Beijing Restricting Hui Islam While Courting Tourists
As members of the predominately Muslim Uighur ethnic minority have found increased restrictions on...
tourist sites
Algal Bloom Turns Yellow Sea Green
The New York Times reports on this year’s summer algal bloom in the Yellow Sea, and the Qingdao tourists who seem to be enjoying the colorful shoreline: In what has become an annual summer scourge, the coastal Chinese city...
Fake Great Wall Prompts Introspection, While Real One Falls Apart
As reported on Monday, the Jiangsu village of Huaxi recently unveiled a 328-metre skyscraper, crowned with a golden disco ball and housing a one-ton solid gold ox. The Guardian has now published a video report on the village and...
Cao Cao’s Tomb is a Fake
Danwei translates a Modern Express article on the disputed authenticity of Cao Cao’s tomb: Cao Cao was one of the three warlords competing for control of China after the downfall of the mighty Han empire (BC206 – AD...
The Standard: Commerce over culture
From the Standard: The idea of “money first, everything else second” now appears to have affected nearly everyone on the mainland. So don’t be surprised or upset when you find you have to pay a whole lot more for a ticket to visit a World Heritage site in China – or to discover that designation […]
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