Tian Xi, who we've written about before, is being held by police again, and denied access to medications he needs to keep AIDS -- which he was infected with via a tainted blood transfusion in 1996 -- at bay.
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Tian Xi, who we've written about before, is being held by police again, and denied access to medications he needs to keep AIDS -- which he was infected with via a tainted blood transfusion in 1996 -- at bay.
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A discussion of journalistic objectivity and how it applies to China blogs (specifically, this one).
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The other day, my fiancee asked me — rather out of the blue — if I was proud to be an American. The question caught me off guard. Pressed for an answer, I suggested that I was sometimes proud to be American, and by way of example noted the recent “terror mosque” controversy that’s...
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Our culture is often categorised as “shame culture”, and the issue of extra-marital sex is exactly where we should allow this culture to show its strength. We should create a strong public consensus, and disgrace those who have affairs and keep mistresses, and let those involved know that to have a mistress is shameful...
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Southern Weekend looks into whether or not the weather reports in China are reporting temperatures too low. (They are!)
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In the wake of the Zhouqu landslides, an argument breaks out in Chinese on an American website and quickly devolves into stupid bickering.
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This is a post by Zhang Wen regarding problems of Party membership. Translation World media outlets converged their reports on 11 CCP spokespeople that came together on June 30th. Public opinion was key here, since this after all does represent the 89th anniversary of the creation of the Chinese Communist Party. After ...
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The relationship between Chinese state capitalism and western multinationals.
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The world knows that China is not a perfect place, so presenting it as one and trying to cover up all of its flaws comes off as dishonest.
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A translation of Chinese online discussions about Starcraft 2 and the prejudice Chinese gamers face on Taiwanese servers.
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