Written by John J. Tkacik, Jr., Senior Research Fellow in China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Policy in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, from the Heritage Foundation website: Those who thought that the devastating...
“Fei Tian(飞天),” performed by seven girls from Guangzhou, became the most popular dance during Chinese CCTV New Year’s Gala. The inspiration for the dance came from Dunhuang’s mural art. Fei Tian is...
Xinyu Mei says that China should seriously consider moving its water-poor and overpopulated capital, from China Dialogue: …Retaining Beijing as the capital continues to present problems. A city of 20 million people located in such a water-poor area raises concerns. Should the authorities not consider the capacity of the environment? Can we really afford the […]
Jason Dean writes a report on Terry Gou (ÈÉ≠Âè∞Èì≠), a Taiwanese tycoon who “owns about 30% of Hon Hai Precision, an Electronics Manufacturing Services company that makes the AirPort Express for Apple Computer, among other technology parts.” From The Wall Street Journal: Past a guarded gate on the outskirts of this city sits one of […]
Daniel Allen is a freelance writer and photographer from London who has lived in China for the past three years. He writes an article for Asia Times Online to alarm people to pay attention to the enviromental crisis at Yangshuo where “it has become popular with foreign backpackers.” Eyeing the sweaty crowd shifting along West […]
Danwei introduced a series of video clips by China Car Times “profiling the Geely automobile company and its charismatic founder Li Shufu.” Part 1: [Click here to see the rest of the series via China Car Times]
From The New York Times: Homegrown blockbusters were supposed to be China’s answer to Hollywood. And, to some extent, the extravagant budgets and eye-popping special effects of “Curse of the Golden Flower,” “The Promise” and “The Banquet” did their job. For the past two years Chinese films have shattered box-office records here, while outperforming Hollywood […]
From Guardian Unlimited: Even before the doors of the securities trading hall opened at 9am, Yang Jingshan was queuing up to part with a huge chunk of his life savings and much of the ideological baggage of his youth. On the advice of his daughter, the 50-year-old Beijing shop manager joined the morning surge of […]
Liang Jing (梁京) wrote the following commentary (see original Chinese version here). Many thanks to David Kelly of the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore for providing the translation to CDT: What can a...
From BBC’s Chinese section, partially translated by CDT: According to Beijing Morning News, The Beijing Public Security Bureau did a comprehensive survey earlier this year on rude language and behavior which citizens feel most abhorrent. The Disciplinary Committee of Beijing Public Security Bureau printed a training manual for police officers. It also said that police […]
From Danwei blog: In China, you will see slogans every day and everywhere. Not only is this a tradition with a long history, it is a trend that has remained popular, particularly in the red and crazy 1950s – 1970s…. ÊôÆÂèä‰∏ÄËÉéÔºåÊéßÂà∂‰∫åËÉéÔºåÊ∂àÁÅ≠‰∏âËÉé„ÄÇ Popularize the first child, control the second child, exterminate the third child. This is […]
From Global Voices Online: In response to the slayings at Virginia Tech this week, upon seeing the shooter’s ethnicity prematurely declared to be that of Chinese, many de facto Chinese bloggers were in disbelief, some ran with the false news to further their political agendas, but most were sympathetic to the victims, their classmates, friends […]
From Chinadialogue: Every year around this time, many cities and regions of China hold a tree-planting month. Employers in the cities often fund tree-planting outings for their staff. In counties, towns and villages, farmers are given support for tree-planting projects, which they hope will bring in some extra earnings. A renewed enthusiasm for greening the […]
Gao Qi (È´òÊóó), born in 1968 in Beijing, grew up in a musical family. He founded “Overload Band(Ë∂ÖËΩΩ‰πêÈòü)” in 1991 and became the lead singer and main songwriter. Besides music, Gao is also good at writing, which helps his touching and meaningful lyrics. Gao’s “Overload Band ” impresses people a lot, especially young people. His […]
From Letters from China: Just before the Yunnan Multi Culture Visual Festival, the Organising Committee suddenly issued a notice on 26 March saying the film festival was ordered to suspend and the committee was still...
Despite of the government media blackout, more netizen created digital arts on the “Nailhouse” case are circulating online. Remixed with pictures of the Chongqing nailhouse and other force eviction footages, this music parody is a old patriotic song with new lyrics, translated by CDT: “This is my blood and sweat My private property All of […]
Youtube carries a video clip about gymnast Xiao Sha, which is part of the documentary China Rises. Xiao Sha, a 14-year-old gymnast from rural Guizhou, came to a training center in Beijing to prepare for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Hard daily training makes Xiao Sha tired and homesick but she never gives up because she […]
Wenxuecity posted a group of photos of local officers donating blankets to poor farmers. In Chinese, it is called “giving warmth (ÈÄÅÊ∏©Êöñ).” The title is a satire because the “giving warmth” is more like a show for the officers’ reputation than real help to the farmers. “Team, time to start work.”
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