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China’s Economy: Anecdotes Are Sometimes The Best Antidote.
» Story » SourceOne of the things I love to ask people wherever I go (and yes, cabdrivers especially) is how's business? How's the economy. I am constantly asking my clients that as well and most of...
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Baidu Autofill Reinforces Stereotype That Americans Love Sluts
» Society » SourceSurely you're aware of the Google autofill / autocomplete meme? For instance, someone types the words "i accidentally" into a Google search bar as part of a longer phrase, but Google...
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Suu Kyi to Assist Kachin Women
» Radio Free Asia - China news in EnglishThe democracy leader vows to help refugees fleeing violence in northern Burma.AFPA Kachin woman holds her baby at a relief camp in Laiza, Sept. 21,...
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Political Cartoons 2013/01/23
Obama 2nd Term DirectionAnti DiscriminationWe Must UniteThe Second TermObama Second TermBipartisanshipFreedom UtahObama 2nd Term LookFirst Family fashionsGOP and Obama Inaugural speechObama's 2nd...
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Dalian Tries PX Activists
» Radio Free Asia - China news in EnglishThe group of six Chinese campaigners had spoken out against the potential dangers of a petrochemical plant.ImagineChinaA man reads a newspaper report about a...
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The dance of sounds – solitude and aesthetic pleasure
» Story » SourceThis is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project.China has experienced...
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Plan to Dredge Sand on Mekong
» Radio Free Asia - China news in EnglishCambodia is to draw up a blueprint for dredging sand from the Mekong River.RFAA dredger pumps sand from the Mekong River in Tboung Khmum district in central...
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Li Chengpeng: why I signed in silence
» China Media Project » News and AnalysisLast week, a book tour by celebrity blogger and social critic Li Chengpeng (李承鹏) was hijacked by local authorities, and by vocal leftists who oppose his...
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Confused By All Those Animal Metaphors Lately? Here’s A Handy Glossary
» Society » Beijingcream.comIf politics and diplomacy get too confusing, just throw around some animal metaphors. As the Sydney Morning Herald reports, Senior Colonel Liu Mingfu (soon to be Private Liu...
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Introducing, In China: A Perfect Cut Of Aesthetic Hell
» Society » SourceOur analysis of this tenement precinct found in Lingshui county, Hainan province begins with the seminal modernist architect Louis Sullivan's famous phrase "form follows function."...
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Getting Your WFOE Approved In China. What It Really Takes.
» Story » Chinalawblog.comThe United States Chamber of Commerce recently came out with a report comprehensively detailing what it takes to get a foreign investment approved in China. I started...
View ArticleAnother Zoo Incident In China: Man Bites Ostrich To Death
» Society » Beijingcream.comMental health issues are no laughing matter, and neither is biting a large flightless bird to death. What to call this then? At a zoo in Guangdong province on Saturday, a...
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CIA’s role in anti-Chinese genocide
» Politics » Hiddenharmonies.orgThe ethnic Chinese in Indonesia has faced many decades of racism and sometimes pogroms from Indonesians envious and suspicious of the Chinese. What is lesser known is...
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The chase for growth in western China could cause “huge surge in pollution”
» Story » SourceIf industrial growth in western China follows the same path as the east then environmental damage could be even more severe, warns Ma Zhong.Ma Zhong is dean of Renmin University's...
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The Double Tragedy Of The Cultural Revolution In Tibet
» Society » SourceIn Foreign Policy's introduction to its latest slideshow of rare photos from Tibet during the Cultural Revolution, the line that jumps out to me is the last one: "This installment of...
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Party Officials Launch Property Fire Sale
While Xi Jinping’s increasingly strong anti-corruption rhetoric has met with some skepticism, it seems that some of its targets are taking it seriously. The Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore describes a...
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Luxuriously Yours 2013/01/23
Mazda and Fiat's Agreement Sets Pininfarina Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta Concept for Production in 2015Especially built for the motorist who sees the car as an uncommon sensory experience, looks for an...
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China's Newest Dream Job - Porn Police ?
Police porn examiner in Jiangsu stressed to finish 40k porn DVDs in one monthSome mid-week fun. A viral story today on both Renren, China’s Facebook clone, and Weibo, China’s leading microblogging...
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Mid-Week Links: Why Chinese buildings are ugly, porn police, and the Lakers...
» Society » SourceShandong's home-court DJ taunts Qingdao's coach yesterday. Shandong won the game to snap Qingdao's five-game winning streak, in the process extending its winning streak to nine games....
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Former China State TV Director Bemoans Anti-Japanese Propaganda: “Where’s the...
» Politics » Tealeafnation(iStock photo)Are Chinese audiences growing weary of anti-Japanese propaganda? It would seem that some, at least, are growing sick of the pathetic villains, superhuman heroes...
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