Stories about China from December, 2008
Russia, China: Slang Dictionary
IZO links to LJ user du-jingli (RUS), who has scanned four pages from the 916-page Russian-Chinese Slang Dictionary and has so far received nearly 500 comments. (Warning: the post contains obscenities, in Russian and in Chinese.)
China: The Top Ten Most Popular Search Terms of 2008
ESWN translated Hecaitou's blog post on “the top ten most popular seach terms of 2008“.
China: Peace Keeping Force At Village Election?
ESWN translated Liu Jinlong's blog post and local media report about a village election escorted by armed peace keeping force.
Hong Kong: FBI: 2009 Shennong Plan
Maryanndonnell blogs about the upcoming Fat Bird Institution's performance in Hong Kong City Festival 2009.
China: Sexy Girl on Government Website
Joe from ChinaSMACK translates report about the hacking of Jingzhou City Bureau of Commerce's websites and the netizens’ comments.
China: More on Boycotting French Goods
ESWN translated a few articles reflecting on the call for French goods boycott.
China and France: Boycott of French Goods
On December 1, an article appeared in China.com urging a nationwide boycott against French product in order to protest against the meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Dalai Lama. The post advised consumers not to buy about 50 French brands, including cars, clothes, alcohol and skin-care products. Commentaries from...
Africa and China: Good or Bad Partnership?
Allen from Fool's mountain posted some videos discussing the nature of partnership between Africa and China.
China and U.S: Ideal Citizen Education
Russo at Frog In A Well compares conservative education program in the U.S with textbook in China from 1933-39 about “being a good citizen”.
China: Protestors and petitioners penned up into madhouse
It is a story about petitioning, protest and madhouse. Reading the story, I am almost drowned by a sense of desperation infused in what Mr. Sun has gone through all these years, but also very much touched by Mr. Shi’s courage to expose such a scandal to public. I know, this would be a story worth record, and translation.
China: Political Science Professor Denounced By Students
ESWN collects and translates local newspapers commentaries about two of his students reporting to the city's public security bureau and education committee, accusing a political science professor of making counter-revolutionary comments during a lecture.
China: Traci Lords at Hong Kong Movie
Human Flesh search engine from mainland China managed to dig up the details of an adult movie appeared at one of Stephen Chow's popular movie. The female figure is Traci Lords. See ESWN for details.
China: Official report — political aristocracy has ruled national wealth
National wealth, as an dauntingly open article in public media suggests, has almost been monopolized by the class of political power. What makes the matter worse is that, the privilege has been passed on to the next generation.
China: Editor removed from Southern Metropolis Daily
feng37 wrote on a new wave of control over media in China: the highly renowned chief editor of Southern Metropolis Daily's Editorial section, Jiang Yiping (江艺平) has been sacked and replaced.
Taiwan: President out of mind?
Social activist Wobblies says on his twitter(zh): “Knowing that Ma refused Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan, I began to think that my father's friend is correct. He said that this President is either a body double, or is just kidnapped by someone. Or whatelse can there be such an idiot...
China: Punishes France and EU
A letter to editor at the Fool's Mountain commenting on the cancellation of China-EU summit in France.
China: Creative mind of Chinese peasant
Mutant palm posted a video produced by Microwavefest on a barefoot robot designer, peasant Wu Yulu.
China: AIDS blogger Li-xiang's unextraordinary life
Now about 30, he contracted AIDS in a blood donation when he was only a high school student. He started blogging in 2005, writing about his life, ideas, and occasionally HIV treatment. He loves beautiful girls, and has a girlfriend. He is now more a social worker than merely a patient, and always inspires his fellow patients with a light heart. But there are no less depression, desperation, and people's indifference, even open insult left on his blog. This is Li-xiang, an AIDS blogger.
China: Guangzhou Taxi Driver Strike
Localgd posted photos showing Guangzhou Taxi driver strike.
Taiwan: Flawed advice from abroad
Michael Turton analyses some views of Taiwan from the US establishment. The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato criticises the advice of the European Chamber of Commerce Taipei.