Current Events

Huang Zheng’s “Sell” Music Video

June 30, 2010
By C. Custer
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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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Victims of Tainted Vaccine Gather to Protest

June 27, 2010
By C. Custer
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Parents of victims of the Shanxi vaccine scandal gathered in front of the Ministry of Health to protest.
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Posted in Current Events, Translations | 2 Comments »

Discussion Section: Should China Send Troops to Kyrgyzstan?

June 14, 2010
By C. Custer
Discussion Section: Should China Send Troops to Kyrgyzstan?

Terrible ethnic rioting has sprung up in Kyrgyzstan. Their government is asking the US and Russia for military help. But can -- and should -- China help?
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Posted in Current Events, Discussion Section, International Relations | 23 Comments »

Discussion Section: How Much More North Korea Can China Put Up With?

June 9, 2010
By C. Custer
Discussion Section: How Much More North Korea Can China Put Up With?

How should China treat North Korea now that the DPRK has shot and killed three Chinese citizens?
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Posted in Current Events, Discussion Section | 6 Comments »

A Brief Update on Liu Xiaobo

June 7, 2010
By C. Custer
A Brief Update on Liu Xiaobo

Liu Xiaobo has been moved from a Beijing holding prison, where he was kept for far too long, to a Liaoning prison. But why Liaoning?
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Posted in Current Events, Opinions, Politics, Translations | 7 Comments »

Wait, so Porn is Unblocked in China?

May 31, 2010
By C. Custer
Wait, so Porn is Unblocked in China?

Porn is unblocked in China. Why?
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Posted in Current Events, Internet | 11 Comments »

Netizen Thoughts on the DPRK/South Korea Situation

May 21, 2010
By C. Custer
Netizen Thoughts on the DPRK/South Korea Situation

Netizens comment on how China should treat North Korea and approach the growing tension in the Korean peninsula in the wake of the announcement that the DRPK sunk a South Korean warship with a torpedo.
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Posted in Current Events, International Relations, Politics, Translations | 3 Comments »

“China’s Unluckiest Father: Gao Zhanghong is Arrested”

May 17, 2010
By C. Custer
“China’s Unluckiest Father: Gao Zhanghong is Arrested”

A man whose sons were both harmed by shoddy products is arrested under rather suspicious circumstances. Is it coincidence, or intentional intimidation?
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Posted in Current Events, Translations | 9 Comments »

The Adventures of Zhao Zuohai

May 13, 2010
By K. Drinhausen
The Adventures of Zhao Zuohai

“Being disappeared” is nothing new in China. But “being confessed, pledged guilty, sentenced, declared innocent and touristed” – which is how a netizens sums up the tale of misfortunes that Zhao Zuohai was subjected to – is very telling of why of the unassuming grammatical particle bei (被) that indicates the passive voice became...
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In the Aftermath of an Earthquake…

May 6, 2010
By C. Custer
In the Aftermath of an Earthquake…

Remembering the victims of Yushu. Not just the dead, but those that survived.
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