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.
Youtube carries a video clip about gymnast Xiao Sha, which is part of the documentary China Rises. Xiao Sha, a 14-year-old gymnast from rural Guizhou, came to a training center in Beijing to prepare for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Hard daily training makes Xiao Sha tired and homesick but she never gives up because she […]
Read MoreWenxuecity posted a group of photos of local officers donating blankets to poor farmers. In Chinese, it is called “giving warmth (ÈÄÅÊ∏©Êöñ).” The title is a satire because the “giving warmth” is more like a show for the officers’ reputation than real help to the farmers. “Team, time to start work.”
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A coal mine flood in central China which managers tried to cover up killed 15 people, less than a week after 21 miners died in another unreported accident, the official Xinhua agency said. The flooding in Shangjiwu mine, in Henan province, started late on Thursday when 52 people were thought to be underground. […]
Read MoreVisitors looking at water gushing from the Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River, via Mit
Read MoreFrom Danwei TV: …It’s a visual essay that starts from historical footage showing the changes on Beijing’s roads and ends with interviews with a parking attendant who was nearly run over by an enraged motorist who refused to pay the parking fee….[Full Text]
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