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On Global Voices, John Kennedy writes about what is being written about – and being blocked – on BBSes: BBS forums used to be the venue of choice to make oneself seen and heard in the Chinese blogsphere, until blogs came along and most of the biggest and best BBS names took their reputations and […]
Read MoreFrom the Asia Times: Foreign China-watchers tend to see Hu’s anti-corruption efforts in a political light as part of an ongoing power struggle against the legacy of former president Jiang Zemin and his Shanghai Gang, of which the fallen Chen was a member. On the other hand, ordinary people in China see Hu’s housecleaning simply […]
Read MoreIn Metropolis Magazine, writer Zha Jianying writes about the reconstruction of a garden in the Forbidden City and the challenges of protecting China’s cultural heritage: At a May ceremony inside the Forbidden City, Hong Kong real estate tycoon Ronnie Chan”whose China Heritage Fund (CHF) bankrolled the rebuilding of the Jianfugong Garden”profusely thanks the Chinese government […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian: Hong Kong’s harbour is why Hong Kong exists – its protected deep waters, ringed by the rock of Hong Kong island and the Kowloon peninsula, have offered haven and passage to world shipping for more than 160 years. But at midnight on Saturday, the clock tower on the Star Ferry pier in […]
Read MoreReuters reports on News Corp.’s latest ambition in China: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., which is looking for a local partner as it aims to launch its popular MySpace Internet social network in China, is in early talks with prominent local blog companies Bokee.com and BlogCN.com, industry sources said on Sunday. On a visit to Beijing […]
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