Photographer’s Journal: A Teahouse in Hangzhou – Chang Lee
Audio slideshow from the New York Times: New York Times photographer Chang W. Lee talks about a traditional teahouse in Hangzhou, China. [click to see]
Read MoreMichael Zhao
Michael Zhao graduated from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, where he produced an in-depth multimedia thesis on electronic waste dumping from the rich world to developing countries. He also made a short documentary on the same topic, available on his personal site. He now works at Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations as a multimedia producer in New York. Michael worked for the New York Times Beijing Bureau as a reporting assistant from 2003-2005. He graduated from the Beijing Language & Culture University with a bachelor's degree in English. He co-authored a book on learning Chinese language and culture, Urban Chinese: Mandarin in 21st Century China. Michael was born and grew up in Wuhan, China.
Land Seizure Prompts Farmers To Sue Gov – Yu Zongbao
From Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: At Xiayang Village of Haicang District in Xiamen City, Fujian Province, more than 200 mu of the village’s “collective enterprise construction land” was seized for four times by the local government, triggering mass protests, petitions to city, province and Beijing. Now villagers is suing the Xiamen City government, which […]
Read MoreRumblings from China – Nicholas Kristof
From the New York Times via Peking Duck: In the 17 years since the bloody crackdown on the Tiananmen democracy movement, China has enjoyed an economic miracle and remarkable political stability. But my hunch is that that period of smooth sailing is now coming to an end. Wildcat protests, some violent and involving thousands of […]
Read MoreCapitalist Roaders – Ted Conover
A long feature about an emerging class of self-driving trip drivers in China, from the New York Times Magazine (take your time): In other ways, though, the Chinese are still figuring cars out and doing things their way. Take the phrase used to describe our expedition: “self-driving trip.” It is called self-driving to contrast it […]
Read MoreFarmers Cooperative Association – Xie Yongmo
An investigative report from Zhinong Net, translated by CDT: A farmers cooperative association in Yushutai Township of Lishu County in Jilin Province caught the attention of media and Zhongnanhai. The Party’s number one document of this year encourages the development of such associations. Baixin Cooperative Association, now a group of 43 households, started with eight […]
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