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Jul 22, 2010 Comments(0)
By the year 2015, an estimated 60% of China’s population will live in cities. By 2020, it is predicted that around 100 Chinese cities will have a population of 1 million or more. This movement away from rural areas into cities is changing the face of ...... Read More>>
Jun 28, 2010 Comments(1)
Racism in China is a much discussed subject amongst expats. Commonly the discussion is rather one-sided – focused on the prejudice and racism directed at foreigners by Chinese. For many this is part of the venting that comes after a Bad China Day ...... Read More>>
Jun 21, 2010 Comments(0)
Much ado has been made lately about China News Corporation’s official launch of foreign language news outlets this month. People are wondering, can a state-owned media company with a reputation for censoring the most mundane things really report the ...... Read More>>
Jun 02, 2010 Comments(0)
A Chinese PhD student studying in New Jersey, USA was arrested on May 16th and charged with making a terrorist threat after an argument with professor. U.S. immigration authorities have already issued a deportation order to have him returned home. Zhai ...... Read More>>
May 31, 2010 Comments(0)
Walking past the neighborhood kindergarten on the way to work a week or two ago I noticed an unusual sign posted on the front gate, with a cluster of parents gathered around reading it. The sign was a notice informing parents of the recent school violence ...... Read More>>
May 05, 2010 Comments(2)
Women are a minority in China and this is true no matter whether the women are foreign or Chinese. There’s no doubt that being a woman in China carries with it some significant challenges. Chinese women have grown up with the remnants of Confucianism ...... Read More>>
Apr 27, 2010 Comments(0)
By now, you have probably read about China’s mobile execution van, a van designed to execute criminals on the go through a series of lethal injections. Credit whoever designed this ‘death van’ for doing what many thought impossible – ...... Read More>>
Apr 24, 2010 Comments(0)
China’s good at a lot of things. The mass production and exporting of goods. Blending modern innovation with cultural heritage. Fireworks. But given China’s 5,000 years of history, there are still certain departments in which it’s lagging. ...... Read More>>
Apr 15, 2010 Comments(0)
Freedom is a much abused word. There’s the negative aspect – being free from restrictions; and the positive aspect – actually being able to do something. Westerners are used to the way the state and their nexus of social expectations ...... Read More>>
Mar 22, 2010 Comments(0)
When I first moved to Beijing I was sure that I wanted to move back to Kunming, to the point that I almost did it. Something changed though, around the one year mark here, and the advantages of living in the big city started to add up and suddenly returning ...... Read More>>
Mar 15, 2010 Comments(0)
Li Yinhe 李银河 The annual meetings of the Chinese government in Beijing have attracted many reporters, both domestic and foreign. Likewise, many professors and experts have started posting their views and thoughts about some of the pressing social issues ...... Read More>>
Feb 27, 2010 Comments(0)
Shanzhai culture will power China forward with fresh ideas and innovative thinking. This is not a statement you will hear very often. Instead, the general feeling is the complete opposite, that shanzhai products kill creativity and are little more than ...... Read More>>
Feb 12, 2010 Comments(2)
“Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. ...... Read More>>
Jan 20, 2010 Comments(0)
Last we looked at the things we liked least about living in China. Because we’re big believers in positivity and being both fair and balanced we’re looking this week at the things we like most about living in China. It can be all too easy to ...... Read More>>
Jan 13, 2010 Comments(1)
Expats living in China can have unrealistic expectations of what life here should be like, often based on rather warped memories of their home countries. (Whenever I’m frustrated by bureaucracy I think back to the American Department of Motor Vehicles ...... Read More>>
Jan 06, 2010 Comments(0)
As we celebrate the closing of 2009, and the first decade of the 2000s we’re not only looking back at the events of the previous year, but also looking forward to see what might be happening in the year to come. China is a rising power and a hotbed of ...... Read More>>
Dec 30, 2009 Comments(0)
While the West struggles to keep Christ in Christmas, it seems millions of Chinese have started celebrating his birth as well, at least in a peripheral sort of way. While not everyone is aware that Christmas is Christian holiday and that it’s the ...... Read More>>
Dec 23, 2009 Comments(2)
Lately we’ve been talking here about marriage and dating. As the nursery rhyme goes, “First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage.” The question we’re asking is whether you’d want to be ...... Read More>>
Dec 10, 2009 Comments(0)
Sometimes, despite the unparalleled economic growth, the lack of wars in other countries, the ever improving education-level of its populace, China, like Rodney Dangerfield, seems to feel “I can’t get no respect.” On the other hand, much ...... Read More>>
Nov 18, 2009 Comments(0)
China’s rise has been accompanied by increased attention in the foreign press. While most articles have moved beyond Cold War-style anti-communism polemics, Chinese netizens are still unhappy about some of the coverage and have created groups like ...... Read More>>
Oct 28, 2009 Comments(0)
In the midst of the global financial crisis, China is still experiencing spectacular GDP growth while the rest of the world stagnates and plunges into recession. During these dark times, China seems to be a beacon of light, leading the world to recovery and ...... Read More>>
Oct 21, 2009 Comments(0)
In The Chinese Connection (also known as Fists of Fury), a turban-wearing Indian policeman bars Bruce Lee from entering a park with a “No Dogs and Chinese Allowed” sign prominently displayed at the gate. While Lee is arguing with the Sikh ...... Read More>>
Oct 14, 2009 Comments(0)
The 60th birthday party thrown for the People’s Republic of China was a massive one: thousands of soldiers marching in perfect unison, tanks, fighter jets; streams of floats celebrating agriculture and scientific progress surrounded by dancers. All ...... Read More>>
Oct 01, 2009 Comments(0)
On September 22nd, Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported the results of a survey titled “World Citizens' Opinions on the Fairness of Wealth Distribution in Their Respective Countries.” Yomiuri Shimbun carried out the survey in conjunction ...... Read More>>
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