Archive for August, 2010

AIDS Patient Held Without Access to Meds in Henan

August 30, 2010
By C. Custer
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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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Discussion Section: Thoughts on Balance

August 27, 2010
By C. Custer
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A discussion of journalistic objectivity and how it applies to China blogs (specifically, this one).
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Posted in Discussion Section, Journalism, Media | 15 Comments »

Thoughts on Patriotism, Old and New

August 25, 2010
By C. Custer
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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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Posted in Culture, Discussion Section, History, Translations | 10 Comments »

Li Yinhe: Should University Student Mistresses be Punished?

August 24, 2010
By Alex Taggart
Li Yinhe: Should University Student Mistresses be Punished?

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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Posted in Current Events, Law, Media, Translations | 18 Comments »

Who Decides How Hot it is?

August 20, 2010
By C. Custer
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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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Posted in Current Events, Science and Technology, Translations | 12 Comments »

Discussion of the Zhouqu Landslide on Boston.com

August 18, 2010
By C. Custer
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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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Posted in Current Events, Internet, Translations | 16 Comments »

Zhang Wen: “The Freedom to Come and Go is Normal”

August 17, 2010
By Chris Hearne
Zhang Wen: “The Freedom to Come and Go is Normal”

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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Posted in Politics, Translations | 5 Comments »

‘State Capitalism’ and Murdoch’s retreat from China

August 14, 2010
By Andy Yee
‘State Capitalism’ and Murdoch’s retreat from China

The relationship between Chinese state capitalism and western multinationals.
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Posted in Current Events, Media, Politics | 4 Comments »

Re-branding China Requires Honesty, Not Propaganda

August 13, 2010
By C. Custer
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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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Posted in Current Events, International Relations, Media, Opinions | 58 Comments »

StarCraft 2 in China: “We Gamers Really Suffer”

August 12, 2010
By C. Custer
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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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Posted in Culture, Current Events, Translations | 23 Comments »