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Philip Pan slightly disagrees with Minxin Pei's analysis that even though the party-state has successfully resisted change so far, pressure on the system for political liberalization is building.

It's hard to not lose faith in the Chinese music scene. It would appear, on the surface at least, that China is happy enough filling their ears with prefab crap - but this article shows there's hope in the wings.

It is not easy to realize how strange it is when you live in an existing system, but when you have the chance to talk with people from other countries, you realize the huge difference. I enjoyed my talk with my great friends tonight, and we talked about the Resident Permit (Hokou) system in China. To be honest, I didn't feel it too strange before I explained it with my own mouth.

Interview with the men behind new podcast 'Pissing On The Bamboo Curtain'. A monthly attempt to make sense of, and highlight, the buzzing Beijing underground live alternative music scene.

t is very common to hear foreigners sitting around complaining about problems in China. Normally there is validity to at least some of the complaints, although often the way things are presented makes the comments come off badly. The line between legitimate criticism and excessive...

That's right folks, we've got our very own dot com (www.haohaoreport.com)! I feel like a parent who's only child has just moved out and got their own apartment. My little baby's all growns up!

I had always promised myself that if the China blogging/news reading community embraced the concept of the Hao Hao Report, I'd take this from being a sub-section of my site and give it its own home.

Hey fellow HHReporters, just wanted to mention something that is likely strikingly obvious - we've upgraded/updated a few things around here. Changes include...

1) A new design. I wobbled over whether to change the design, but in the end, this layout has a lot more to offer. Check out the sidebar (now each menu is movable and collapsible).

Faced with empty seats and soaring costs, tiny Harmony Airways is headed for a forced landing early next month. Harmony has had high hope in opening up more routes between Canada and China. However, the indefinite delay of the signing of the ADS agreement between the two countries has crushed Harmony's hope to stay afloat.

Tomorrow's Afternoon Tea is a collection of 10 songs by female artists (or groups with female vocalists) distributed by China's premier online creative network - Neocha - under there Netlabel label. If you want some good Chinese indie music, be sure to check out this free download (about 40 MB).