Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from September, 2013
Don't Say Millions Starved During China's Great Famine. Try ‘Nutritional Death’ Instead
A professor recently claimed that previous estimates that 30 million people died during the Great Chinese Famine is rumor. According to him, the difficult period caused 2.5 million "nutritional deaths".
China: A Question Becomes a Rumor
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated a report about a rumour crackdown case in Hebei. A woman asking if a murder took place in Louzhuang was arrested and detained for 5 days for spreading rumour and disturbing public order.
China: Show Swords in Ideology Battle
The Chinese President Xi Jinping recently launched the party's ideology battle to take over opinion leadership in a meeting of propaganda officials. In the past few days, state-controlled media outlets echoed with Xi's call by using the phrase “showing one’s sword” in their editorials. David Bandurski from China Media project...
China: New Visa Policies for Foreigners
Last year, the number of foreigners entering or leaving China reached 54 million. To cope with the situation, the Chinese government has introduced three new types of visas for foreigners. Cam MacMurchy from Nanfang.com put together a complete list of visa categories.
Hong Kong: More Restriction Imposed on Domestic Maids
The Hong Kong government has imposed further restriction on the domestic maids and made it harder for them to quit their contract and change job. Tom Grundy pointed out that the new policy will entrap domestic workers to abusive employers.
Political Cartoon on School Open Day in China
Independent politica cartoonist @baidiucao posted his work on China School Open Day. The red scarf, representing the ideological control of the Chinese Communist Party becomes a hanging rope.
China: Rural Superstition Leads to Horrible Baby Girl Abuse
In some rural areas of China, people believe by sticking needles to the body of new born baby girl, the next child would be boy. Off-beat China highlighted two recent horrible stories of piercing of new born baby girls.
Ten Cities Chinese People Want to Escape
The living standard in major Chinese cities is getting more and more unbearable to middle class. Shanghai has topped the ten cities that Chinese most want to escape because marriage cost is too high. Rachel Wang from Tea Leaf Nation picked up netizens’ comments on their discontent about city life.
China: Will Former Head of Public Security be Purged?
After the trial of Bo Xilai, some China observers believed that the former head of Public Security Zhou Yongkang will be the next to fall. Sinostand listed out a number of reason why Zhou could be the next target, of course there is always political risk.
