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Shenzhen night club fire: some gruesome accounts

I’m usually not a fan of the 骇人听闻 type of news but this just caught my attention: the title of the article claims that Shenzhen nightclub fire that killed 43 people might have claimed this many people b/c some people … Continue reading

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Journalism needs more explanations and less “information”

PressThink: National Explainer: A Job for Journalists on the Demand Side of News I noticed something in the weeks after I first listened to “The Giant Pool of Money.” I became a customer for ongoing news about the mortgage mess … Continue reading

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China: we only hear what we want to hear

美国侨报:世界应无恙,当惊中国殊——百度新闻搜索 via kwout I was looking at this Baidu news page, scanning through some of the headlines. You notice that most of them are about how impressed the world is with the Olympics, with some obligatory fellow-feeling from the overseas … Continue reading

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BBC Chinese on the “harmoniousness” of the Olympics

BBC 中文网 | 中国报道 | 奥运外围:当“和谐”被重复千遍 via kwout BBC Chinese journalist Meng Ke tells it like it is in the above article. He roasts some of the sacred cows of Olympics propaganda, like the “100 years dream of the Chinese … Continue reading

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China Media Say Ten Multinational Corporations Fail On CSR

This is from the China CSR newsletter: August 5, 2008 Local sources report that according to a committee organized by Chinese media, ten multinational corporations have been exposed for lack of corporate social responsibility in China. According to Sina.com, the … Continue reading

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Mr. Obama goes to Europe (my thoughts)

I like the title of the IHT article: Obama get’s Europe’s ear, pleasing crowds without specifics. Because, this is exactly what happens with Obama. I know that politicians have to do this whole song and dance–they have to talk about … 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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Photography books capture Wenchuan earthquake and aftermath

I saw this book when i was in the Xingguang Photographic Equipment Center on Luban Lu, in one of the bookstores on the third floor. The book is called 震动中国(百名摄影记者震区全记录 and cost 80 rmb, but I felt cheap at the … Continue reading

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The troubles in Weng’an and Jiang Jie He village: gangs, dams, mines, gambling, death

I was reading Southern Weekend’s investigation into the Weng’an region: the common wisdom now is that the problems didn’t begin or end with the June 28 incident, but that the latter was merely what happened when long simmering problems reached … Continue reading

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