Hey folks, I've thrown together a badge and accompanying post for any bloggers or webmasters that wish to add a way for their visitors to get information on how to donate to the China quake relief funds.
The Chinese government’s decision to allow the seemingly unrestricted flow of information out of Sichuan this week in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake has surprised many. However, the general assumption that the Chinese government ‘all of the sudden’ decided to pursue a policy of transparency and openess is incorrect. This decision was in fact made last year when the State...
Choose the way you are most comfortable with to help people in Sichuan.
An additional first-hand account of the Sichuan quake from a English-language Chengdu blogger, KMM. "But even though I’m convinced staying in the fifth floor of my apartment is perfectly safe, I’ve moved back outside, sitting in the grass, because damn it when the floor keeps moving under your feet, it doesn’t matter how much you know your safe, you still feel you better get out as fast as possible."
I was happy to come across today’s China Daily article reporting some immediate health benefits from the May 1 smoking ban that I mentioned in my prior post . Though perhaps not the type that immediately comes to mind, we’ll take what we can get.
I was just sitting here ready to write a post when our whole building started to sway, I thought it was a case of vertigo until the pictures started to sway. Outside what I found most strange was that some construction workers remained on the cranes and continued working.
Beijing is calling upon its citizens to report Olympic logo infringements paying the tattle tail part of the fine. Most unauthorized vendors will not likely be able to afford the fine. The incentive will work much better if the reward is paid regardless of whether the fine is actually collected.
That’s right, Tencent publicly notes its expertise in… whistle blowing.
Although the title is a little misleading (I would state that it is about international assumptions made on both sides), I still think this is a must view to really understand the situation over Olympic protests.
Like visitors at George Washington's estate in Mount Vernon, Va., people come to Shaoshan in the heart of China to remember and teach their children about their national hero. He launched the Long March, an estimated 3,750-mile epic exploit as central to the story of China as the Boston Tea Party
I think the 2015 number is built on a number that heavily favors anyone who wants to make grand declarations about China catching up quickly. In fact, last I remember, when Rich Brubaker at All Roads posted that China would catch up by 2028, we all took that number with quite a bit of skepticism.
A Q&A with acclaimed documentarian Tan Siok Siok about her new film Boomtown Beijing - a film that captures the Chinese capital the summer before the Olympics. Be sure to also check out the film's trailer and links.
