Sometimes we run across things in blog posts that we don’t have time to translate all of (or that aren’t worth translating in their entirety). In that spirit, we bring you Quick Thoughts. Today’s is from this post on Hecaitou’s site. Translation The world we live in is not perfect, and the media is...
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ChinaSMACK readers have probably already seen this post of theirs, purportedly a transcript of a BeiDa student laying into a Japanese reporter. Much of the discussion on ChinaSMACK is centered around whether or not it’s fake — it seems awfully likely it is, given the lack of video, photos, or attribution — but what...
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"Shanghai doesn't welcome you, Unless you're coming to buy something, But we don't have any money on us, Shanghai doesn't welcome you, The 2010 World Expo is really great, All the rich people from all over the world will be united "
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...Now I'm without hope for effective treatment or just compensation, my freedom of movement has been constrained; the situation is that there's no way for me to leave the county!
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Last we knew, when the Chinese government wanted to demolish houses, it had ways of getting the residents to submit. It’s hard to combat that, but if recent events are any indication, some citizens have adopted a new resistance technique: fire. First there’s the case of Pan Yong, a woman in Shanghai who, to...
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ChinaGeeks will be more or less dormant for the next two weeks as I will be leading a group of students from my school on an exchange program to Wuxi. I’m not bringing a laptop, as I don’t anticipate having any time to be on the internet anyway. Feel free to use this thread...
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