Stories about China from December, 2006
China: Wang Xiaofeng is Time magazine person of the year
Jeremy Goldkorn in DANWEI reports that Wang Xiaofeng, a famous Chinese blogger, is the Time magazine person of the the year.
Hungary: Chinese Community
Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar writes about Hungary's Chinese community.
China: cultural bureau
Wang Xiao feng criticises that the Cultural Bureau does not promote culture in China because it defines everything new as “unhealthy” (zh).
China: more on dog crack down
Beijing city government recently invited Chinese and foreign journalists to visit the dog impounding facilities which is set up for all the unlicensed dogs they've caught in their recent campaign. Peijin in Shanghaiist puts together some reports.
China: A Giant Power or Not?
China used to be one of the mightiest empires and oldest civilizations in the world in human history, but its modern history, starting from the middle of 19th century, was full of disgrace, disorder and chaos as perceived by Chinese people, who has aspired to revive its historical glory in...
China: chinese police
Lyn Jeffery at Virtual China blogs about a special section in a citizen journalist website, Molive/Moobol(zh), which collects both positive and negative on-the-scene photos of policemen
China: I have no legs
A lump of coal would actually come in handy for the cold souls in Petitioner Village this winter, judging from the stories told in The China Next Door, a photo montage posted at Beijing-based journalist Huang Zhangjin's Bokee blog, since deleted, but safe at his Bullog.cn space. 当你翻到本页时，相信你的眼光一定会在这里长久停留。这里的人你一定见过，当你急匆匆走过地下铁的通道，当你到某个政府办公楼去办事，也许某个角落就有他们的身影，他们在你不经意的余光里，在你匆匆的惊诧里。 他们是长久哀怨、悲愤的一群人，他们因某一意外而改变了人生轨迹，奔波于故乡和大都市，顽强地追逐一个说法、一个公正的梦想。他们是固执而又乐观的人群，他们日复一日地失望，年复一年地坚持，始终坚守着我们民族几千年来对”青天”和”人间自有公道”的一线信仰。 As...
China and Japan: translating USA
The Japanese translation of USA is “rice country”, while the Chinese translation is “beauty country”. Zhaihua looks into historical documents and tries to explain why there is such a difference. One explanation provided by Chiang Kai-shek in 1934 was that “rice” is edible… (zh)
China: WTO and AIDS
Zeng Jinyan wrote a letters to AIDS volunteers about the potential threat for WTO TRIPS agreement on the supply of medicine to AIDS patients. She hopes that the Chinese government can do more to lower the price of AIDS’ medicine and protect the supply (zh).
China: Minority Culture vs. Majority Language
Michael in the Opposite end of China discusses about the Reuters’ reports about the conflict in China between teaching the majority language (Mandarin Chinese) versus preserving local minority cultures.
China: cigarettes quotas
Zat Liu explains why a domestic cigarettes brand Zhongnanhai were out of sale in Shanghai: every year Zhongnanhai gives different regions certain quotas…
China: movie review: Still Life
Chi Tung in Shanghaiist has a movie review on Jia Zhangke’s Golden Lion-award-winning Still Life.
China: Beijing bloggers drop the ball?
There's been a lot of response to police in the southern city of Shenzhen‘s decision late last month to put two hundred men and women arrested in connection with prostitution on display in the middle of a major intersection for public humiliation. For most bloggers, the questions an act like...
China: no sex in Australia?
ESWN translates an article about translation errors in putting “banning for personal reasons resulting in pregnancy or impregnating” into “banning sexual intercourse” concerning the working conditions of Chinese workers in Australia by a Chinese newspapers. The errors resulted in a lot of discussion concerning labour rights.
China: QQ price
QQ is the most popular chatting device in Mainland China; some combination of QQ numbers have high market value. Virtual China blogs about the logic in the pricing.
China: harmonious culture in media policy
China media project explains the Chinese government's promotion of harmonious culture in media policy.
China: green technology
Diligence China blogs about the development of green technology in China with regard to its potential and threat.
China: lemon duck
Hizi introduces a special dish from Nan-Ning, lemon duck, to his reader (zh).
China: music video
The opposite end of China has upload a music video of a song, “Gulzarangza”, via youtube to the blog: The video is a perfect re-creation of a dream I have… something involving a happy harem of dancing Uyghur beauties, more or less.
China: Top Ten Chinese Media Events of 2006
ESWN translates a blog post on top ten Chinese media events of 2006.
China: temporary freedom for the Olympics?
Angry Chinese blogger comments on the press arrangement in China during the Olympics.
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