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From the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: Operators of a popular mainland website which was shut down by the government for allegedly violating internet regulations fought back yesterday, criticising the authorities’ decision as “barbaric and retrogressive”. Century China — an internet discussion forum run by Beijing-based Life Week magazine — was a popular […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: Nestled mid-slope in the foothills of China’s second-poorest province, Dacitan is a village run almost entirely by women, mothers who work the potato and wheat fields while their husbands are away. Seventy miles to the east, perched on a remote mountain ridge above a collapsing dirt road, Sale is thick with […]
Read MoreIn the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media, former Freezing Point editor Li Datong writes: A remarkable incident has emboldened mainland Chinese journalists. The government suspended publication of the Bingdian Weekly newspaper supplement this year, provoking unprecedented open protest that received extensive media coverage worldwide. Even more surprisingly, the government, under the pressure of […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: The safety of passengers on the world’s highest – and newest – railway is threatened by cracks, yaks and shifting sands, the Chinese government admitted yesterday. Less than a month after the opening of the line across the Himalayas to Tibet, it has become unstable in places because the foundations are sinking […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Redressing the country’s cultural deficit is not a problem Chinese officials are intent on leaving on the back burner while laboring to appease global fears of China’s increasing trade might. On the contrary, the rise of what are domestically described as “cultural industries” is seen by Beijing as the next step along […]
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