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Foreign Policy/AT Kearney 2008 Global cities index: where do Chinese cities stand?

This recently published ranking is supposedly measures overall globalization, taken as some kind of composite of business activity, human capital, information exchange, cultural experience, and political engagement. New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong were the top 5. Beijing … Continue reading

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Qin Hui interview from Southern Metropolis Weekly: social justice and the urban poor in China

These are some excerpts that I translated from the original article in Chinese. 人物周刊:现在有一个现象,就是在城郊结合部农村集体所有制的土地上,建起了很多村民建的房,一租30年,相当于商品房。许多城里人因为买不起城里的房子,会向那边流动,把外来务工者可以租住的农民房的价格又抬高了。 秦晖:对,这个是国际上贫民住房的一个非常重要的问题。实际上政府也没有驱赶穷人,但是贫民区住的人多,价格抬高,穷人住不起就都走掉了。这是市场经济带来的问题,我觉得还是要靠国家福利来解决。 NFZK: Recently there’s been a phenomenon of city people moving outwards towards the countryside, living in homes that were intended for migrant workers and peasants, … Continue reading

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RedBox Art Guide for Shanghai and other cities: a pocket guide for the arty

I was at the Ke Center about a week ago for the opening of their new exhibit, and met the lovely Kat(therine) Don, director of RedBox Studio, who do graphic design and are also involved in the contemporary art scene … Continue reading

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Onion interactive maps doesn’t have Shanghai

…but it does have Beijing. I learned about this interactive map from Lifehacker (source of all good information in the universe), it’s kinda nifty, for example in the Beijing one the usual suspects are featured — the Bell and Drum … Continue reading

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Could the Chinese rip off Bon Jovi to sell sneakers?

Sure, why the hell not. Like Frank Yi said they copied his way. I mean the publicly listed Chinese fashion sportswear company,

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Protesting in China, or the red tape Olympics

Chinaelections.org has an interesting essay on the rules pertaining to public assembly and protest in the PRC. This was written before the Games, and in light of all that (didn’t happen) during the Games, the information here might be worth … Continue reading

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How to be an Chinese Olympics sports commentator

I was watching the Australia-China women’s basketball last night and listening to the commentary, I finally snapped: I’ve just become to sick of hearing them say the same things over and over. Most of the time it’s stuff along the … Continue reading

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Liu Xiang’s 100 million RMB insurance policy

According to an article on netease, Chinese insurance company Ping An of China offered Olympic hurdler Liu Xiang a 100 million RMB insurance policy on accidental injury to his body; now Chinese netizens are talking and voting on whether or … Continue reading

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American looking for Olympics basketball tickets video

This guy had it all going for him: the Cat in the Hat hat and the Sichuan earthquake relief T-shirt…but could not, for the life of him, get 500rmb tickets. Last night, talking to scalpers, it seemed the going price … Continue reading

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Businessweek on what is wrong with Lenovo ads in the US (and a collection of Lenovo ads)

Lenovo’s Olympic ads – BusinessWeek I think they use completely different ads here in China. The sumo wrestler/Xpad 300 ad is this one: Here’s even more bleeding edge avant-garde one for the Z60: And here’s a Chinese one featuring Chinese … Continue reading

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