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ESWN translates an essay by a former employee of the Chengdu Evening News about how “a thirteen word advertisement that is the size of a cigarette” was able to be published without the editors’ knowledge: From the process how the whole affair unfolded, this was a planned “prank.” This “prank” reflected the public opinion of […]
Read MoreThe Shanxi brick kiln forced labor case is drawing a lot of attention from the Western media. From the New York Times: The children, and many adults, reportedly, have been forced to work under brutal conditions ” scantily clothed, unpaid and often fed little more than water and steamed buns ” in the brick kilns […]
Read MoreESWN has translated an article from Boxun on the required duties, qualifications, and qualities wanted for a new team of Internet commentators hired by the Taizhou government (original Chinese text here): The Taizhou city...
Read MoreBlip.tv has posted a lengthy interview with Hua Guofeng, Mao Zedong’s designated successor as Chairman of the Communist Party who was later ousted by Deng Xiaoping. The interview, conducted by journalist Felix Greene in 1979, was Hua’s first personal interview. Below is Part 1 of the three part video. The rest can be viewed here: […]
Read MoreHoward French reports from a flight between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Beijing: To be sure, China will not forever be the fresh-faced and idealized suitor that many in Africa take it to be today. This is clearly a special, honeymoon-like moment. But the very appeal of China owes a great deal to disillusionment in Africa […]
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