· June, 2012

Stories about China from June, 2012

China: Food and Love

  13 June 2012

YJ From Rectified Name wrote an article about the meaning of food share among Chinese people: “Food is life. But in China, it is so much more…it is love”.

Prominent AIDS/HIV Doctor-Activist Kicked out of China

  12 June 2012

Deanna Dong from Tea Leaves Nation blogs about Chinese micro-bloggers’ comments on the leaving of prominent doctor-activist Dr. Lu Guogan, whose non-profit AIDS/HIV clinic in Guangxi province was recently shut down by the Chinese government.

Baidu Map's Story about China

  12 June 2012

China Beat has captured a number of Chinese biggest search engine's map search results, which tell an interesting story about China – strong state, strong capital, weak social.

Catfight Between China and the US Over Air Quality

  7 June 2012

The Chinese authority is unhappy about the monitoring of air quality by foreign consulates and embassies, while the U.S suggests China to do the same thing and check upon the air quality in U.S's land. Offbeat China points out that the cat fight is a competition of “soft power” between...

Foreigners In China

  7 June 2012

The Xenophobia drama mostly happened in Social Media such as Sina Weibo in China. Dan Harris from China Law Blog quotes from some foreigner bloggers about laowai's everyday life in reality.

China: Tiananmen Political Prisoner Li Wangyang Found Dead

  7 June 2012

Li Wangyang, a Chinese political prisoner who spent most of his life in detention, was found dead on the morning of Wednesday 6 June, after being interviewed by overseas media about the June 4 (Tiananmen Square) Massacre of 1989 and the life of political prisoners in China. His death has provoked suspicions of foul play.

China: Forgiving the Tiananmen Massacre Murderers?

  6 June 2012

While more than 180,000 people attended the annual candlelight vigil on June 4, in Hong Kong for China's June 4th incident (Tiananmen Square protests), exiled former student leader Chai Ling wrote that she has forgiven the murderers of the massacre. Her comments have stirred up a lot of debate.

China: Lives of Kidney Sellers

  2 June 2012

Alia from ChinaBeat translated a local feature story on the lives of kidney sellers in China. What they gets in return is about USD5600 per kidney.

China: Permit a moderate amount of corruption

  2 June 2012

Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated state controlled media Global Times’ editorial on fighting against corruption in China and netizens’ response to their idea that people should accept an appropriate amount of corruption in China.

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Oiwan Lam
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