Stories about China from December, 2006
China: film rating
Joel Martinsen at DANWEI has translates an article from Southern Weekly about Ng See-Yuen's comments on ratings, regulations, and entertainment in the mainland Chinese film industry.
China: living in China
Positive solutions writes down 10 reasons why living in China is great.
China: World Aids Day
China Media Project compares the party and commercial news coverage of World Aids Day.
China: A silent protest
Problems seem to keep coming for residents of Huacao township in the outskirts of Shanghai's Minxing district. Reports in mainland media from over two years ago [zh] show that after years of anticipation, villagers had still yet to be compensated for the sale of their land, despite the local government...
Serbia: Chinese Film Banned
“Just minutes before the movie Summer Palace (Serbian: Letnja Palata) […] rolled, Serbian authories came to the rescue and pulled the movie off the Festival because apparently China threatened to freeze all diplomatic activities with Serbia if the movie is shown,” reports Belgrade 2.0.
China: Beijing's big brother culture
Wang Xiaofeng writes about “ye” culture in Beijing. The meaning of “ye” literally is grandfather or big brother (old men with authority). “Ye” or “Da Ye” is used as a suffix to someone's name to show respect or submission. Wang notices that in order to prepare for the Beijing Olympic,...
China: leaping the great firewall
People's republic of… introduces a new tool (Psiphon) to leap the great firewall.
China: The Mass Show Trial In Shenzhen
In Futian district, Shenzhen, more than two hundred people (prostitutes and patrons) were hauled into the street and put on trial in front of the public. ESWN translates the local report with pictures.
China: The Chinese Sparrow War of 1958
ESWN translates two articles about the Chinese sparrow war in 1958 which compare the fate of sparrows with the Chinese intellectuals.