From EastSouthWestNorth blog: Here is the official statement as published in Beijing News report on February 3, 2006: [In translation] “From Chinese New Year’s Eve up to now, the total number of fires is slightly more than in the same time period last year, as the number of fires caused by fireworks has increased slightly. […]
Read MoreEastSouthWestNorth has translated a portion of Investigation China: The Story Behind The News by Zhao Shilong: The following is a translation of a section from the book titled Investigation China: The Story Behind The News by veteran reporter Zhao Shilong (”√™¬¢¬°Àô). Zhao is one of the most famous investigative reporters in China, and the book […]
Read MoreThe following is CDT’s translation of an official document about the closure of Freezing Point issued by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Youth League. The original Chinese is below. On Jan. 11, 2006, the „ÄäFreezing Point„ÄãWeekly published the article “Modernization and Historical Textbooks” by Yuan Weishi, a professor in the History Department […]
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 EastSouthWestNorth blog: The Chinese censors are at work again. But this is not your usual story. Here is a story from Xinhua in Chinese and in translation: “According to what our reporter learned from the National Development and Reform Committee on January 16, in the work on reorganizing the coal mines that were either […]
Read MoreThe following is a translation of a note by activist Hu Jia, after he and a group of activists took photos of the plainclothes officers assigned to follow them. Thanks to David Cowhig for the translation. See also ESWN’s translation “My Life With The Plainclothesmen” by lawyer Gao Zhisheng: When you left [writing to lawyer […]
Read MoreESWN has provided a loose translation of an article from Yazhou Zhoukan (Asia Weekly): Now corruption is present whenever opportunities present themselves and the risks of being caught are perceived to be low. So it is really really unfortunate that there are abundant opportunities for improper enrichment in the Henan AIDS villages of Shangcai county […]
Read MoreFrom China News Weekly (zhongguoxinwenzhoukan), via sina.com: (translated by CDT, links are added by CDT) Facing 2006, we hope that China’s reform will make critical progress in challenging areas, the country will be...
Read MoreThe following is a translation of a commentary by Liang Jing on Radio Free Asia that appeared on New Century Net. Thanks to David Kelly for supplying the translation: From Taishi village to Dongzhou – a step into danger (by Liang Jing, translated by David Kelly) The events at Taishi village taking place between summer […]
Read MoreAt the end of the year, Netease, one of the top three portals in China, has posted a special feature “Telling the Truth Directly” (“ÂÆûËØùÂÆûËØ¥”) which quotes the official line on various issues and events from 2005, followed by a sarcastic interpretation of the comments. Commercial portals like Netease are not permitted to do their […]
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