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From Reuters: Relatives of South Korean sailors who went missing after their vessel collided with a Chinese freighter and sank left for China on Tuesday to complain over what they saw as a slow response that may have cost lives. Anger has been mounting in South Korea due to reports in local media that the […]
Read MoreReuters follows up on pledges made by China during last year’s Africa Summit: When China played host to nearly 50 African leaders in Beijing last year it sought to cement its friendship with the continent with promises on everything from tariff exemptions to tourism to training. Six months later, as Shanghai welcomes delegates for the […]
Read MoreSpiegel Online discusses a new documentary about Bian Zhongyun, allegedly the first casualty of the Cultural Revolution: Mao’s call to violence fell on willing ears among many young people. Thirteen days earlier Song, 19 at the time, was presumably present when the female students at her school, which was part of the Beijing Teachers University, […]
Read MoreTwo new documentary films about China are now available on YouTube. The description of the first film, Children of Blessing, says: China’s Lahu minority has for centuries lived in the Yunnan hills bordering Burma. The...
Read MoreGirls in a Dong village play on an old Jeep, by Dan Eckstein
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