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Han Han on the Shanghai Fire

November 17, 2010
By C. Custer
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Han Han's thoughts on the apartment building fire in Shanghai.
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Announcing: Parody Photoshop Contest (Win a Free VPN!)

November 15, 2010
By C. Custer
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We're having a photoshop contest! The goal: to create the funniest/best parody magazine or book cover about China, drawing on whatever cliche images, words, and headlines you choose.
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Posted in Internet, Media | 5 Comments »

QQ vs. 360 vs. the Media vs. Common Sense

November 9, 2010
By C. Custer
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In the rush to cover the QQ vs. 360 PR fiasco, everyone seems to have forgotten the question that's really at the center of this issue.
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Posted in Journalism, Media, Opinions, Science and Technology | 7 Comments »

Ai Weiwei Under House Arrest

November 7, 2010
By C. Custer
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Ai Weiwei is under house arrest. That seems to indicate an interesting shift in strategy for the authorities.
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Posted in Current Events, Discussion Section, Housekeeping | 27 Comments »

A Minor Inconvenience

November 2, 2010
By C. Custer

Here's a video of something that happened when we were up in the Northeast shooting a little documentary.
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Posted in Discussion Section, Politics, Translations, Video | 28 Comments »

In Brief: Han Han on Criticism from Li Ao and Chen Wenqian

October 28, 2010
By C. Custer
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Han Han finally responds to some of his critics, but in doing so, he manages to make himself look even worse.
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Posted in In Brief, Translations | 24 Comments »

Fatal Car Accident Uncovers More University Plagiarism

October 27, 2010
By C. Custer
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The "My Dad is Li Gang" incident has uncovered a number of other, smaller scandals, the most recent of which is the Hebei University President's extensive plagiarism on his Ph.D thesis.
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Posted in Current Events, Education, Translations | 6 Comments »

Dumb Arguments About Liu Xiaobo

October 19, 2010
By C. Custer
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Liu Xiaobo winning the Nobel Peace Prize has given rise to a lot of discussion. The Global Times, for one, has been running vicious op-eds slamming Liu and the Nobel Peace Prize daily since the award was announced. Some of the discussion happening outside official media, in contrast, has been interesting and productive, but...
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Posted in Current Events, Discussion Section, Internet, Opinions | 65 Comments »

Interview Series Episode 3: Tania Branigan

October 16, 2010
By C. Custer
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We sit down with Tania Branigan, the Guardian's China correspondent, and talk about being a foreign correspondent in China.
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Posted in Interviews, Journalism, Media | 6 Comments »