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A new report out by Canadian group Probe International is questioning whether the Sichuan quake may be the result of the filling of the Three Gorges Dam. Wait, before you shake your head at the "Western bias" - they've Chinese scientists on this too. Since initially filling the dam there has been a couple thousand micro-quakes, and that it rests on a couple fault lines makes one have to at least consider there might be consequences of some so
A bit of interesting commentary from a long-overseas Chinese who admits she can't help but feel the call to nationalism these days. She also raises an interesting question on why the NYT's coverage of the recent rally in New York for Chinese pride wasn't just lacking, but in fact, was missing.
The knuckfuts from Westboro Baptist Church are at it again, having announced plans to travel to China and picket the Beijing Olympics against a "godless, filthy, sodomite China". You just know these dipshits will get visas too.
Paul Denlinger at China Vortex shares some good commentary on this week's Economist lead article about China. Essentially the article states that the angry nationalism that has swept China isn't actually at Western nations and Western media's continual mis-representation of the country, but rath
Matt shares some good advice for current and prospective ESL teachers on some of the responsibilities that fall on their shoulders - unknowingly or not - and also warns of some lines not to cross.
As Beijing Olympics quickly sink further in the mire of protest, boycotts and childish name-calling from both sides of the globe, I pause for a moment of rantamantation.
Oiwan Lam has translated an interesting article by Ip Iam-chong that originally ran in Ming Pao Daily and discusses China's "610 Office" whose mandate is to "coordinate the collection of information, monitor and arrest dissents across the country". The comparison of this unit and the Gestapo t
ESWN gives translation of an article in China's Liberation Daily which reports the account of Jin Jing, a medal-winning member of the Chinese national wheelchair fencing team and carrier of the Olympic torch in Paris. The article raises the point that bad PR is not pointing to the CPC, but to the
Danwei reports a new book has been rushed to completion that lays bare the "truth" behind the Lhasa riots last month. The book "Lies and the Truth" cites such reliable and truth-worthy sources as People's Daily, Guangming Daily, China News, and Xinhuanet... handy at a road-side pitstop I'm su
Shanghaiist does some sleuthing to put the pieces together over what is happening with Celine Dion's cancelled concert in Beijing. Throat infection or lack of proper licenses? Either way, our hearts will go on, I'm sure.
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese dissident outspoken on Tibet and other sensitive topics was jailed for three-and-a-half years on Thursday, a conviction likely to become a focus of international rights campaigns ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
A Beijing court found human rights activist Hu Jia, 34,
The China Daily reports that it will soon implement stricter measures to control smoking in large public places including restaurants, bars, Internet cafes, hotels, offices, holiday resorts and all indoor areas of medical facilities.
The move is largely inline with the city's pledge to have a s
