AIDS Patient Held Without Access to Meds in Henan

August 30, 2010
By C. Custer
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Tian Xi, who we've written about before, is being held by police again, and denied access to medications he needs to keep AIDS -- which he was infected with via a tainted blood transfusion in 1996 -- at bay.
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Discussion Section: Thoughts on Balance

August 27, 2010
By C. Custer
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A discussion of journalistic objectivity and how it applies to China blogs (specifically, this one).
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Thoughts on Patriotism, Old and New

August 25, 2010
By C. Custer
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The other day, my fiancee asked me — rather out of the blue — if I was proud to be an American. The question caught me off guard. Pressed for an answer, I suggested that I was sometimes proud to be American, and by way of example noted the recent “terror mosque” controversy that’s...
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Li Yinhe: Should University Student Mistresses be Punished?

August 24, 2010
By Alex Taggart
Li Yinhe: Should University Student Mistresses be Punished?

Our culture is often categorised as “shame culture”, and the issue of extra-marital sex is exactly where we should allow this culture to show its strength. We should create a strong public consensus, and disgrace those who have affairs and keep mistresses, and let those involved know that to have a mistress is shameful...
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Who Decides How Hot it is?

August 20, 2010
By C. Custer
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Southern Weekend looks into whether or not the weather reports in China are reporting temperatures too low. (They are!)
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Discussion of the Zhouqu Landslide on Boston.com

August 18, 2010
By C. Custer
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In the wake of the Zhouqu landslides, an argument breaks out in Chinese on an American website and quickly devolves into stupid bickering.
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