Xun’s fiction. Lovell examines the uses (and abuses) of Lu Xun’s writings by Mao Zedong in the decades after the author’s death, pointing out ... |
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04 Nov 09
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Disney theme park approved for Shanghai From The New York Times:
After a courtship of about 20 years, the Walt Disney Company has won approval from the central government of China to build a Disneyland-style theme park in Shanghai, Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, sa... |
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03 Nov 09
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The seventh Taiwan Gay Parade Link picked by Danwei.org |
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03 Nov 09
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Inside Aiweiwei's head China Geeks has a scan of a letter from Ai Weiwei's German doctors about his brain damage and threat to life, although with the conclusion that he will fully recover.
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03 Nov 09
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World of Warcraft approval suspended GAPP has suspended approval for World of Warcraft, Blizzard's wildly popular online game whose Chinese operation Netease recently took over from The9. Reuters reports:
Citing "gross violations" of regulations, the General Administration of Press and... |
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03 Nov 09
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Saturday football club A video set to music with no narration of a bunch of Chinese children playing football in Beijing, by China-Files.com (link to Italian language website with Vimeo video player).
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03 Nov 09
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Giant Mao Zedong stands alone in the autumn cold Xiaoxiang Morning PostNovember 2, 2009
November 3, 2009
A giant statue of a young Mao Zedong emerged from scaffolding in Changsha this week.
Standing on Juzi Island in the middle of Xiang River, the statue and its flowing hair were revealed to... |
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02 Nov 09
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Chinese and American netizens clash in cyberspace A recent and very well-received speech by Kaiser Kuo at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln on Sino-American relations and the Internet.
Tags: Internet, Kaiser Kuo, U.S.A.
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02 Nov 09
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Middle school kidnapping plot busted in Jilin City Evening NewsNovember 2, 2009
Two teenage girls from rural Siping in Jilin Province conspired with a 19-year-old high school dropout who was working in a bar, to sell local middle school girls into prostitution.
Zhao and Dong, both fourteen years... |
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02 Nov 09
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Education Minister Zhou Ji sacked and replaced by Yuan Guiren, vice-minister of education and former president of Beijing Normal University. China Daily uses an AP story in conjunction with their own:
The removal also comes just weeks after two senior administrators at Wuhan University... |
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02 Nov 09
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Those damned English experts Discreet airport transit
The Beijing Subway system recently issued a bilingual safety manual for riders on the Airport Express line. Zhai Hua, a blogger who posts on cross-cultural issues, noted several types of problems with the booklet:
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02 Nov 09
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Corruption as the fabric of governance Gady Epstein of Forbes writes in his online column about interviewing a corrupt coal mine boss in Shanxi:
"The inspection teams who went to check the coal mines, they asked for money. If you didn't give them money, they would close down the mine,"... |
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02 Nov 09
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China-Africa forum in Egypt this year From AP on New York Times:
China will set the future direction of its burgeoning ties with Africa at a multinational forum in Egypt this month, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Premier Wen Jiabao plans to attend the Nov.... |
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01 Nov 09
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China's "father of space program" dies From Xinhua:
The death of China's legendary scientist Qian Xuesen has plunged many Chinese into deep sorrow and people across the country mourned the scientist, known as China's "father of space program," in different ways.
Qian, also known as... |
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01 Nov 09
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First snow in Beijing, heavier by "artifical means" From Xinhua:
Biting cold and strong wind gripped Chinese provinces on Sunday as Beijing embraced its first snowfall this winter...
...In Beijing, a snow, which started in the wee hours and got heavier in the morning, covered most of the city proper,... |
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01 Nov 09
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Beijing: Marketing Services Assistant for PR firm Marketing Services Assistant, Weber Shandwick Asia Pacific
Job Description:
Weber Shandwick, the world’s leading global public relations firm, seeks an assistant for its Asia Pacific marketing team. Based in Beijing, this early-career position demands... |
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01 Nov 09
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From junky motorbikes to Volvo China auto industry veteran Jack Perkowski looks at the rise of privately-owned Geely from a producer of low-end motorbikes to its position today, where it's set to acquire Volvo.
If Geely can bootstrap its way to the top of the auto industry, one of... |
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01 Nov 09
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Pop singer Chen Lin jumps to her death from Beijing apartment Chinese websites are reporting that Chongqing-born pop star Chen Lin (陈琳) committed suicide last night by jumping from her high rise apartment in Beijing.
This links to Youku's page of videos about her.
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31 Oct 09
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A vast Jesuit missionary ginseng conspiracy At Salon, Andrew Leonard explains how ginseng came to North America:
Ginseng exports have a long history in North America -- in fact, one could argue that ginseng, as possibly the first trade item ever exported to Asia from the Americas, was a key... |
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30 Oct 09
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Literary bureaucracy goes to Frankfurt Eric Abrahamsen writes for The National about China's reception at the Frankfurt Book Fair:
Speaking under condition of anonymity, one writer said that officials from the General Administration of Press and Publication had spoken to all the authors... |
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30 Oct 09
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Xujun Eberlein's Apologies Forthcoming Hong Kong's Blacksmith Books has published a short story collection by Xujun Eberlein. Below is an introduction to the book by Pete Spurrier, of Blacksmith, followed by an extract from the book.
