Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from September, 2011
Shenzhen population statistics, 1979 – 2011
Mary Ann O'Donnell created a chart of Shenzhen population statistics from 1979-2011, showing the dual citizenship structure – those who enjoy full citizen rights though household registration system and those who do not – in the city.
Africans in Guangzhou: Opportunities & Discrimination
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated a local news feature about the life of Africans in Guangzhou. There are about 200,000 Africans living in the Southern China city.
China: Funeral for Starved Cows After Melamine Milk Scandal
Ministry of Tofu translates a local report about a funeral held for cows by local farmers in Henan province. The cows were starved to death because the local government cut the fund for the farmers after the melamine milk scandal.
China: Scenes from the tobacco harvest
Mike Frick from DANWEI visited the tobacco field in Yunnan and presented a very detailed picture of the tobacco industries in China.
China: Who Are the Real “Orientalists”?
High Peaks Pure Earth translates Tibetan writer Woser's debate with other Chinese scholars about the West’s “Shangri-La complex”. The writer points out that the very representation of Tibet by the Chinese scholars and the “Tibet liberation story” told by the Chinese Communist Party are the “real orientalists”.
China: Nazi Chic Cosplay
ChinaSMACK has a post about about the Nazi Chic cosplay culture in China and translated Chinese netizens’ reactions to a set of Nazi Chic photos.
China: Apple Pollution
China Dialogue has a series of post about the severe environmental pollution problem caused by Apple’s Chinese supply chain. A joint report by a number of environmental groups disclosed that as many as 27 Apple suppliers are dumping dangerous chemical waste. The director of the Institute of Public and Environmental...
