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 China Media Project: As a general rule the atmosphere for Chinese media grows more restrictive in the run-up to key political sessions. With China’s crucial 17th Party Congress just two months away (specific dates yet undetermined), propaganda authorities are readying themselves to keep a tight grip on public opinion. The tools at their disposal: […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Many Chinese colleges and universities are owed millions of yuan because students are unable to, or choose not to, pay back tuition loans, the Ministry of Education said on Monday. “We have found that many universities and colleges have several million yuan of defaulted tuition fees, some have nearly a billion,” Cui Bangyan, […]
Read MoreFrom AP via ABC News: Chinese inspectors found excessive amounts of additives and preservatives in dozens of children’s snacks and seized hundreds of bottles of fake human blood protein from hospitals, officials said Tuesday. China’s dismal health and safety record both within and outside its borders has increasingly come under the spotlight as its goods […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei: Sanmao(‰∏âÊØõ), the wandering orphan created by cartoonist Zhang Leping in the 1930s, has been adapted for the screen many times over the years. The latest adaptation, a live-action movie, is a Sino-Belgian co-production; some fans are worried about the prospect of Sanmao being “updated” and deprived of his Chineseness. Here’s a recent article […]
Read MoreFrom China Economic Net: A selection of photos taken 10 years ago about Peking Opera is now stirring a debate on the Internet. In these six black and white pictures, the female characters are naked. Every photo’s theme is a well-known story of Peking Opera, but the pictures show the male characters in costume and […]
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