From CBS: Grace Wang, the Chinese Duke University student in the CBS story above has written the following essay: The Old Man Who Lost His Horse By Grace Wang There is a Chinese proverb: 塞翁失馬焉知非福 (Saiweng Shima, Yanzhi Feifu)....
Read MoreThese updates of recent events in Tibet and Tibetan areas of China have been posted on Woeser’s blog (Chinese). They have been provided by sources inside China and have not been independently verified. Since her blog being...
Read MoreRadio Free Asia reports the latest development on case of AIDS activist Hu Jia: Authorities in Beijing have formally charged AIDS activist Hu Jia with “incitement to subversion” after he wrote articles online...
Read MoreBeijing-based poet and folk singer Zhou Funpeng, 周云蓬, 38, has penned the following song, The Unemployed (失业者), a mournful ballad representing the people left behind in urban China’s sprint towards prosperity. Listen here...
Read MoreAn exhibition at Peking University reveals the true colors of family snapshots, from China Daily: The exhibition features photographs of former staff that worked with, or fought battles with, Chinese leaders such as Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai and Ren Bishi, and cultural icons.In addition there are poignant photos from the family albums of […]
Read MoreIn the latest version of the China-as-untapped-market story, U.S. and European pharmaceutical companies see a changing China as the place to maintain sales growth, writes Bloomberg’s Shannon Pettypiece: Penetrating the Chinese market is crucial for the drugmakers as China’s middle class of 300 million already matches the entire U.S. population and will double in three […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Compared variously to a floating pearl and a duck egg, the titanium-and-glass half-dome of the National Center for the Performing Arts formally opened its underwater entryway to Chinese officials and dignitaries here over the weekend. The $400 million complex, a concert hall, opera house and theater under one space age […]
Read MoreZiyi Zhang, the most well-known Chinese movie star, has become the global symbol of Chinese cinema. After being discovered by Chinese film director Zhang Yimou for a role in her first movie “The Road Home,” she became famous overnight. In 2000, she was luckily chosen by Ang Lee and starred in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” […]
Read MoreThe Christian Science Monitor looks at how the government’s efforts to promote the town of Zhongdian as the original Shangri-La have backfired, as the area is getting overwhelmed by tourists and redevelopment: That approach has transformed a small village of wooden homes tucked along muddy lanes into a town covering 12 square miles and boasting […]
Read MoreChina Media Project and Global Voices have updates in the case of journalist/blogger Zhai Minglei, who has been harassed by police since he spoke out about the closure of his magazine, Minjian. From CMP: Last week CMP reported...
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