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.

Old scavenger with adopted orphans

From Nogo8.com, translated by CDT: Zhao Jinghua, 79, has adopted 6 orphans over 30 years at Zhuangtou village of Xingping City, Shaanxi Province. Four kids were found when he was collecting garbage, and the other two were dropped at his door. Zhao goes out everyday for a living for the kids, 15 yuan (about $2) […]

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Wushu Contest Held to Choose Husbands – China News Service

From China News Service: Zhang Lisha and Chen Lei, two members of a women’s lion dance(ËàûÁãÆ) team in Guangdong Province prepare to hold a wushu (martial arts) contest these days, in hopes of finding husbands after their hearts through such an activity. Zhang and Chen are in charge of the lion tail while doing the […]

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Silk Road Aims at Site in UNESCO World Heritage List – Xinhua News Agency

From Xinhua News Agency via China Net: China and central Asian countries on Friday made a blueprint to jointly apply for listing of historical sites along the ancient Silk Road (‰∏ùÁª∏‰πãË∑Ø) in UNESCO‘s world cultural heritage list in the next three to five years. The 2,000-year-old Silk Road was mainly a trade route linking Asia […]

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The Super Guys – ESWN blog

From ESWN blog: Whereas the female singing contest Hunan Satellite TV’s Super Girl was the top program in China last year, it is being shadowed by two Shanghai talent shows featuring guys. Those two shows featured strong personalities. In “Go! Good Guys! (Âä† Ê≤π ! 好 Áî∑ ÂÖí)”, the star is Ma Tianyu (ȶ¨ §© […]

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The Portrait of a Propagandist as an Artist – Non-violent Resistance blog

From Non-violent Resistance blog: The Southern Weekend, in it’s typical straight-faced celebrity freak show style, did an interview with Liu Zhongde, a former Minister of Culture and Director of the Central Propaganda Department. Let’s again hope that ESWN will pick this up; I’ll just present the freakiest parts of it — namely, how the quirks […]

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