From Danwei blog: Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves! With our flesh and blood, let us build a new China The composer Nie Er (ËÅÇËÄ≥ or ËÅ∂ËÄ≥ in traditional characters, real name Nie Shouxin) is often called ‘the people’s musician.’ And indeed, when one considers the work for which he is most remembered ” […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: Turned down by Cannes, “Still Life” had entered Venice on tiptoe, billed as the surprise film. Reviewers were mostly dismissive. “Almost zero plot but molto mood,” Variety reported. “It will appeal to the most faithful of the director’s camp followers and no one else.” Indeed Jia, 36, is known mostly […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: A dozen years ago, Chinese teenagers were besieged in a nation-wide wave to learn from a late juvenile hero, Lai Ning ˵ñÂÆÅ (1974-1988). The native of the southwestern province of Sichuan died trying to put out a forest fire when he was only 14 years old. However, in today’s China, Lai has […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post, via A Glimpse of the World blog: In the studios of Capital Life Radio’s No. 1 rated show, “Tonight’s Whisperings,” the co-host leaned in close to the microphone. “Tonight we’re going to talk about love and sex,” Sun Yan said in a deep voice, launching into a text message sent in […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei Music: This episode of Danwei Music TV is about Say Bok Gwai (Ê≠ªÁôΩȨº – Die White Devil), San Francisco’s first Chinese American hardcore band to sing in Cantonese. Say Bok Gwai’s original compositions are rooted in American punk/thrash/ hardcore music. The subject matter of their lyrics ranges from Chinese American identity to grappling […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A Chinese financial newspaper has said it will support two of its journalists being sued for defamation over a news report that alleged mistreatment of workers at a China plant manufacturing iPod music players. The case was brought by manufacturer Foxconn, a Shenzhen-based unit of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (2317.TW: Quote, […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: China’s government may issue its first high-speed wireless license within six months, an executive said, opening up a market with more subscribers than the combined populations of the U.S. and Japan. “We can’t drag on any longer if China expects to provide 3G services by the 2008 Olympics” in Beijing, Zuo Xunsheng, chief […]
Read MoreFrom The Kennedy Center’s Arts Education Network, this podcasting episodes is about folk music in Yunnan and more. Click here to listen to Lan-Lan Wang, Professor of Dance of Connecticut College introducing indigenous music and dance from China’s Land of Clouds.
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Apple Computer said Thursday that it had found no evidence of forced-labor conditions at a Chinese factory that makes iPod digital music players. But it said that a company investigation found several violations of Apple’s code of conduct and that the supplier, Foxconn, was changing its practices as a result. […]
Read MoreFrom Shenzhen Daily via Xinhua News Agency: Lin Jiajie, 10, and four of his cousins are among thousands of children taking summer courses in the Shenzhen Children’s Palace. What sets them apart from most of the other kids is that they are French-Chinese of Chaoshan origin, and they are in Shenzhen from France for the […]
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