Don't Watch This: Confucius
You're hot then you're cold. What gives, North Korea?
China's sick healthcare system breeding antibiotic-resistant "superbugs"
Meet the Spanish pavilion's Miguelin: the first female Expo mascot?
Video: Riding down Da Jing Lu
- China's censorship arms race escalates [RConversation] "Last week the China Digital Times reported that the photo above (click here to view full size original) has been making the rounds in Chinese blogs and chatrooms. It is an image of a "computer science float" for Thursday's National Day parade, onto which somebody has photoshopped a screenshot of the Internet Explorer error message familiar to anybody who has ever tried to access a blocked website in China: "This page cannot be displayed." As the 60th birthday of the People's Republic of China approaches, Internet users in China are complaining that the Internet has become even more difficult to use than ever before. Not only has the number of blocked websites increased, but the most popular censorship circumvention techniques and technologies have come under attack."
- 'City of Life and Death' wins Spanish film award [AP] "Chinese director Lu Chuan's film "City of Life and Death" has won the top prize at Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival. The movie, a sensitive and balanced depiction of a traumatic moment in China's history known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, deals with a six-week period in 1937-38 following the Japanese capture of the Chinese city of Nanking."
- Mao's revolution at 60: He wouldn't recognize it [The Globe and Mail] "This Thursday, as tanks and missiles roll through Tiananmen Square in Beijing and fireworks explode overhead to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of Communist China, a retired factory worker will gather with her children and grandchildren in this historic city on China's booming east coast, and sigh a little - regret mixed with relief - at what those six decades have brought them."
- ‘Ghost Town’ and Guerilla Filmmaking From China [NYTimes] "Like independent filmmakers everywhere, Mr. Zhao worked with no guarantee of an audience, or even a place to show his work. By his estimates only a few thousand people have seen “Ghost Town” in China since he finished it last year. Several hundred more are scheduled to see it Sunday afternoon when the film has its international premiere at the New York Film Festival. But what makes Mr. Zhao’s commitment particularly noteworthy is that his project was apparently illegal."
- Top Ten Universities in China with the Most Beautiful Girls [ChinaHush] "We have already uncovered the top ten cities in China with the most beautiful women. While some argued the list was highly opinionated, some liked it and said it had some truth to it. Now do you want to know which university in China has the most beautiful girls? This list from ifeng ranks the top ten. Attention! Guys who are preparing for the university entrance exam, this list is for reference only, studying is still more important, do not study while thinking about pretty girls otherwise you might miss bigger things."
- Could a Mixed-Race Contestant Become a Chinese Idol? [TIME] "In many ways, Lou Jing is a typical young woman from Shanghai. Pretty and confident, she speaks Mandarin heavily accented with the lilting tones of the Shanghai dialect and browses the malls of this huge city for the latest fashions. But there is one thing that distinguishes this 20-year-old from her peers, something that has made her the unwitting focus of an intense public debate about what exactly it means to be Chinese: the color of her skin. Born to a Chinese mother and an African-American father whom she has never met, the theater student rocketed into the public consciousness last month when she took part in an American Idol-esque TV show, Go! Oriental Angel."
- Craig Stephen's This Week in China: Testing time for China's new board [MarketWatch] "Only days ago it looked as if the new GEM market had timed its launch to perfection with record interest in China IPOs. But last week two new issues in Hong Kong, as well as the Shanda Games Nasdaq listing, all closed below their issue price. See full story on Shanda IPO. China's long awaited new second- board and its listing pioneers could face a tough initiation. The new board is positioned as China's answer to Nasdaq and will cater to innovation-orientated start-up and tech based companies."
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
post to facebook
Long suffering Chinese tend to focus on good life in last 30-year of communist rule, while westerners just like to selectively remember the first 30 years. Thats the reason why Chinese are more successful and promising.
Of course futurist John Naisbitt is smarter whose "China's Megatrend" proves he is much smarter than the most who only repeat what they were spoonfed about communism in Texas:
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2009/09/03/1461s513359.htm
The entire concept of the top ten universities with the most beautiful girls article is inane, but if you can manage to slog through all ten tedious entries, none of which make any sense, you come upon this gem regarding Xinjiang University:
"Xinjiang University, though not fashionable, but the women of central Asia look half-breed, curvy and tall."
Classy.
Actually the article is very, very useful for the up-and-coming industrialist lao ban or CCP cadre that needs to pad his mistress accounts with some fresh meat.
Curious why it was done in Enlish as well?? Probably for the benefit of undecided overseas ESL bulletin browsers looking to teach in China...
Fair enough. And to the writer's credit, he also pointed out non-physical characteristics that seem completely based on regional bias (half-credit, I suppose).