Sophia Cao

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.

Private planes take wing in China – Li Qian

From China Daily: As private cars are no longer luxury dreamboats for many Chinese, some magnates, especially in the booming eastern region, are turning to private planes to get around. According to Monday’s Morning Express, a new EC120B helicopter bought from France was being assembled in Jinhua on December 7, making its owner, photo frame […]

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China: A Giant Power or Not? – Frank Dai

From Global Voices Online: China used to be one of the mightiest empires and oldest civilizations in the world in human history, but its modern history, starting from the middle of 19th century, was full of disgrace, disorder and chaos as perceived by Chinese people, who has aspired to revive its historical glory in decades […]

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Pollution probe to hit paper mill – Zhang Liuhao

From Shanghai Daily via China Environmental News Digest: Local environment authorities in a city of northwestern China have promised to investigate a paper mill which reportedly discharged 2,000 tons of unsafe waste water into the Yellow River, further threatening the pollution-ridden waterway. Early last week, tipsters told a local newspaper that the Baimei Paper Co […]

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Conspiracy of the Red Mansions – Joel Martinsen

From Danwei blog: Redology is back in the public eye as two scholars take on the establishment. Liu Xinwu (ÂàòÂøÉÊ≠¶), the author of several popular books on Dream of the Red Mansions, has teamed up with the venerable Zhou RuchangÔºàÂë®Ê±ùÊòåÔºâ to promote Zhou’s new critical edition of the first 80 chapters of the novel. The […]

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Things you don’t need to know about Chinese culture – Joel Martinsen

From Danwei blog: In this week’s Southern Weekly(ÂçóÊñπÂë®Êú´) is an op-ed piece that argues that a certain level of cultural ignorance is excusable. The article is a rather delayed reaction to the CCTV Young Singer Competition that took place earlier this year. The opinion column the author mentions was originally published in May, but it […]

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