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It seems now that reports of China withdrawing aid from Zimbabwe’s Mugabe regime were wrong. From Xinhua: The Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe on Tuesday dismissed as false media reports claiming that China has withdrawn all assistance except humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe. A spokesperson from the Chinese Embassy said contrary to the reports, Zimbabwe and China […]
Read MoreAfternoon break at a butcher’s stand in Beijing, by zdzarski.junior
Read MoreThe Independent has a profile of actor-director Jiang Wen, who is back after a five year ban on directing that he earned for his 2000 film Devils on the Doorstep: Famously moody, bull-headed and a legend in Chinese counter-culture, Jiang is choosy about his acting career and tends to star in just one movie a […]
Read MoreOn Asia Sentinel, Willy Lam writes about the potential new lineup to emerge from the 17th Party Congress: With Beijing having announced the dates for the pivotal 17th CCP Congress – which starts on October 15 – the world’s gaze is on the top dogs who will be endorsed at this five-yearly conclave. Foremost on […]
Read MoreEsquire Magazine has a lengthy profile of Shenzhen: I thought about how in America we’ve been breaking ground for new buildings with actual machines for like a hundred years. Shenzhen is a brand-new city, a social explosion, with buildings blasting up out of the rock everywhere you look, with everybody being from someplace else and […]
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