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Photo of the Day: Laundry

Kenneth Tan — 2012-05-24T06:00:47+07:00

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Watch: 3-yr-old boy on toy bike survives heavy traffic in Wenzhou

Kenneth Tan — 2012-05-23T21:20:45+07:00

Via Russia Today: "Surveillance camera captured images of a three year old boy riding his toy scooter at a rush hour on a busy road in the city of Wenzhou in Eastern China. After narrowly avoiding being crushed by several vehicles, the boy was spotted by a policeman who reacted quickly and whisked him to safety. Apparently he was in the care of his grandfather, who had gone to the toilet at the time of the incident. The policeman brought the boy back to his grandfather who had rushed out to find him." [ more › ] ]]> Follow @shanghaiist

Mao Yushi on the ruling class

Kenneth Tan — 2012-05-21T16:30:05+07:00

"There is a group of people who make their living from politics, who along the way evolve into rulers. Their interests are not the same as the interests of the people. But to achieve their own goals, and to further their own interests, they will deceive the people and get them to make sacrifices for the nation. The truth is that they're getting people to sacrifice for their own interests. Most wars in our world were started this way." [ more › ] ]]> Follow @shanghaiist

PPAR Cat of the Month: Agaric

Shanghaiist — 2012-05-20T18:30:53+07:00

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Cartoon of the Day: Sweeping up the dirty foreigners

Kenneth Tan — 2012-05-18T14:12:45+07:00

Our Cartoon of the Day comes from China Foto Press, a photo agency which we only just realised also supplies Chinese newspapers with cartoons. In this picture, three foreigners who are "illegal immigrants", "illegal overstayers", and "illegal workers" are swept into a dustpan labelled "fines", "detentions" and "deportation". Way to go to make foreigners feel at home! [ more › ] ]]> Follow @shanghaiist

Minxin Pei on the myth of Chinese meritocracy

Kenneth Tan — 2012-05-17T17:05:12+07:00

Minxin Pei, Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, argues that the downfall of former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai has busted the notion that the Chinese Communist Party's rule is based on meritocracy. He says the government is "riddled with clever apparatchiks like Bo who have acquired their positions through cheating, corruption, patronage, and manipulation". [ more › ] ]]> Follow @shanghaiist

Yu Jianrong's proposal for remembering the Cultural Revolution, which began 46 years ago today

Kenneth Tan — 2012-05-16T20:54:27+07:00

"On 16 May 1966, the Chinese Communist Party launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and unleashed the Ten Years of Turmoil. I suggest that we set this day aside as a National Day of Reflection. Here's what I've learnt: Blind belief in any one group or leader will not give us true democracy or real rule of law. Without democracy, there can be no freedom or participation in the system, and anyone can turn from unbridled zeal to violence. Without rule of law, there is no way to equitably protect the rights of citizens, and anyone can become a victim." [ more › ] ]]> Follow @shanghaiist

Economist Mao Yushi on what really goes on behind the gates of the National Development and Reform Commission

Kenneth Tan — 2012-05-16T18:21:21+07:00

"There are indeed many problems going on at the National Development and Reform Commission. I live just opposite their building and can see what's going on very clearly. On our road, you'll find many gift shops. All these people coming from out-of-town enter the building with big and small bags, and later leave empty-handed. At the end of the day, NDRC officials leave the building with big and small bags. They can't use all the stuff, so they sell them back to the gift shops, who in turn resell them to others who have come to Beijing on a mission. So that's what's happened to our street." [ more › ] ]]> Follow @shanghaiist

Watch: Owners of China's first authentic African hair salon speak to China Daily

Kenneth Tan — 2012-05-16T10:30:08+07:00

Paul Luyeye and Martha Makuena, the Congolese proprietors of China's first authentic African hair salon located in Beijing speak to China Daily. [ more › ] ]]> Follow @shanghaiist

Words of advice from Hu Xijin to Han Han

Kenneth Tan — 2012-05-11T16:00:18+07:00

"Every time Han Han tweets, he gets at least 10,000 retweets or comments. He is no doubt China's "King of the Microblogs". For such a young person to have such a wide reach, you really don't see this anywhere else in the world. I'd like to say to Comrade Han Han that he has a responsibility to use this power wisely -- to serve the people, and to serve the motherland. Other people can ignore this preachy advice, but he should take this to heart." [ more › ] ]]> Follow @shanghaiist

Wang Yang: The CCP can't make you happy; your happiness is your right

Kenneth Tan — 2012-05-10T15:13:25+07:00

“The pursuit of happiness is the right of the people. Bringing benefit to the people is the responsibility of the party and of the government. We must break that erroneous mindset that the happiness of the people is a gift from the party and government.” [ more › ] ]]> Follow @shanghaiist

Sun Haiying: Where there's freedom, there's no need for firewalls

Kenneth Tan — 2012-05-09T03:24:37+07:00

"We have been attempting to block a whole load of Western things -- Western values, hostile Western forces, Western hegemony, and the Western cultural invasion. Our firewall is the world's most advanced. Strangely though, we've never heard of the West trying to block Oriental values, hostile Oriental forces, and the Oriental cultural invasion. Our CCTV4 has landed in the United States, and even The Founding of a Party is being shown on screens there. This illustrates a truth: Where there's freedom, there's no need for firewalls." [ more › ] ]]> Follow @shanghaiist

Watch: The Al-Jazeera documentary that pissed off China so much it expelled Melissa Chan

Kenneth Tan — 2012-05-08T13:52:09+07:00

And here it is -- the Al-Jazeera documentary that is said to have pissed China off so much that it refused to extend press credentials for its China correspondent Melissa Chan (even though she took no part in its production), effectively forcing the news network to shut down its Beijing bureau. The documentary includes some eye-opening footage from what Al-Jazeera says is a "laogai" reeducation labour camp. [ more › ] ]]> Follow @shanghaiist

Full transcript: Phone calls between Teng Biao and Chen Guangcheng

Kenneth Tan — 2012-05-03T07:48:47+07:00

Translation of phone calls between human rights lawyer Teng Biao (滕彪) and Chen Guangcheng made yesterday evening while Chen was being held at Chaoyang Hospital. In this exchange, Teng convinces Chen to change his mind about staying on in China and to let the US embassy know he now wants asylum for the entire family. [ more › ] ]]> Follow @shanghaiist

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Shanghaiist — 2012-05-03T05:18:04+07:00

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