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.
From Guardian Unlimited: A senior official in Japan’s ruling party has warned that his country could become “just another Chinese province” within the next 20 years if Beijing’s military development continues at its current rapid rate. In a speech in Nagoya, Shoichi Nakagawa, the chairman of the Liberal Democratic party‘s policy research council, claimed Beijing […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghaiist: An old military base in the Daxing suburb of Beijing has been repurposed for battle against internet addiction among China’s 12 to 24-year-olds. According to a new report, 14 percent of Chinese teens are vulnerable to internet addiction, and the Communist Youth League says that internet addiction is “a grave social problem” that […]
Read MoreIn a post introducing Tianya forum, Lyn Jeffery of Virtal China Blog translated a news story about a custom – Great Pig Contest – in Chaoshan area, which draws some different comments from netizens: Guanlong, Denghai [in Guangdong province] has the custom of an annual “Great Pig Contest.” This contest is a folk ceremony for […]
Read MoreFrom China Media Project: The top leader of China’s Hunan province, Zhang Chunxian (º†Êò•Ë¥§), who took up his post in November 2006, has set the bar for official public relations savvy in Hu Jintao’s new drive to “develop [the Internet] well, use it well and manage it well” (ª∫ËÆæÂ•Ω„ÄÅÂà©Áî®Â•Ω„ÄÅÁÆ°ÁêÜ•Ω). In what some have read as […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Travel agencies and the municipal tourism department in Shanghai launched a campaign to teach travelers how to behave when going abroad during Spring Festival, or Chinese lunar New Year. Brochures and lectures on manners and etiquette were given to travelers who were going to travel overseas. “Try to present the positive image of […]
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