Excerpts from a censored Han Han essay about the kindergarten attacks, and a call for discussion of the reasons behind them.
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Excerpts from a censored Han Han essay about the kindergarten attacks, and a call for discussion of the reasons behind them.
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We like to listen to Han Han, and his critics too.
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Recently, the Chinese internet has been abuzz with the term yakexi . According to a post on Baidu’s Baike, yakexi is the Uyghur word for good. The word has been in general use as a brand name for some time now, but it took on new meaning at this year’s Spring Festival Gala, where...
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The constitution of the People’s Republic of China states that Chinese citizens have “have the duty as well as the right to receive education have the freedom to engage in scientific research, literary and artistic creation and other cultural pursuits.” Yet anyone who has set foot in a Chinese classroom —...
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Yesterday I translated this Han Han post for ChinaSMACK. In the process, I came across this passage, which I found rather interesting. Han Han is saying that he is willing to give Confucius (the recent Chow Yun-fat film) only two “points”, the second of which is thusly explained: Also, because the director is female,...
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The following is a translation of this post from blogger/writer/race car driver Han Han. Note that I have translated ”黄段子“ (literally, “yellow texts”) variously as “inappropriate texts”, “sexy texts”, and “pornographic texts” depending on what I think works best in context. Translation Today, all over the nation, the crackdown has started on pornographic/inappropriate text...
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Blogger/author/race car driver/faux bad-boy Han Han recently posted a very tongue-in-cheek essay predicting China’s future in reaction to the news about Google. It has since been deleted, probably by Sina’s editors, but the Chinese original can be found here, among other places, and Roland Soong of ESWN has already translated it. The whole thing...
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