Life On The Outside
On Monday, The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos linked back to a 2007 article in the magazine by Jianying Zha. This described her brother’s nine-year detention for subversion and, in Osnos’ words, “remains the...
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Samuel Wade (@samuel_wade@mstdn.ca) is Executive Editor for CDT English, and is based in Vancouver.
“Live-Boiled Cat”
At China Dialogue, Zhou Yiyan reports the release of a documentary on China’s cat meat trade: The core demand is in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province in south-east China. The cats conveyed into the city are turned...
Read MoreChinese Mao Impersonators Are Devoid of Irony, Satire
Wired magazine’s Raw File photo blog features Tommaso Bonaventura’s pictures of modern-day Mao lookalikes: “They don’t belong to real agencies.” says Bonaventura. “The one double from Beijing works alone. They often work in...
Read MoreRare Earths are Paper Tigers
At Foreign Policy, rare-earth trader Tim Worstall questions the strategic value of China’s current position as the minerals’ dominant supplier, following the apparent suspension and rapid resumption of shipments to...
Read MoreHarnessing the Ulan Buh Desert
While a recent Los Angeles Times article emphasized the use of water diversion to supply China’s cities, Beijing Review describes ongoing efforts to reclaim Inner Mongolian desert with laborious planting fed by redirection...
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