If you’re wondering why Han Han’s blog hasn’t updated in nearly a month, here’s the probable reason. His literary magazine, 《独唱团》was recently released. You may not be aware of this because, according to this report quoted in the China Digital Times1, the media is not allowed to report on it or interview people about...
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Tags: 《独唱团》, Censorship, Han Han, Literature
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“I have no faith in the Party,” Ms. Liu told me. “I don’t believe in anything in the history textbooks. It’s all lies.” This would hardly be remarkable, except that Ms. Liu is herself a Party member, and has been for several years.
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Tags: ccp
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A pop song about housing prices and its strikingly downbeat music video take the Chinese internet by storm, attracting millions of views and some pretty intense comments.
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Tags: Housing, Housing Prices, Huang Zheng, Music, Music Video, Sell
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The internet has changed everyone's reading habits. Or, you might say, the internet as a medium has replaced traditional reading.
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Tags: Internet, reading
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The results of a china/divide survey. Are foreigners as lame and lecherous as is generally reported?
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Tags: china/divide, ChinaSMACK, Foreigners, Surveys
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Liu Gang offers his thoughts on the different kinds of "public intellectuals" that exist in today's China.
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Tags: Liu Gang, Public Intellectual
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Musings on what the Wu-Tang Clan can teach the Chinese government.
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Tags: Confucius Institutes, Hip-Hop, Soft Power, Wu Tang Clan
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An internet joke (possibly an old one) is being passed around: a satirical rundown of the contents of a CCTV News broadcast.
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Tags: CCTV, CCTV News, humor
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Nearly ten percent of Chinese pregnancies end in abortion because the fetus is discovered to be female. What effect is that going to have on China, long term?
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Tags: Abortion, CHINAYOUREN, Gender Imbalance
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Are China's youth really that angry?
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Tags: Angry Youth, Youth
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