From EastSouthWestNorth: In English, the term is “sweat shop.” The Chinese term is Ë°ÄʱóÂ∑•ÂéÇ, which is translated as “blood and sweat factory.” In other words, more than just sweat is left on the factory floors in China. According to Wikipeida: a “sweatshop is a factory, usually in a third-world country, where people work for a […]
Read MoreFrom Strong Country Forum, thanks to David Kelly for the translation: Editor’s note:, Ba Jin, China’s great literary master of the present age, “conscience of 20th century China” and “people’s writer” passed away on 17 October 2005 at 7:06 pm in the Shanghai East China hospital. He was 101 years old. On 18 October at […]
Read MoreFrom The EastSouthWestNorth blog: (Nanfang Weekend) Lu Banglie: The Difficult Road To “Govern” For A Village Official. October 8, 2004. [translation] “How shall I proceed?” In late August, 33-year-old Lu Banglie wrote to the outside world. Four months ago, Lu was elected as the new director of Baoyuesi village, Zhijiang City, Hubei Province and he […]
Read MoreFrom EastSouthWestNorth blog: The televised event Super Girls from Hunan Satellite Television is finally over after many weeks. The final show garnered a rating of better than 10%, which is astonishing for a regional television...
Read MoreFrom The EastSouthWestNorth blog: Which is the single most famous photograph in China? It’s the one known as Big Eyes (“§ßÁúºÁùõ“). Here is the translation from the book (posted here in full) by the photographer Xie Hailong (Ëߣʵ∑Èæô). [translation] The location is Anhui province, Jinzhai County, Taoling Town, Zhangwan Village. It seemed to have rained […]
Read MoreFrom The Global Voices Online Blog: (tipped by China Herald blog) Bokee.com, formerly known as Blogchina, is the largest Blog Service Provider in China, with 2 million blog accounts. However some Chinese bloggers have been very critical of what Bokee did and the word “Boke”, Chinese translation of “Blog”, which Bokee has been trying to […]
Read MoreThanks to China analyst David Cowhig for sending following translation to CDT: “Reform of the Chinese Political System” by Zhou Tianyong , vice director of research at the Central Party School and collaborators was...
Read MoreThanks to David Kelly from the East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore for the following translation. The original Chinese commentary is by Liang Jing, from Radio Free Asia (via ncn.org). Before dawn on 11 June, 2 to 300 camouflaged persons of unclear status attacked residents of the village of Shengyou in Dingzhou County, […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post posted a video clip of the Shengyou attack. (registration required). Editor’s Note: This video contains violent content. washingtonpost.com presents the original, unedited version as it was received. A farmer in Shengyou, China, videotaped hundreds of armed men attacking a group of local farmers. According to witness accounts, the group was resisting government […]
Read MoreThanks to China analyst David Cowhig for sending following article to CDT: In “Research on the Overall Population and Female Fertility in the Chinese Mainland During the Late Twentieth Century” (article translated below) Liang Zhongtang of the Shanxi Province People’s Government Economic Research Center in the 5/2003 issue of Shengcanli Yanjiju [Productivity Research] pp. 147 […]
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