Here is another poem written by Li Wei (translated by M.J.): Me, or a Monkey (我，或一只猴子) To lessen the burden Of the nation, of the people I An average man A completely inconspicuous person A person of no contribution whatsoever...
Read MoreOn 2008 Chinese Lunar New Year’s Eve, people in Liuminying Village in Beijing’s Daxing District continued their 28-year-tradition: A massive dumpling banquet, large in both the number of people attending (thousands)...
Read MoreFrom AFP via Yahoo.com : China has lost about one tenth of its forest resources to recent snow storms regarded as the most severe in half a century, state media reported Sunday. A total of 17.3 million hectares (43 million...
Read MoreNew rules aimed at regulating online video on the Chinese internet, implemented last week, may cut down on embarrassing episode’s like Hu Ziwei’s outburst at the unveiling of the new CCTV sports channel (posted widely on video sharing sites like Tudou), but some worry such efforts to control online will clash with the increasingly global concerns of the country’s swelling middle classes.
Read MoreFrom Chinadaily: Shanghai, the top metropolis in China and a key draw for tourists with its brilliant night skyline, said on Thursday that it would turn off all decorative street lamps during the seven-day Spring Festival to...
Read MoreSeveral Chinese young women in ethnic-minority clothes send text messages with their mobile phones. Photo by danielfmiller.
Read MoreWith nearly half of the Chinese population owning mobile phones, sending text messages has become a popular ways for people in China to exchange greetings during the Lunar New Year festival. It’s estimated that about 2...
Read MoreThe Washington Post has more on the release of journalist Yu Huafeng: Yu Huafeng, general manager and deputy editor of the Southern Metropolis Daily in the southern city of Guangzhou, walked out of prison in the Guangzhou...
Read MoreChina will shut down factories in Beijing and Tianjin 30 days before the Olympics start in an effort to decrease air pollution. Bloomberg reports: China’s environmental protection agency leads a working group, the Beijing...
Read MoreThe British Olympic Association said that they will ban British athletes from competing in this summer’s games if they criticize China’s government. The Telegraph reports that athletes will not be able to speak about possible...
Read MoreMillions of Christians in China practice their religion in secret to avoid persecution by the Communist Party. The BBC’s James Reynolds reports from Beijing on underground churches. Underground Christians make the Chinese...
Read MoreIn the New York Times, food writer Fred Ferretti writes about the corruption of Chinese food in America: Let’s start at the beginning. Virtually all of today’s so-called Chinese cooking in the United States can best be described...
Read MoreAnother article about the ways in which Chinese netizens use the Internet to express themselves, despite the government controls. The Guardian report includes a short video which features an interview with CDT’s Xiao...
Read MoreAnother concern from Olympians heading to Beijing in a few months. From the New York Times: When a caterer working for the United States Olympic Committee went to a supermarket in China last year, he encountered a piece of...
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: A special ordinance on the bankruptcy of banking and financial institutions is being devised so as to establish a market-oriented bail-out mechanism, according to the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC). The...
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