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Xiang Yang Market Closure

Originally uploaded by Mike Chen.

I did a whole series on this, but i really wish I had come up wit ha photo like this–the black and white, and the tonality in particular work quite well. There’ a little motion blur, which makes [...]

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Apocalypse now: Mumbai at night

Originally uploaded by tomato umlaut.

THis is a photo i found while i was looking for art for a Shanghaiist post. Kind of normal, almost banal, but good in that way nonetheless.

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這個實在太誇張了–在鄭州有一個民辦小學真正在實行一種不同尋常的教學方式：紅色教育，也就是毛澤東時代的那種口號教育–我真不明白–中國飽受了意識形態的毒害了爲什麽還要去搞這種事情是不是他們自身無法適應社會的變遷而因此就開始懷念當時的社會了？
河南省郑州市郑州小学推行“红色教育”方式。上下课时小学生唱着《儿童团之歌》；手握红缨枪站岗值勤；学生偷拿家中的钱 上网吧，学校开批判大会；老师和学生都拿起当年的《毛主席语录》，苦学“老三篇”；墙壁上到处是“做又红又专的接班人”等标语以及董存瑞、黄继光等英雄的 图画，每间办公室和教室内悬挂毛主席、周总理的大幅画像；校园内被种上一片片向日葵、玉米等农作物，一至六年级的小学生在这儿每周接受4~6节露天教学； 故意让学生抢苹果，体验弱肉强食的激烈竞争。
報告的出處
相關的資訊: 鄭州大學生的騷亂 （英語）
[tags]China, zhengzhou, communism, education, Mao, riots [/tags]

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So i got this book via my gf who got it from her colleague: hot Chinese chick writer tells us about the vapid lives of CHina’s upper crust, “Sex and the City” in Beijing, etc etc. Well, there was something suspiciously familiar about this book and i figured out what：I’ve read it before in Chinese, [...]

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