Cinematheque: Mulan is finally Chinese again! (and other film news)
Protest in Guangzhou: Why would you burn garbage?
Barbie Spa: For the cosmopolitan plastic beauty in you
Obama in China: Long gone, and still headlinin'
Lot o' Hotpot: Three Travellers
- More Battles Ahead for IPhone in China [PC World] "Apple has emerged from winding negotiations with an iPhone deal in China, but the handset will still face government pitfalls and look-alike competitors in the country. Local carrier China Unicom said Friday it had reached a three-year iPhone distribution deal with Apple, ending months of rumor about an impending agreement. The carrier will offer the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, with the first handsets going on sale in the fourth quarter."
- Taiwan seeks to smooth ruffled Chinese feathers [AP] "China has canceled or postponed several events meant to underscore improving relations with Taiwan, apparently to show anger over the Dalai Lama's visit to the island, Taiwan's governing party said Tuesday. The visit of the Tibetan spiritual leader — aimed at offering comfort to the victims of Typhoon Morakot — has created the most serious challenge for relations between the democratic island and the communist mainland since Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou took office 15 months ago on a platform of ending 60 years of hostility."
- An unlikely victim of China's censorship [UPI Asia] "It is well known that Internet access is not unrestricted in China. But who would expect that New Threads (Xin Yusi, www.xys.org), an overseas Chinese-language website, would be among the inaccessible sites? A search of the term “New Threads” at Google inside China and at Baidu, a Chinese-language search engine, did not even generate links to the website. New Threads is not anti-Chinese government, nor is it pornographic or related to the banned Falungong cult. It is not about Taiwan independence, Tibet or Xinjiang. It simply reveals academic misconduct in China."
- All industries to have bribery list [China Daily] "People and businesses convicted of corruption will be placed on a "black list" under a new system in Zhejiang province that aims to stem bribery in all sectors. The system, which has been in use for seven years to track the bribery records of five industries — construction, finance, education, medical service and government procurement — will extend into all the other industries starting today. The blacklist will only include bribery cases that have been tried in court, local authorities said."
- The Yin and Yang of U.S.-China Relations [WSJ] "American and Chinese officials said all the right things during this summer's inaugural round of their Strategic and Economic Dialogue. President Barack Obama pledged to "forge a path to the future that we seek for our children." Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo wondered aloud whether America and China can "build better relations despite very different social systems, cultures and histories." He answered his own question, in English, with a "Yes we can." They can, but they probably won't."
- The Latest Directives from the Ministry of Truth (Updated) [China Digital Times] "Today, it’s been said that news does not break, it tweets. For the officials in the the Ministry of Truth, the news is that their supposedly confidential instructions get tweeted as well. CDT selected the following tweets about propaganda orders handed down to websites by various departments, which have been leaked and paraphrased by Twitterers between August 15 to 25, translated by CDT."
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Who said Dalai was not political in Taiwan?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/china/Tibet-not-seeking-independence-from-China-Dalai-Lama/articleshow/4958366.cms
Oakwoods you are an idiot. Anything can be "political" according to whatever nut wants to say it is...even you violently jacking off ten times a day to pictures of Jiang Qing could be considered political by the right person...d-bag!
Anything can be "political"? I absolutely agree. So ask your Daliar not to tell me he is upolitical with his broken Tibenglish next time.
As to jacking off, dont worry I always have the sweet pictures of Icecat and Bush as my favorite.