Julien Bertrand

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• Posted 17-year-old Chinese girl beaten and raped; Video on Chinese web to Shanghaiist
  From aujourdhuilachine.com: The Chinese web is astir with the news of a video showing a 17-year-old girl being repeatedly beaten by a group of girls and raped by four boys. A year after the actual events, a daily Chinese newspaper relates the story. On July, 3rd, a Mr Xiong contacts the Chinese daily newssite nndaily.com and tells them about the video: "I hope you will look into that." A journalist watches the video, showing a...
• Posted Chinese loudspeaker company wants employees to keep quiet, or else... to Shanghaiist
  Beijing News reports a weird measure taken in a company in southern China. According to aujourdhuilachine.com, a company that makes loudspeakers has demanded that its employees keep quiet during work hours — otherwise they'll be asked to wear a protection mask for 3 days! The company explained the decision (taken in May) that they want to preserve the production's quality standards:"If our employees talk, they are bound to splutter and it will do harm to...
• Posted France crossed off as a destination in itineraries offered by Beijing travel agencies to Shanghaiist
  Travel agencies in Beijing have been asked to withdraw France as a tourist destination, starting this week. The move appears to have come from the Beijing Municipality. CITS says that they have been asked to suspend travels to France until further notice. Tours to France in June are on, but July's trips are cancelled. BTG International Travel Tours had the same info but CTS said all groups departing for France are now officially off. An...
• Posted When Chinese traditional opera meets Italian Commedia dell'Arte to Shanghaiist
  And now a diversion away from the earthquake news. After playing around with the actual performance date, the Asphodèles Theatre Company from Lyon, France, will perform a unique show this Thursday at Fuzhou Rd's Tianchan Yifu Theatre. Under the tag "Harlequin's trip to China," the show is part of the French and Chinese Cultural Festival called "Croisements." The play will blend the features of traditional Chinese opera with the characteristics of Italian commedia dell'arte (literally...
• Posted 'Frozen in Shanghai' strikes back to Shanghaiist
  After a relative – and unexpected – success, the street event Frozen in Shanghai (a ‘flash mob’ which we mentioned some time ago), is back. If all turns out well, it will be staged outside Lujiazui metro station, in Pudong, this coming Saturday at 3pm. Interested people can have a look at the Facebook event here. The organisers hope more people will come this time, for the weather is forecast as “sunny and partly cloudy.”...