Introduction to Apologies Forthcoming
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30 Oct 09
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Hospitals in Sichuan to go smoke-free Chengdu Evening NewsOctober 30, 2009
Come 2012, medical facilities in Sichuan will require you to step outside for your smoke break.
Today's Chengdu Evening News announced the start of an anti-smoking campaign intended to bring the province in line with... |
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30 Oct 09
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Chinese netizens sound off on North Korea Adam Cathcart translates some netizen opinions on how North Korea is portrayed in Chinese and western media:
...a rather strange story in the Chinese press...held up an idealized view of North Korea. Why was Xinhua holding up the DPRK as a kind of... |
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30 Oct 09
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New findings in the drywall case The New York Times reports on the results of tests of Chinese-sourced drywall that has been the focus of homeowner complaints in the United States:
Federal investigators reported Thursday that imported Chinese drywall that homeowners have linked to... |
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29 Oct 09
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Chinese bloggers conference The best annual Internet event in China, the China Blogger Conference, is next weekend in Lianzhou, a small mountain town in western Guangdong Province.
If you want to sign up for it, go to this page. 100 yuan a person, not including hotel.
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29 Oct 09
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Zhang Yimou's new film: the Coen brothers filtered through northeastern folk entertainment Hefei Evening PostOctober 29, 2009
Today's Hefei Evening News features an image of the glittering high-rises that will go up in place of a declining commercial district.
The urban renewal project will displace 2,500 households, but they'll be able to... |
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29 Oct 09
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TIME's Austin Ramzy on GDP growth, the Global Media Summit and the TIME China blog Ramzy in Sichuan during the earthquake. Photo by Ian Teh
Austin Ramzy has been reporting for TIME for 6 years, starting in Hong Kong and moving to Beijing in 2007. Since then he has covered the Hong Kong Chief Executive election in 2007, the Beijing... |
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29 Oct 09
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Serious threat of H1N1 as flu season hits Xinhua reports (also at the China Daily):
Groups of students were found infected by the disease and the arrival of flu season also challenged A/H1N1 flu prevention and control endeavor, said a statement issued after an executive meeting of the State... |
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29 Oct 09
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Shenzhen: Art Designer and Editor needed for trade magazine This is a recruitment advertisement. Please contact the advertiser directly if you are interested. See all job ads.
Find Your Future in Furniture!
Art Designer and Editor Needed For Trade Magazine
Creative art designer and professional editor/copy... |
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29 Oct 09
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CCTV plans to rebuild burnt down tower China Daily reports:
The chief architect for the new headquarters for China's state broadcaster said Wednesday that preparations are under way to begin reconstruction on part of the complex that burned in a massive fire triggered by illegal fireworks... |
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29 Oct 09
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A Regal struggle in Chengdu husunzi at the China Study Group reports on a protest by construction workers at a hotel in Chengdu.
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29 Oct 09
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Painted plagiarism of a push-up photograph Here's an oil painting done by Li Yueliang (李跃亮) in 2003. It was shown at a recent exhibition of sports art held alongside the National Games in Jinan:
Li Yueliang's 2003 painting, When I Was Young (我小时候)
Here's an earlier photograph take... |
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28 Oct 09
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Tilting at the Customs Administration over confiscated books You've taken a trip to Hong Kong and are returning with a stack of reading material that you can't normally find on the mainland. To your dismay, the customs agent seizes your books, but won't tell you why. What do you do? Sue!
Southern Weekly reported... |
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28 Oct 09
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"I don't want to be compared! We are different!" Ralph Jennings is a journalist and long time resident of China. He currently lives in Taipei. From mid-2000 to 2006, he had an advice column in the 21st Century weekly newspaper in which he answered letters from thousands of students and young... |
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28 Oct 09
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People's Daily Online banned by Google? The Wall Street Journal Real Time blog discusses the fiasco between People's Daily Online and Google. People's Daily Online accused Google of exacting revenge for the accusation that they were infringing the copyright of Chinese books:
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28 Oct 09
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Search is on for the "Superfortress" that came down in Raoping 59 years ago Reuters reports:
China has begun looking for the remains of a U.S. Air Force bomber and its crew that crashed over the southern part of the country some six decades ago during the Korean War, state media reported.
The B-29 "Superfortress" caught fire... |
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28 Oct 09
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Scaffolding collapses in Zhuhai Zhujiang Evening NewsOctober 28, 2009
In Zhuhai yesterday morning, metal scaffolding peeled off the side of a building, crushing seven cars and injuring two workmen.
Zhujiang Evening News devoted most of its front page to a large photo of the accident... |
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28 Oct 09
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Laptop rhythm in a Post-It office This amusing ad for one of Lenovo's ThinkPad line of laptops was put up on Youku a few days ago.
Tags: Lenovo, viral ad, Youku
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