No one ever knew Superman and Spiderman were journalists, and no one knew Clark Kent and Peter Parker were superheroes. But in real life it’s much easier for us to judge journalists who would be heroes. And when they’re from Henan, they seem to invite an added measure of scrutiny. Henan is known as China’s […]
Read MoreHere’s yet another stir-fried tale of muckraking that has begged (and somewhat blurred) the ethical question of the hour: is the system to blame, or the journalists? For the past few weeks, Sohu.com has been polling readers opinions’ in the case of Bai Rundai. The senior investigative journalist for the Henan Commercial News, a six-time […]
Read MoreFrom Qiangguo Forum via Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: Some recent articles from the press are good food for thought: the secretary of state of some country (must be U.S. huh?) was booed during speaking at a university; a local election turned into a group fighting. On the surface, these events were scoffed at for […]
Read MoreFrom News Guangdong: This year’s series of natural disasters have so far killed 1,699 people in China and left another 415 missing, the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) revealed on Thursday (Aug. 10th). A total of 300 million people have been affected by a slew of natural disasters this year, with losses totaling more […]
Read MoreFrom Zhinong Net, translated by CDT: Personal rights, according to Chinese dictionary, refers to the life, health, movement, reputation, etc. of an individual, the civil rights that cannot be separated with the citizen him/herself but not directly related to economic interests, such as properties or material belongings. Due to the man-made two-world social structure in […]
Read MoreThe following essay by Geremie R. Barm√© originally appeared in the Review weekly supplement, The Australian Financial Review, 31st March 2006. Published without notes under the title “Historical Distortions”. Thanks to Mr. Barm√© for allowing CDT to reprint it here. A Year of Some Significance By Geremie R. Barm√© History matters. It matters in Australia […]
Read MoreFrom the Associated Press via the Washington Post (link) China’s official Internet industry association is calling on its members to help the government suppress material deemed subversive or immoral. “Unhealthy information” online has harmed Chinese children and threatens social stability, the Internet Society of China said in a statement. The 5-year-old group is the government-sanctioned […]
Read MoreThe Non-Violent Resistance blog (link) summarizes and comments on an article on Sina.com about the murder of a Beijing University student: From the looks of it, this story has the potential of blowing into another huge judicial scandal. The facts are pretty straight — a real bad-ass student at the Medical School of Peking University […]
Read MoreThe following was posted by Karer on the Piaoyi blog (translated and internal links added by CDT): The Monthly Expenses of a Migrant Worker Yesterday noon, he finished his work in our company and squatted at the gate taking...
Read MoreFrom The Southern Daily (in Chinese), translated By Xiao Fang, Lindsey Finch, Abra Murray, Ramsi Woodcock; via Press Interpreter: At the end of every year the media comments on the year’s major events, but I like to look back on some of the year’s “details.” In the business world, there is an expression: “success and […]
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