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Banned Terms in Xinhua News Reporting – Tianya

From Tianya, translated by ESWN: According to the spirit of the instructions from Comrades Chongming and Chunzhong, the domestic section, international section, external section and news research institute of the general editorial room have collected and organized the banned terms that the various editorial departments have been using in recent years. The first group of […]

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In Building of Chinese Dams, Poorest are Paying a High Price – Jehangir S. Pocha

From The Boston Globe via IHT: Officials here say that the mammoth Three Gorges Dam Project along the historic Yangtze River will control deadly flooding, provide electricity to millions of people and create vital inland navigation along a 640-kilometer-long reservoir. But behind the project’s promise and grandeur ” the $30 billion endeavor is widely billed […]

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Chen Ziming: My life after Tiananmen – RFA

From RFA via Speronews: Veteran Tiananmen pro-democracy activist Chen Ziming has vowed to continue working in “constructive opposition” to China’s ruling Communist Party. In his first in-depth interview with a Chinese-language media outlet, Chen told RFA’s Mandarin service that there was still plenty for him to do, despite the closure by authorities of a groundbreaking […]

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Rare Glimpses of China’s Long-Hidden Treasures – Keith Bradsher

From The New York Times: After four years of renovations that closed two-thirds of the building, the museum housing the world’s most famous collection of Chinese art is reopening this winter and holding a three-month exhibition of its rarest works. The National Palace Museum, home to the best of the 1,000-year-old art collection of China’s […]

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The Death of a Chinese Democrat – Hannah Beech

From Time.com: Liang Yumin killed himself, after village-level bureaucrats made his life hell. His offense? Being democratically elected to replace them What I remember most about the four farmers who showed up at TIME’s Beijing bureau back in 2001 was the new shirts they wore. These men were trying their best to blend in to […]

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