Sophia Cao is an undergraduate business student at Baruch College in New York. She is interested in Chinese culture and contemporary art, with a particular emphasis on multimedia.
From AP via IHT: Hong Kong is planning to spend up to US$20 million (‚Ǩ13.62 million) to stir up Olympic fever in the Chinese territory and abroad ahead of next year’s Beijing Games, an official said Saturday. Hong Kong, a former British colony on the southern edge of mainland China, will host the equestrian events […]
Read MoreThis time Laura Ling talks about China’s great firewall and reports that “an information battle is taking place between China’s 120 million Internet users and the Chinese government’s web censors.” Ling also interviewed Xiao Qiang, an adjunct professor and Director of The China Internet Project at the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at […]
Read MoreLaura Ling, a Current Correspondent, takes a glance at China’s massive makeover as the country prepares to host the Olympic Games in 2008. She talks about transportation, economic phenomenon, pollution, common people’s living condition and other social issues. [Original Video Here]
Read MoreAccording to a survey, the fatality rate for China’s coal mine accidents is 100 times that of the U.S. and 30 times that of South Africa. From 2001 to 2005, there were 188 coal mine accidents with more than ten deaths each...
Read MoreYue Minjun’s canvas painting “Execution” shone at Sotheby’s in London in October because of its price of $5.9 million. The painting is based on Tiananmen in 1989. From Artfact.com via Forbes: …Since the early 1990s, Minjun’s works, both paintings and sculpture, have featured figures wearing the same facial expression–a wide, oddly enigmatic smile. The eerie, […]
Read More
Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention
CDT is a non-profit media site, and we need your support. Your contribution will help us provide more translations, breaking news, and other content you love.
