China and Its Minorities
While protests against China’s policies toward Tibet erupt around the world, Philip Bowring for the International Herald Tribune discusses the greater ethnic minority “problem” facing the country. Non-Han...
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Part Girl, Part Boy And Proud – Jonathan Ansfield
CDT’s Jonathan Ansfield wrote the following for his Biganzi column: Boyish Supergirl Li Yuchun made androgyny a sexy subject in China. Celeb social critics Li Yinhe and Yu Dan, plenty butch in their own right, helped to affirm the trend. Never mind that for women in Mao’s time, gender ambiguity was the rule. Today it’s […]
Read MoreChina Offers Surprise Hope In Climate Change Fight – AFP
From AFP, via World Business Council for Sustainable Development website: Teenager Zhu Xiaotong’s home a few hours’ drive outside Beijing is a world away from the acrid air and snarling traffic jams that have come to dominate China’s energy-hungry capital. Cherry tomatoes, capsicum and spring onions rise up from a little garden patch that forms […]
Read MoreBeijing Cracks Down on Deluxe Government Buildings – CCTV
The central government is reining in out-of-budget deluxe government buildings and complexes. But the exposed cases are outrageous, especially given the poverty levels of localities. Translated from CCTV’s News Probe program: “When you dress up and make yourself good-looking, there comes a lot of controversy,” complained Shi Yunlong (Âè≤‰∫ëÈæô), deputy governor of Yingquan District (È¢çÊ≥âÂå∫) […]
Read MoreLook Up to the Stars Together – Lian Yue
Freelance writer and blogger Lian Yue rewrote the poem, Look Up to the Stars by China’s Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. Lian’s poem, from Niubo Net, translated by CDT: I look up to the stars, So vast and profound; As abysmal as the road to the mine. The infinite truth, So hard for me to seek […]
Read MoreFive Official Newspapers Run Identical Front Pages On The Same Day
For all official newspapers, what appears on the front page and even at which position using which fonts, have been instructed by the Central Propaganda Department for decades. This is not news. But it is still rare that five newspapers, including four nationally published ones such as People’s Daily, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily and PLA […]
Read MoreBeijing’s Traditional Brand Names Solicit Good Translations – Beijing Evening News
A translation contest soon to kick off to promote, and more importantly solicit good translations of Beijing’s brand names. Translated from Beijing Evening News: Many have seen, and laughed at embarrassingly awkward translations of menus or signs in Chinese cities, such as “four happy meet balls” for ÂõõÂñú‰∏∏Â≠ê, “lion’s heads that are burnt red” for […]
Read More“Nail House” Event Generated Wave of Public Discussion On Property Law On Chinese Media – David Kelly
Even 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 MoreSouthern Readers Scorn Northernisms, Sparking War of Words
Netizens in southern China have zhadui (Êâé†Ü) and jiaoban (Âè´Êùø) with local newspapers who huyou (ÂøΩÊdž) them with northern speak. Get it? Neither do they. In recent days, cyber-pundits in Guangdong province have ganged up (zhadui(r)) and picked a fight (jiaoban) with local papers who they say are jerking them around (huyou) with a preponderance […]
Read MoreCounty Central Bankers Eat at, But Don’t Pay, Hotel – Yulun Jiandu
From Yulun Jiandu Wang, translated by CDT (Pictured – one of the IOU bills signed by former chief Yang Jiandong): Over nine years, central bankers at Henan‘s Huixian City (ËæâÂéøÂ∏Ç), a county-level town, have been eating big meals at a mom-and-pop hotel but hasn’t paid a penny. The total amount of bills over all these […]
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