Japhet Weeks is a graduate student in Asian Studies and Journalism at UC Berkeley.
A Chinese amateur historian has come out with a book that documents the life of China’s last eunuch. From Reuters: Only two memories brought tears to Sun Yaoting’s eyes in old age — the day his father cut off...
Read MoreA rickshaw passes under the MAGLEV in Shanghai, by Soctech.
Read MoreJapan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso has postponed his upcoming trip to China. From Bloomberg: A foreign ministry spokesman dismissed a report that China requested the delay because of a territorial dispute. “We wanted to have...
Read MoreXinhua is reporting that a government office in an ethnic part of Sichuan province was hit by a bomb on Monday. From Reuters, via The Washington Post: The building, in the Ganzi region of Sichuan, was hit by “a bomb thrown...
Read MoreChina is on an asset buying spree. From The Washington Post: The deals have allowed China to lock up supplies of oil, minerals, metals and other strategic natural resources it needs to continue to fuel its growth. The sheer...
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