In Wuming village of Guangxi province, local government officials used police protection and a dozen bulldozers to fight against a group of villagers. The government and real estate developers forcibly took control of the 249 acres of this “nail village” (so-called because of the “nail house” phenomenon), from Wenxuecity , produced by Rockyou.com:
Read MoreThese photos demonstrate how supposedly live, “man-on-the-street” interviews are in fact often scripted and prepared ahead of time. From Dnews.com :
Read MoreA man tried to commit suicide in Wangfujing business center in Beijing, when the Chinese stock market slumped recently. A group of policemen hurried there and tried to save him. From forum.dwnews.com , produced by animoto:
Read MoreFrom AP, via Las Vegas Sun: China on Tuesday rejected U.S. demands for stepped-up pressure on Myanmar, whose governing junta has been accused of spurning real dialogue with the pro-democracy opposition. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said China wanted to see stability, democracy and development in the country also known as Burma. However, Jiang urged […]
Read MoreFrom abc3340.com: China’s senior safety inspector urged the public and the media Tuesday to expose workplace accidents in a bid to end corruption and official misdeeds aggravating the country’s high rate of work deaths. Li Yizhong, the head of the State Administration of Work Safety, said public whistle-blowing provides crucial clues for investigators often hobbled […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: The spectacular run-up in equity prices in China in the past two years has created a classic asset bubble. The likelihood that the stock market will crash in the not-too-distant future has recently increased because of rising inflation at home and a global economic slow-down. The Chinese stock market has already […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via Christian Science Monitor: A Chinese dissident writer pleaded not guilty on Tuesday at the opening of his trial to charges of “inciting subversion of state power” over essays he wrote criticizing the state, his lawyer and his wife said. Lü Gengsong was detained last August. “Lü Gengsong penned 226 essays. In one […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Photos of Kuomintang (KMT) generals who fought in the war against the Japanese will be displayed for the first time in the “9.18” Historical Museum here starting early next month. “There were only photos concerned with the Communist Party of China-led war against the Japanese in the museum previously. This time, we’ll add […]
Read MoreA couple kissing at a Shanghai metro station were videotaped and the clip was uploaded to the Internet, receiving thousands of hits recently. It’s more intriguing that the clip could have been posted by an employee of the Shanghai Metro Co. who obtained it through ubiquitous monitoring cameras installed at all the company’s metro stations. […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Dozens of Chinese officials are to be prosecuted or punished over fatal accidents in the workplace – where 100,000 Chinese die each year. Works Minister Wang Wei announced that prosecutors would consider cases against 78 managers and officials, and 105 had already been disciplined. The move comes after inquiries into five incidents […]
Read MoreIt sounds like a legend: A project manager of a Chinese power company was recently crowned as a chieftain by a Nigerian tribe, after he helped it build a 10-classroom school with sports facilities and frequently gave candies to its kids and red envelopes of money to its elderly. From China Daily: When Fang Yibo […]
Read MoreWith the fast development of automobile industry, China’s traffic safety has become a big problem, from MSNBC:
Read MoreA university student named Eric Mu wrote this article to illustrate a squat toilet in Beijing, via Danwei: So this is Beijing, where the shiny futuristic-looking skyscrapers are many while the public toilets are few and far between. Maybe you’ve had one glimpse or two of real Beijing WC, somewhere down in a deep hutong: […]
Read MoreIn the latest episode of Danwei TV, Mia Li interviewed ordinary people and asked how inflation affects their life, from Danwei:
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) The Chinese Government will move more than 52,000 Tibetan herders and farmers into permanent housing this year – a practice rights groups say has been marked by abuses. “The project to improve their living conditions began in 2006, when the regional Government set a target of building […]
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