Monthly Archives: December 2010
Photo: Bags in front of the Beijing Western Railway Station, by Christopher Cherry
Bags in front of the Beijing Western Railway Station, by Christopher Cherry
Sina Launches Developer Fund for China’s Twitter
Sina, China’s biggest portal, has announced a two billion yuan (US$300 million) fund for developers to create applications for its hugely popula
Empty Chairs On the Cover of Southern Metropolis Daily Interpreted as Nobel Tribute
As has been reported, the term “empty chair” (???) has become a banned word in Chinese cyberspace following Friday’s Nobel prize cer
Philippines Skipped Nobel over China Death Verdict
The Philippines government has explained why a representative did not attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in Oslo on Friday. From AP:President Benigno A
As China Rolls Ahead, Fear Follows
The New York Times reports that economists are beginning to worry that China’s economic growth is going to stall next year amid soaring inflatio
The Lius I Admire
Danwei translates posts from Sina microblog and Twitter in which users wrote about someone they admired, and all the write-ups are about people surnam
China’s Army of Graduates Is Struggling
The New York Times reports on China’s so-called Ant Tribes, or recent graduates who are struggling to get by:Often the first from their famili
Scalpers Scoop up Lucky Wedding Dates
Global Times reports on “wedding scalpers,” or individuals who book venues on auspicious dates for exorbitantly high prices: My friend Xia
Sex And The City Housing Market
Patrick Chovanec at the Forbes China Tracker blog writes about how some Chinese are getting official divorces in order to qualify for second home purc
China Launches Nip/Tuck Crackdown
According to the Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report, China will be increasing oversight of plastic surgery practices: China is tighten
Put on the Spot: Tough Question for Wanda Chairman
Lenovo President Liu Chuanzhi surprises Wanda Chairman Wang Jianlin with a question about his accumulated wealth and his father’s revolutionary past.
Liu Xiaobo, Jailed in China, Honored in Absentia by Nobel Committee (Updated with Video)
The Washington Post reports on the Nobel Prize award ceremony, in which Liu Xiaobo was represented by an empty chair:At the Nobel Peace Prize ceremo
Full Security Presence at Investigative Journalism Conference
The Global Times reports on a gathering of some of China’s most prolific investigative journalists for an academic conference complete with security g
Soviet Nobel Stories Offer Hope to China’s Liu
From The Moscow Times: “A vile slanderer seeking to earn filthy capitalist lucre by besmirching the homeland that nurtured him.” The China People’s D
