This is the third (and final) post in our translation of Wang Keqin's investigation into the outcome of the Li Gang incident. This post is a translation of an essay by Wang Keqin's student, Feng Jun, about a night he spent with the victim's family (her name was Chen Xiaofeng) while compiling...
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This is Part 2 of our translation of Wang Keqin's investigation into the Li Gang case.
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You would have to be living under a rock to not know about the "My dad is Li Gang" case at this point. But it hasn't been in the news much recently, thanks to a gag order to the media from the Propaganda Department and an alleged resolution of the dispute between Li...
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The political dimension of 'the state advances, the private sector retreats.'
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For all the talk about Han Han being the voice of a generation and being too big to be silenced by the government, it sure seems like he’s been, well…silenced. There is no way to prove it’s the government silencing him, of course, but who else would it be? First, there’s his magazine 独唱团,...
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It may not be as well-produced as the Chinese song about rising housing prices1, but rising inflation has finally inspired its own song. The song is a parody of an already well-known tune called “The Sound of Applause” (掌声响起来, listen here). The parody version is called 涨声响起来, roughly translated as “The Sound of Rising...
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Yesterday’s New York Times — or maybe it was the day before’s, I get confused by the time differences — carried two very interesting op-ed pieces. In a way, they seem to be meant to read as a sort of point, counterpoint-style discussion. One is an impassioned call for political reforms, and the other,...
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Are things getting worse in China?
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Another rejected op-ed from the Global Times.
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It starts early. When the most recent Wikileaks dump broke, most of the folks in China news circles were focused on its supposed revelations about China’s support (or lack thereof) for North Korea. As the story has cooled, of course, most people have returned to earth, reminded that these cables represent the diplomatic equivalent...
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