Clearly, there are a number of Chinese who are genuinely concerned and actively involved in philanthropy. But why isn’t this charitable line of thinking more prevalent in China? If China is home to the second largest group of billionaires, why aren’t more Chinese stepping up to challenge charitable groups such as the Gates foundation...
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Yang Hengjun wrote a surprisingly petty piece about the Shanghai Expo for the Epoch Times.
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A Chinese netizen reflects on the Diaoyu Islands scandal and concludes that being locked up by the Japanese isn't that bad...
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We're blocked in China. So here are some GFW-busting suggestions, and also some curse words.
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Last night I got an email from Rachel Beitarie, journalist and blogger at Bendi Laowai. Because I don’t know anything more about the situation than what she sent in her email, I’m going to post most of it verbatim here: I took the attached photos this afternoon near the entrance to old town in...
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Should Liu Xiaobo win this year's Nobel Peace Prize? And what about the "Silk Road Peace Prize", a Chinese version that is being proposed by a local organization.
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A small but angry group of protesters turned out at the Japanese embassy Saturday morning to protest Japan's actions in the Diaoyu Islands. We headed down there with a video camera to take it all in.
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On August 23rd at 10:47 pm, Beijing college student Ma Yue fell onto the tracks of the subway on Beijing's Line 2, and was electrocuted -- maybe. Despite the fact that the Beijing subway system is absolutely covered with surveillance cameras, Ma Yue's family is being told there is no footage to confirm his...
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Lu Xun's work -- a lot of it -- is being removed from the official school curriculum. A discussion of why (and more) inside.
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A blast from the past.
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