Thank god for trackbacks. A recent link from Harper’s Magazine (!) led us to their post, which in turn led us to this fascinating article about dyslexia among Chinese speakers. For those who don’t know, dyslexia is actually a general term for a group of disorders “that involve difficulty in learning to read or...
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The following is a review of the documentary Win in China, directed by Ole Schell. In the interest of full disclosure, you should know I’m reviewing a media screener copy of the film on DVD, which I received free of charge. There were a lot of reasons why, going into it, I expected to...
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The Cultural Revolution may be over, but Mao worship is alive and well in some places — well, at least in one place. Mao Zedong’s only grandson, Mao Xinyu, is doing what he can to keep the flame alive. Of all the blogs we read here at ChinaGeeks, Mao Xinyu’s is probably the worst....
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Rumor has it this site has recently been unblocked! All glory to the hypnotoad! Still, many other sites have been less lucky. Facebook, Twitter, and other “web 2.0″ sites remain hidden behind the Great Firewall. Recently, some Chinese intellectuals published a “Declaration of Internet Human Rights”. As usual, CDT beat us to the story,...
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WARNING: This post contains vulgar curses in Chinese. Ai Weiwei is never one to shy away from controversy, and his most recent short film (thanks to commenter Wahaha for the tip) is no exception. It’s called, “Grass Mud Horse, Motherland.” Grass Mud Horse shares similar pronunciation to the common and vulgar curse, “f*ck your...
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Not long after, Li Chunhua was taken to the Lutou substation. There, she was questioned a bit more, for example "why were you reporting the authorities", etc. etc., and was told that bypassing the immediate authorities and going straight to the top was illegal. After, she was released. Relatively late in the...
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As you likely know, it’s very rare that we dedicate an entire post to linking something on another site. The reason for this is not that we consider our site better than anyone else’s, it’s just that we’re trying to make sure this site is primarily a source of original reading material for you....
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The following is a translation of this post by Li Yinhe, the famous sociologist, sexologist, and widow of Wang Xiaobo. Emphasis and links were added by ChinaGeeks for the purposes of context and clarity. Translation In these past few years, following on the heels of China’s economic success, the topic of democracy has begun...
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In real life and on the internet, one can often see and hear people loudly complaining about the injustices of life and the dark aspects of society. Speaking with righteous anger, if they aren't talking about corruption they're discussing the impotence of the government, mocking and complaining, blaming everyone but themselves. They speak as...
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Not everyone is happy about the P.R.C.’s birthday, or some of the festivities associated with it. Still, it’s important to mark these historical anniversaries, and I don’t think many people would disagree that at the very least, China and the Chinese people are better off now than they were sixty years ago. Plus we...
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