Sophia Cao

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.

Moral Models to Look up to – Xinhua

From Xinhua via China Daily: The Chinese Communist Party has selected 53 “national moral models” in a new campaign to improve the moral standards of its people. The identities of the role models were announced at the Great Hall of the People on Tuesday and they were divided into five categories: helping another person, acting […]

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New Corruption Prevention Body Eyes NGOs, Companies – Xinhua

The National Bureau of Corruption Prevention sets its eyes on private companies and NGOs, Xinhua says. From China Daily: …”Corruption not only occurs in government departments but also in companies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). No specific department was responsible for drawing up preventive policies for them and monitoring their implementation until the NBCP was set […]

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Chinese Art, in One Man’s Translation – Holland Cotter

From the New York Times: When the exhibition “Inside Out: New Chinese Art” opened at Asia Society and P.S. 1 in 1998, it caused a stir because it both did and did not meet expectations of contemporary art from China. The show had plenty of Mao portraits, but they came with jokes: Mao behind bars, […]

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Lightning Strikes Kill 659 in China This Year – Xinhua

From Xinhua via China Daily: Lightning strikes have claimed 659 lives in China, said head of China Meteorological Administration (CMA) Zheng Guoguang at a conference here Tuesday. According to the CMA, lightning had claimed 403 lives by July 27 and killed 109 in August. In the first 18 days of September, 147 people died of […]

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