The New York Times Magazine looks at the education system in China through the lens of a former student superstar there now studying at Harvard: Even as American educators seek to emulate Asian pedagogy ” a test-centered ethos and a rigorous focus on math, science and engineering ” Chinese educators are trying to blend a […]
Read MoreHere is some short video footage of three Chinese cities: Suzhou, Wuzhen, and Hangzhou, through a western tourist’s eyes.
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: The arrests in Shanghai were part of Hu’s cautious but relentless drive to cement his power as party leader and ensure faithfulness to his vision up and down the hierarchy. That effort, foreign and Chinese specialists said, will reach a high point at the 17th Party Congress in the fall, when […]
Read MoreFrom RFA Unplugged blog: This essay is the second part of Bao Tong’s commentary on the passing of the Property Law of the People’s Republic of China. It was broadcast on RFA’s Mandarin service Friday March 30, 2007. You can read the original essay in Chinese here:
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post, a report on corruption in the logging industry which is allowing Chinese firms to deforest land from Siberia to Papua New Guinea to the Amazon, in order to make furniture and other goods for American and European consumers: Some of the largest swaths of natural forest left on the planet are […]
Read MoreEven after the Central Propaganda Department’s order to the press banning independent reporting on Chongqing’s “Nail House” event, many Chinese media continue to run commentary and discussions on this case, generally exploring its relationship to the Property Law. David Kelly has translated a series of article titles from Chinese media, just to illustrate that the […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: A teenager in Anhui Province has become China’s latest bird flu fatality, bringing the country’s death toll from the virus to 15, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. The 16-year-boy, a Bengbu City student surnamed Wu, died on Tuesday after 10 days of hospital treatment, a spokesman for the Anhui provincial health […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: In an effort to involve children in a creative exercise of self-expression, the Red Cross gave 200 disposable cameras to fourth, fifth and sixth-graders in the Southern Ningxia region to capture their world on film and document their daily lives. They were taught the basics of photography and asked to follow their instincts. […]
Read MoreFrom Artscenechina: In a world where we are bombarded with sleek bodies and seductive poses, it can be refreshing when someone makes a point of exposing the flawed human figure that we all really are. Li Jin is such an artist. He doesn’t just portray the human form with all its imperfections and blemishes, but […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua via China.org: The Chinese capital was blanketed by floating dust from Friday night on. This year’s first sandstorm should be cleared up in the city till Saturday night, says the China Meteorological Administration (CMA). The floating dust was brought in by a cyclone developed in Mongolia, which moved eastward through Inner Mongolia Autonomous […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei: News came from Pinghe County in Fujian this week that a junior high school diploma is required for county residents to apply for work permits, driver’s licenses, or marriage certificates. According to the government memo announcing the rules, the aim is to cut down on dropout rates during China’s nine years of compulsory […]
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited: …Here in Mai, a village in Guangdong Province, southern China, a community of recyclers ekes out a living from items considered so worthless in the west that they are given away free and quickly discarded. Carrier bags and bottles are shipped here from London, Rotterdam, Hong Kong and cities within China for […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua (in CHinese), translated by CDT: At 10 am, March 31, 2007, the Jiulongpo District government held a press conference on the old town reform project in the area of Hexing Road. The governer of the district said: the district court issued a public notice on March 30, 2007, ordering Yang Wu to move […]
Read MoreFrom Beijing Youth Weekend, translated by EastSouthWestNorth: “Each section shall be around 15 words or so; the live photographs must include your own ID or logo; also stream or hyperlinked videos that show live arguments (but no speeches from government leaders).” In the case of the “most awesome nailhouse” of Chongqing, the netizens at Tianya, […]
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