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 Yang Yue’s blog, translated by Danwei: In a concert in Xi’an in May, Xu Wei(ËÆ∏Â∑ç) added a recording of a section of the Qur’anÔºàÂè§ÂÖ∞ÁªèÔºâ to the intro to his song “Travel of the SwanԺ৩ÈπÖ‰πãÊóÖÔºâ,” offending Muslim listeners. Muslim groups in China began discussing it online, and Xu Wei fans rushed to his defense. Comparisons […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: The Warner Music Group Corporation, the world’s fourth-largest record company, said it signed an agreement to provide content to China Unicom Ltd. The agreement allows Warner Music, which is based in New York, to provide shortened versions of songs in its collection directly to China Unicom instead of selling through […]
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited: Twice as many giant pandas could be living in the wild in China as previously thought, scientists said today. A Sino-British team of experts carried out an innovative analysis of DNA in the reclusive black and white creatures’ droppings. Pandas are notoriously difficult to track down in their native habitat, the mountainous […]
Read MoreFrom Letters from China: “Chairman Mao is like Jesus to us,” a Chinese student told the Manawatu Standard in response to a spoof on Mao Zedong in a student magazine. Another student linked the spoof to the Muhammad cartoons. I will not be astonished if temples dedicated to Mao Zedong built in the multi-deity China. […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei: In this sculpture at Peking University, an “S” and a “D” represent Science and Democracy, the “Mr. Sai and Mr. De” (˵õÂÖàÁîüScience, Âæ∑ÂÖàÁîüDemocracy)of the May 4 Movement. A ball rests on the “S.” The vulgar interpretion for this goes, “Science may be worth shit, but Democracy isn’t even worth shit” (ÁßëÂ≠¶ËøòÈ°∂‰∏™ÁêÉÔºåÊ∞ë‰∏ªËøû‰∏™ÁêÉÈÉΩ‰∏çÈ°∂). This statue […]
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