From Chinaview via Xinhua News Agency: Chinese schools are not allowed to photocopy foreign textbooks after a spate of copyright infringement complaints from overseas publishers. “All foreign textbooks used in Chinese universities and colleges should be the original edition or the authorized domestic edition,” said a circular from the Ministry of Education during the country’s […]
Read MoreFrom MSNBC: Wander through Beijing’s crowded Tiananmen Square and you may come across Han BingÔºàÈü©ÂÖµÔºâ walking a cabbage on a leash. Han’s cabbage is not a one-act vegetable; it’s walked on the Great Wall, along the beach at the resort town of Qinhuangdao, and in the idyllic village of Suzhou. “Walking the Cabbage””like all the […]
Read MoreFrom ESWN blog via Letters from China blog: Hell in China usually refers to traveling by train during the Chinese New Year.This may be a shock to foreign visitors. However, there is truth in advertising as shown in this sign at a Dongguan long-distance bus depot. So maybe they meant to say “Ticketing Hall” but […]
Read MoreA Uighur imam in Yining displays his HIV prevention ribbon. Photo by Steph Doust.
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia, Netease, etc. (you will be wowed!!!): A Chinese senior propaganda official said recently in meetings, including during a visit to Washington last month, that China’s Internet is the world’s most free and that China is more progressive than Korea and UK, despite China’s bottom-hitting ranking in a latest world wide survey […]
Read MoreFrom Wenxuecity, translated by CDT: A mass anti-dog control riot burst out yesterday (Nov. 11th, 2006) in Beijing. The government killed dogs to avoid rabies a month ago, which irked many, especially pet owners. Protesters gethered at the gate of Beijing Zoo and held up signs that read “Respect Lives,” “Anti-Slaughter,” “Love Animals,” etc. Some […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: The story of Almijan, a gaunt 31-year-old former silk trader with nervous eyes, has all the markings of a public health nightmare. A longtime heroin addiction caused him to burn through $60,000 in life savings. Today, he says, all of his drug friends have AIDS and yet continue to share […]
Read MoreFrom Raymond Zhou blog: Maids make up a big segment in China’s labour market. Many middle-class families employ them, freeing wage-earners from household chores and helping balance the economy by allowing their wealth to trickle down. Recently, a labour market in Shaanxi Province has been advertising a special kind of maid, who not only takes […]
Read MoreFrom Globemail.com: Storm engulfs Chinese historian critical of traditional medicine. In the space of a few weeks, Zhang Gongyao has gone from little-known scholar of medical history to one of China’s most notorious intellectuals. Once accustomed to a low-key life at a provincial university in southern China, he now feels he must avoid the news […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua via China Daily: Buying and selling government jobs has become one of the main causes of government corruption in China, says a former head of the CPC’s organization department. Zhang Quanjing (º†ÂÖ®ÊôØ), who headed the department for five years until 1999, says some people will stop at nothing, including murder, to move up […]
Read MoreFrom Nanfang Daily via China Daily: Cinderella needs more than a pair of glass slippers to net her prince, according to a south China company, which is preparing girls for overnight ascent to richness by getting them ready to marry rich bachelors. Shenzhen-based Zuanyuan (or diamond affinity) Information Co. (ÈíªÁºò‰ø°ÊÅØÂí®ËØ¢ÊúâÈôêÂÖ¨Âè∏) opened a so-called “diamond lady […]
Read MoreFrom Southern Weekend, translated by CDT: Nearly two-thirds of Chinese officials don’t know that no AIDS vaccine exists and nearly a third are in favor of isolating HIV-infected patients from the rest of the population, according a recent survey. The survey, run by AIDS policy expert Jin Wei (Èù≥Ëñá) from the Central Party School(‰∏≠§ÆÂÖöʆ°), was […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: As China’s expatriate population grows, many foreign women looking for love are saying this is the wrong place to meet Mr Right. …”The dating scene in Beijing is sad,” said 27-year-old Kate Minnikin, of Brisbane, Australia. “I know a lot of expat women who are single, but I don’t know one foreign […]
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor: The policemen investigating a murderous assault knew they didn’t have enough evidence against their chief suspect, Li Jiuming, to hold up in court. So they decided to do what police here often do, according to Chinese lawyers: torture a confession out of him. That false confession, presented four years ago […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Thousands of Chinese villagers clashed with riot police after barricading officials and foreign businessmen in a warehouse they said had been built on illegally seized land, a newspaper reported on Friday. The clash erupted on Wednesday near Shunde, in the southern province of Guangdong, during the opening of the warehouse, which villagers said […]
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