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Mafia Head Driving Armored Vehicle for Fun on the Streets of Tangshan

In Chinese, the literal translation for mafia is “Black Society” which means: underground society. But a recent such case in Tangshan city, revealed in the Chinese media, is not so “underground.” According to Chinese People’s Rule of Law Net, police in Hebei province just announced that they are investigating a criminal organization, headed by Mr. […]

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Pressure Is A Good Thing – Bao Tong

From RFA Unplugged: China’s army is under the leadership of the political Party. The chairman of the Central Military Commission ordered hundreds of thousands of troops to put down a peaceful petition by citizens, who were only asking for the implementation of democracy and for corruption to be punished. And the person holding the office […]

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Politics on the Internet: An Interview with Yu Guoming by Xie Li

From Chinese magazine Globe (Chinese text), translated by Joel Martinsen of Danwei blog: As technology like online video continues to develop, the Internet provides people with a new venue for discourse. Virtual spaces push open the once-solemn gate to politics. Truth or miscellany – different online opinions seen from different perspectives, and which bring up […]

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How the Hukou System Distorts Reality – Wu Zhong

From Asia Times: The outdated hukou system has increasingly become one of the major obstacles to attaining social harmony in today’s China. China began to enforce the hukou system in 1953, shortly after the Communist Party came to power upon winning a civil war against the Kuomintang. A major purpose was to facilitate the implementation […]

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China’s New “Conflicts Of No Direct Interest”

The U.S.-based Chinese Web site Peacehall.com published an intriguing article over the weekend about the emergence of what the author terms “conflicts of no direct interest” (Êó†Áõ¥Êé•Âà©ÁõäÂÜ≤Á™Å) – particularly in relatively developed areas. The piece was written by someone using the nom-de-plume Bai Xing, meaning “Common People”. The rise of these emotionally kindled conflicts will […]

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When The Journalist Plays The Lede

No one ever knew Superman and Spiderman were journalists, and no one knew Clark Kent and Peter Parker were superheroes. But in real life it’s much easier for us to judge journalists who would be heroes. And when they’re from Henan, they seem to invite an added measure of scrutiny. Henan is known as China’s […]

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Chinese JSR (Journalistic Social Responsibility)??

Here’s yet another stir-fried tale of muckraking that has begged (and somewhat blurred) the ethical question of the hour: is the system to blame, or the journalists? For the past few weeks, Sohu.com has been polling readers opinions’ in the case of Bai Rundai. The senior investigative journalist for the Henan Commercial News, a six-time […]

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To Speak Up Or Not, That Is the Question (of East vs. West) Êï¢ÊÄí‰∏çÊï¢Ë®ÄÂíåÊï¢Ë®Ä‰∏çÂøÖÊÄí – blogger

From Qiangguo Forum via Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: Some recent articles from the press are good food for thought: the secretary of state of some country (must be U.S. huh?) was booed during speaking at a university; a local election turned into a group fighting. On the surface, these events were scoffed at for […]

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