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.

Photo Series: Holding Arms

From fengniao: Just ran across this photo which captures two couples in the same frame. The two wives are holding the husbands’ arms, as in China a husband is a wife’s hero, who supports the family and protects the wife. You can tell the sharp contrast between two, or three, generations from these two couples. […]

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Photo Series: Market of Chenggong County in Kunming

From fengniao: Chenggong County (ÂëàË¥°) is a producer of fruits and flowers. It is only 20 Kilometers away from Kunming City. The county is small and the main population is migrants. The pictures were taken in the market there. 1. People busy sorting flowers, with kid left sleeping aside. 2. “Please don’t aim at me!” […]

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China Celebrates Seventh Annual Journalist’s Day on November 8 – David Bandurski

From China Media Project: As the November 8 China Journalist’s Day approaches, expect Chinese media to stake out their positions along a spectrum of press roles and positions on professionalism, from party promoters to party watchdogs to independent voices. Party notions like “guidance of public opinion” should face off against gutsier perceptions of the media’s […]

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Music Series: Listen to Your Mom’s Words

From Jaychoustudio.com: Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou (Âë®Êù∞‰º¶), furiously popular on the mainland, once had the lyrics of one of his songs included in an exam question for senior high school students. A university student even used to the song “Jay’s Image” as subject matter for a thesis. Now mainland teachers have turned the following […]

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1,000 lakes in China disappear in half century – Xinhua News Agency

From Xinhua News Agency via China Environmental News Digest: Nearly 1,000 lakes have disappeared over the past 50 years, an average rate of 20 lakes lost each year, said Zhu Guangyao, Vice Minister of State Environmental Protection Administration of China, on Wednesday. Zhu revealed the figure at the the 11th International Living Lakes Conference held […]

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