Stories about China from May, 2007
Hong Kong: PLA berth at City Center
I have written up a citizen report on the PLA berth plan at the new central harbour front at interlocals.net: It is not that we are opposed to the PLA berth, but the symbolism of having PLA berth at Central waterfront is very bad. Central as a political and financial...
China: Time for a net video tv channel?
There was a proposal put forth recently at one collective of Chinese to English translation bloggers for people to consider making use of Dotsub.com to subtitle cell phone and digital camera-shot video posted online. What would people outside China be interested in seeing? Something with action? How about protest? Is...
Google shareholders reject anti-censorship proposal
Jeremy Gordon, CEO of China Business Services, which help companies enter the Chinese market, blogged today on the China Business Blog about the interview he had with BBC’s 5 Live radio about the controversial Google’s censorship policy in China. This came after the majority of Google shareholders voted against the...
China: Stock Bubble
Imaginethief warns that the Shanghai stock market has reached the top of the bubbles: I would also like to offer the follow entirely unsolicited investment advice: Sell you morons! Sell everything! Get out! Get out while you can, for god's sake!
China: DANWEI Great Fire Wall-ed?
Serveral reports (China herald and Shanghaiist) from the internet about DANWEI being great fired walled (blocked). DANWEI is a most significant source for Chinese news and discussions for the English speaking world.
China: Chrysanthemum is dead?
huangzhangjin from bullog asked whether chrysanthemum is dead [zh]. What is chrysanthemum? Positive solution explains the secret code: Farewell, Comrade Huang Ju.
China: National Grand Theatre
Josie Liu from China in Transition blogs about the most recent round of debate on the National Grand Theatre -a waste of money and water.
China: Internet Cost
Fons Tuinstra blogs about a debate about whether China's internet access is too expensive. According to the World Bank report, the price is ten times higher than developed countries.
China: Wealth Distribution
Onemanbandwith has a post on the growing disparities in wealth and resource distribution within China.
China: Wen's talk on culture
Chai jing blogs about Prime Minister Wen Jia-bo talk with the cultural circle: No matter whether it is academic or artistic performance, its superiority cannot be judged by administrative order. It depends on hard academic exporation, artistic practice and democratic discussion, in the end, it is judged by practice, history...
China: Distorted Representation
Sun bin protested against the distortion of the image of Chinese people and culture at the article, China's Mental Default, in Forbes written by Rich Karlgaard. “How a prejudiced pair of eyes got fixated on some outlying examples and reached certain ridiculous conclusions”.
Taiwan: Olympic torch relay-through Taiwan or not?
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China will have a fabulous start: the route of the Olympic torch relay will be the longest in the history (85000 miles, 130 days). However, the plan was rejected by Taiwan on April 26, 2007. The current proposed route related to Taiwan can be seen...
China: The Student Bloggers Down In The Coal Mine
Five students from the Hunan Normal University's School of Literature published the blog post “Factors that influence the psychological sense of safety among Hunan coal mine workers and ways of improvement> on the Xinhua-hosted blog”. They also made an appeal to more than 100 representatives who were attending the two...
China: Xi'an pirate TV station shut down
Joel Martinsen from DANWEI has translated a report from China Business View on the shutting down of village run TV station. The case has openned up some discussions on new technology and village development: An expert from the [Shaanxi] provincial Academy of Social Sciences, a village-run TV stations is a...
China: Zola's blogger path
The Chongqin Nailhouse blogger report has impacted Zola's life completely. Many people find a way to reach he and invite him to do citizen report online. Now he decides to be a full time blogger for witnessing the society. His next stop would be Zhoushan.
China: green Olympic Games
Positive solution blogs about the Beijing city plan to greenify the area near the airport so that people have a good first impression.
China: Beida Weiming Grand Hotel
Xueyong comments on the Peking University's plan to construct a grand hotel in the university campus near the Wei-ming lake. The university tried to justify the plan by saying that it is a hotel and conference complex, however, Xueyong argued that the university should give priority to the teachers and...
China: Fake Medicine
As a result of globalization, the problem of fake medicine has spread over the world, especially among the third world countries. Xueyong comments (zh) on the related report in New York Times.
China: Memedia Issue 5: 10 years Blogging, Google PR, Money Craze
Memedia Issue 5 roundup for the blogsphere, which includes 10 years anniversary of blogging, Google's PR strategy, stock market, private fund and many more.
China: Most influential unknown person
When 22 year-old Beijing-based blogger Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕) was chosen by Time magazine this week as one of the world's most influential people, well, there aren't all that many reactions to bring you.
China: Bloggers’ Response On The Attack In Ethiopia
Nine Chinese oil workers were killed in Ethiopia oil attack last month. Many Chinese netizens have expressed their grief, sadness and pain over the Internet.
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