Author: Priscilla Jiao
Born in Beijing, just completed postgraduate journalism study in Edinburgh. I have worked in Beijing with various English-language publications including Beijing Today, Beijing Qianlong News, that's China and the South China Morning Post. I currently live in Edinburgh freelancing for a number of publications in China.
An Iron Bar, Three Chords & the Truth
Global Times (English) reports on the work of the New Worker Art Troupe in Beijing, founded by migrant workers in 2002: A few times a year since 2002, Xu Duo, a 32-year-old migrant worker-turned-singer-songwriter, has staged shows with friends at construction sites around Beijing. The troupe released its first album Workers
September 10, 2009 2:57 PM
Ethnic Minority Commits Cultural Suicide
Global Times reports from a Primi ethnic minority village in remote Yunnan Province:Zhang Hong was crushed upon hearing the 70 Primi ethnic minority families living in the poor, remote virgin forest hamlet of Yushichang finally agreed to a logging road they had resisted for decades. With a population of about 400, Yushichang
August 3, 2009 1:57 PM
Most Recent Entries
- 2008.10.22 Documentary: My Beijing Birthday
- 2008.10.22 Crisis Plays Havoc with China’s Toymakers
- 2008.10.22 China Report Warns of Greenhouse Gas Leap
- 2008.10.20 Shanxi Coal Mine Bosses-What’s It All About?
- 2008.10.20 China Factory Closure Leaves Workers Asking: Now What?
- 2008.10.19 Beijing Offers Cash to Curb Capital’s Pollution
- 2008.10.19 China Liberalizes Farmers’ Land Use Right to Boost Rural Development
- 2008.10.18 Nuclear Power Expands to China’s Interior
- 2008.10.17 China Issues New Rules Giving Foreign Journalists More Freedom (Updated)
- 2008.10.17 Seven Milk Producers to Bid for Sanlu at Weekend
- 2008.10.17 Not-So-Social Conduct in China’s Networking War
- 2008.10.16 Zhai Minglei: Heart Stone-A Reflection of Tainted Milk
- 2008.10.16 Critics Attack Health Plan as Impenetrable
