Stories about China from October, 2006
Barbados: USA eats crow
“Will Mr. Barbados give up that new Oriental girlfriend and go back with the rich man’s daughter?” asks a cheeky Barbados Free Press, contemplating the USA's attempts to woo back...
China: no more adultery on TV during prime time?
Shang peijin in Shanghaiist reports that the State Administration for Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) is thinking about limiting the number of family dramas involving adultery themes during prime time...
China: internet watermelons
ESWN translates a Beijing Times article about how a watermelon grower skipped the local market and set up an virtual watermelon stand on the Internet instead.
South Korea, Taiwan and China: Scandal in Beijing
The concert, Scandal in Beijing, by Korean pop star Kangta and Taiwanese singer Vanness Wu at the National People's congress hall last month has irritated some conservative netizen. According to...
China: Media literacy, meetings, Macau, memories and mooncakes
Do Chinese police see bloggers as some sort of criminal element? Blogging undisturbed nearly requires a mastermind these days, and it's getting worse. Liu Di (刘荻), aka Stainless Steel Mouse,...
China and Japan: cartoon warfare
As a celebration of National Day, the CCTV in China is now showing a 36 episodes 3-D Cartoon “Devil soldiers in Mao-er Mountain” (帽兒山的鬼子兵)in October. The cartoon was produced by...
China: internet in rural area
ESWN translates an article concerning how internet help to faciliate knowledge flow and development in rural area.
China: women empowered by divorce
A citizen report at Ohmynews about the history of marriage law in China and the recent trend in divorce.
China: women empowered by divorce
A citizen report at Ohmynews about the history of marriage law in China and the recent trend in divorce.
China: golden and chemical moon cakes
October 6 will be the mid autumn festival, Hung Huang tells her readers why she hates moon cakes.
China: in memory of Traditional Chinese cartoonist
The Chinese cartoonist Liao Bingxiong passed away on 22 September 2006. ESWN translates an articles from the Southern people weekly about the end of traditional Chinese Cartoon style with some...
China: shanghai social pension fund
The Shanghai corruption case was related with the abusive use of social pension fund. Lang Xianping was among the first person to point that out. ESWN has translated an unpublished...
China: the dead don't have vacation
October 1 is the national day of People's Republic of China. Han Song is brainstorming about his new science fiction storyline: if the deads become alive again, what would they...
China: Blogger-poets
In Qian Zhongshu‘s (钱钟书) 1947 novel Fortress Besieged (围城), one of the greatest works of twentieth-century Chinese literature, protagonist Fang Hung-chien attempts to build a career with a fake degree...
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