Li Yinhe on Nudity in Art and Society

July 26, 2010
By C. Custer
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Li Yinhe wonders what China thinks is so terrible about the human body?
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Is “Character Amnesia” a Problem?

July 23, 2010
By C. Custer
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I take issue with Victor Mair's assertion that Chinese people forgetting how to hand-write the occasional character and having to check how to write it via their phones is "a big problem".
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Guest Post: How Chinese Intellectuals Perceive the Tibet Issue

July 21, 2010
By C. Custer
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Mindy Zhang translates an email from a professor detailing his opinions on the "Tibet issue".
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Tainted Vaccine “Protesters” Beaten, Bones Fractured

July 20, 2010
By C. Custer
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The parents of children who were victims of tainted vaccines continued their attempts to get an explanation out of the Ministry of Health. Instead, they were brutally beaten and are still being held in a police station and denied medical treatment.
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Han Han’s Literary Magazine

July 18, 2010
By C. Custer
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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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The More Things Change on the Chinese Internet…

July 16, 2010
By C. Custer
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Sohu has stepped up their blog policing measures significantly, according to lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan, whose blog has been deleted multiple times in the past several days.
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