From The Washington Post: Scrooge is not a familiar character in China, and “Bah, humbug” does not easily translate to Chinese. But a group of graduate students set off a spirited debate here Friday with a crotchety screed condemning Chinese people for their growing tendency to celebrate Christmas. The students, from such elite institutions as […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: About a mile from Tiananmen Square lies a pit from which a 28-story hotel will rise in a little more than a year. An army of construction workers lives and works at the open site, enduring plunging temperatures and freezing winds. Some work the midnight hours, while the rest of […]
Read MoreFrom China.org: A group of female entrepreneurs and shop-owners learn from a trainer to walk like models in Wenzhou, the most prosperous city of small and medium-sized corporations in east China’s Zhejiang Province….[More photos]
Read MoreFrom Letters from China: Four men were sentenced to 30 days imprisonment for slaughtering of dogs for food by a Hong Kong court. Counsel for defendants in mitigation said that it was a question of food culture and the case did not involve torture. The learned magistrate was unimpressed – “then assault is even more […]
Read MoreFrom Chinanews: A woman who recently sought for artificial insemination operation in order to have her own baby later found that her “son” did not have a blood relation with its father. The woman sued the hospital for their malpractice and asked for 1.13 million yuan as compensation for their mental suffering, the Hebei Youth […]
Read MoreFrom Chinanews.cn: Chinese scholars proposed recently that China should not only delay people’s retirement age to 65 or even older, but also shorten the retirement age gap between male and female. It is learned that the average life expectancy of Chinese people has risen by more than 20 years since the founding of the People’s […]
Read MoreFrom RConversation: Last month I put out a survey of foreign correspondents who cover China to try and get a sense of how – and whether – blogs are impacting their coverage of China. Many thanks to the 70-plus journalists who took the time to complete at least part of the survey. Respondents included people […]
Read MoreFrom Taipei Times: Let’s say that one day Beijing elects to attack Taiwan with all its military might, but Taiwan refuses to surrender despite mounting civilian casualties and considerable damage to roads, bridges, ports, airports and other key infrastructure. Caught unawares, or at least unable to respond in time, Washington dispatches warships to the area […]
Read MoreActivist lawyer Gao Zhisheng, via flickr Leo Dufresne
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: The food’s bad, the airport coffee costs too much, the in-flight service is terrible, the flight’s delayed and your suitcase got destroyed in transit – well, it’s your fault for having unrealistic expectations. …In the past, Chinese airline passengers may have put up surly cabin crew, decrepit in-flight entertainment systems and unexplained […]
Read MoreFrom jamesfallows.com: Recently I mentioned that the Hobbesian nature of public life in China was bringing out parts of my character I would rather leave concealed. I have received a variety of responses, ranging from “stop whining” to “you don’t know the half of it.” Here is the strangest complementary anecdote, from an unexpected source. […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Sun: The lush, regal colors in “Curse of the Golden Flower,” Zhang Yimou‘s new martial-arts melodrama, run like the kaleidoscopic drizzle off a melting sno-cone. Set in the Later Tang Dynasty of the 10th century, the tale of palace intrigue and incest almost drowns in opulent d√©cor, brocaded robes, and gleaming […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: EBay’s decision to close its Web site in China and take a 49 percent stake in an e-commerce venture with a Chinese company is the latest sign that local knowledge and connections matter in the Chinese market. While eBay’s new partner, TOM Online Inc., has suffered a series of commercial […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: In a rare display of official tolerance, outspoken Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was sentenced to three years in prison for subversion but execution of his sentence was suspended, meaning he could walk free. Gao, 42, was given a five-year reprieve, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday, quoting sources with […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: The wife of Taiwan’s embattled President Chen Shui-bian did not attend the second session of her embezzlement trial on Friday. Wu Shu-chen is accused of illegally using state funds for personal reasons. Mrs Wu, who denies the charges, has been in hospital since fainting during her first court appearance last week. Opposition […]
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