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Plans are underway to solve the national travel crush that now occurs for the holiday. From the International Herald Tribune: A Chinese government panel announced plans on Friday to revamp the holiday schedule to re-emphasize traditional festivals at the expense of the Marxist May Day celebration. The new schedule aims to address the severe overloading […]
Read MoreIn the International Herald Tribune, Howard French calls for an eradication of “Laowai” catcalls as part of the campaign to encourage a “civilized” populace in time for the Olympics: This is China’s coming out party, and, as countless others will note in due course, the equivalent of the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, when Japan announced […]
Read MoreSalon’s How the World Works blog writes about Michael Zhao’s eDump documentary: A lifetime of blog posts decrying the environmental toll of high-tech industrial production does not begin to approach the impact of Michael Zhao‘s 20-minute documentary on the processing of e-waste in Guiyu, China. The images are extraordinary and unforgettable. The land, air, and […]
Read MoreDr. Ho, a famous herbalist in Baisha, Yunnan, by al_n_andrew
Read MoreMSNBC profiles blogger Laohumiao (Tiger Temple): Tiger Temple, in real life 54-year-old Zhang Shihe, has been blogging for four years. He adopted the name “Tiger Temple” for online use; it refers to the Beijing neighborhood in which he lives. His “24 Hours Online” site, which is available only in Chinese, marks a departure from the […]
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