From 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 […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: The three faces — English, American, African-American — press against one another in a sisterhood of pulchritude. They are the three graces, Est√©e Lauder’s iconic model trio. The reason you are feeling so lost in translation is that you are seeing them on posters screaming down Nanking Road, the Fifth […]
Read MoreOn April 25, Shanghai’s party paper Liberation Daily published a official editorial titled “See the true nature of the protests; severely punish the illegal behavior,” about anti-Japanese demonstrations with very severe tone. Here is the article (in Chinese) posted on Xinhua.net. “Abundant facts make evident that the recent illegal demonstration was not patriotic behavior, but […]
Read MoreESWN has posted a series of questions and answers about the recent riots at Huankantou, based on translations of several documents about the incident. The first question: Q:¬† Is it true that there is a total news blackout on the Huaxi/Huankantou incident and the only available information comes from western media? Are these the sole […]
Read MoreThanks to David Cowhig for sending this translation of a report from sina.com: The PRC Foreign Ministry spokesperson, in answering a journalists questions about whether there would be a condolences telegram from China, how does China evaluate Pope John Paul II and what hopes does China have for the next pope? PRC MOFA spokesperson Liu […]
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