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Watch Living with Dead Hearts Now (It’s Free)

July 29, 2013
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We’ve finally released our film, online and for free. Here you go. (You’re gonna want to watch this in fullscreen mode, obviously). Go here to purchase a DRM-free download or PAL DVD if you want one.

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Carried Off: Abduction, Adoption, and Two Families’ Search for Answers

July 25, 2013
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I’ve written a long feature piece for the Asia Society’s blog ChinaFile about abduction and adoption in China and how it relates to the US. Here’s the first paragraph; you can read the rest here. In March 2011, Rose Candis had the worst lunch...

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Translation: Guixi Orphanage Implicated in Re-Selling of Babies

February 13, 2013
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The following is a translation of this article from Rights-Defender Online and republished on Shenzhen Information Online (as well as elsewhere). This obviously relates somewhat to our film (which you’ll get to see sometime this year), but it also relates to a long-form article...

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The Government’s Solution to the Bijie Boys

December 21, 2012
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I rarely if ever do posts like this, but if you haven’t come across this news already, you should read this post from Offbeat China. For the lazy, here’s the short version: dumpsters painted with this message are now appearing around Bijie: Humans and...

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2NON.ORG X-POST: The Real Danger in China’s Mines

December 18, 2012
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This is an article from our new nonprofit reporting site, 2non.org. We have done several other articles like this, and want to continue doing reporting and making films, but we need your support to do that. If you value articles like this or the...

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Translation: ‘How to Break the Cycle of Black Jails’

December 11, 2012
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Caixin’s recent package of stories (which I came across via the indispensable Sinocism) includes this opinion piece by professor Yu Jianrong. He’s a bit light on actual solutions aside from the usual (totally reform everything), but if nothing else, the piece is an excellent...

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The Struggle of 15-Year-Old Hukou Protester Zhan Haite

December 10, 2012
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A 15-year-old girl has made waves in the Chinese press recently for her fight against Shanghai authorities after she was banned from taking the high-school entrance examination because she does not hold a Shanghai hukou (household registration). She and her family have experienced harassment...

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Translation: “Inexplicably Made Happy”

November 30, 2012
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Here are the results of a recent survey that has been passed around in China; “The Happiest Professions in the Eyes of the People.” (It’s not clear how many people participated.) Public servants Government officials Teachers Artists Executives Self-employed Bankers Actors Pilots Entrepreneurs (The...

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Red Dawn Really Brings Out the Idiots

November 28, 2012
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Well, the Red Dawn remake has finally been released1, and it’s fucking terrible. Seriously, at just 11% on Rotten Tomatos, it apparently ranks among the worst films in recent memory. I say “apparently” because I haven’t actually seen it; don’t worry though, I’m still...

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In Brief: Who’s Really Disappearing Reporters

November 24, 2012
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At this point probably everyone is familiar with the “Bijie Boys” and most of you are probably also aware of how that turned out for the reporter who broke the story. The fact that a reporter would be held for reporting a story no...

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Foreign Reporters With Chinese Characteristics

November 15, 2012
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By now, you’re probably aware of the kerfuffle over “foreign reporter” Andrea Yu, who lobbed a few government-friendly softballs at Chinese officials during official 18th Party Congress press events. She was later featured in a CCTV segment on how “foreign reporters” are covering the...

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On Martin Jacques’s Latest Op-Ed and the Superiority of the Chinese State

November 5, 2012
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I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised when I came across this piece by Martin Jacques on the BBC’s website. He is, of course, the man behind the sickeningly sycophantic When China Rules the World. But even knowing that, there are some shockingly insane...

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