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China’s “Reportage” magazine: pay to get published

This magazine, considered a national level magazine, has been discovered by some plucky reporters at the Youth Daily to be quite amenable to the idea that you can publish something as long as you pay for it. Of course, not … Continue reading

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The return of the nail houses

Well, the nail-houses have never gone anywhere, it’s more a matter of where the media has gone when they don’t cover them. I’m not saying there ought to be round the clock coverage, just that the phenomenon is and always … Continue reading

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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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Beijing white-collars: 80 people living in a 100 sq. meter apt?

北京白领群租生活:100多平米可住80人_网易新闻中心 via kwout Frankly, when i read this headline I didn’t think it could be true, but here’s the article, judge for yourselves. You remember this issue cropped up in Shanghai maybe a couple of months or a year ago, … Continue reading

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Old man kicks Chen Shuibian in the ass, Chinese people rejoice

Well, I was about to write “old” until I realized that my parents are about the same age. Shu Anquan, 64, waited outside the Taipei courthouse where former Taiwanese prez Chen Shuibian took the stand as the defendant. Shu comes … Continue reading

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Notice to Chinese petitioners: if you fight the law, the law will win.

徐贲:善待底层民情_网易新闻中心 via kwout These two pictures, from Hunan province, have been making the rounds on the internet because of what it says on the banners: the first one says “谁不依法信访就打击谁” which means “whoever unlawfully petitions the government will be attacked” … Continue reading

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