May 2013
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Chinese PM vows to build trust with India →
Li Keqiang says choice of destination for his first foreign visit shows importance Beijing attaches to ties with Delhi.
It seems to be on monthly basis now that relations between nations in East Asia are built, strained, broken or renewed. Relations are extremely fluid to say the least with many of the East Asian nations and with recent territorial disputes spiking tension in the region China...
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A Hundred Flowers in a Beijing Hutong →
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Fantastic write up on hutongs and the rich history that surrounds them. The discussion on hutongs, for me, is a discussion on the price of modernization and urban development. While the benefits are obviously noticeable on the quarterly reports, profit margins and income averages, the cost digs into the massive history of China. Hutongs are apart of the famed 5,000 years of history...
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Unrest in Beijing Over Mysterious Death of Young... →
A rare protest in Be
Creative neitizens trying to spread information and get past the heavy censorship taking place around this incident have provided an eerie parrelell for Americans.
“Today, an incident took place in the southern Washington DC area, a woman from the state of Texas, named Liya Yuan, was pushed from a building to her death after a gang rape. Since the suspect has a...
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South Beijing Teeming With Police In Response To... →
A massive police and paramilitary presence has descended upon Fengtai District around Jingwen Clothing and Apparel Shopping Mall, the scene of either a suicide or murder last Friday. On May 3, a young woman from Anhui province fell to her death from the
If these allegations are correct with the untimely death of this women, this protest is completely justified. However I feel that aiming the...
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Tea Time Chat — Can China’s Top Universities... →
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Whether it be an escape from the mandatory Marxist fluff, more open avenues for research or a better chance to pursue one’s passions, this write up covers the reasons why three Chinese students chose American universities over Chinese ones. Provides for an interesting perspective on these two systems of education.
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April 2013
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The Chinese Dream in Beijing and how it might...
Chinese Dream in Beijing
This article was put on the front page of the Beijing Daily and could be the first of many such articles we will see from the mega cities of China in the coming months. The Chinese Dream has been referenced since Xi Jinpings ascension to power in China several months ago, yet what exactly that dream entails are still extremely vague. While journalists and sinophiles alike...
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Japan summons China envoy over disputed isles →
Japanese prime minister threatens force if China attempts to land on island chain in East China Sea.
Now that all of that North Korean nonsense is dying down, time to get back to the issues that really matter, the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands dispute…..right.
Tensions are being strained yet again as the Japanese PM called for a Chinese envoy to officially warn them of the repercussions that the...
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Modern Chinese Women →
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The impact of capitalism on the economic and social lives of Chinese women has been tremendous. On this website, I will break down the impact in the following titles:
Chinese Women Under State Capitalism
Chinese Women Under Market Capitalism
Change In Marriage/Family Formations
Poverty and Prostitution
Books, Articles and Links to Further Information on Modern...
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China in rescue effort after deadly quake →
Government sends 6,000 troops to Sichuan region after earthquake kills at least 180 people and wounds almost 7,000.
As if the week of April 15th couldn’t get any worse after an earthquake striking Iran and Pakistan killing 35, bombings taking place at the Boston Marathon claiming three lives and a fertilizer plant in Texas exploding taking the lives of 14, Sichuan province of China was...
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Gallery: Choking on China →
Great photoset.
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David Barboza Wins Pulitzer For The Wen Jiabao... →
David Barboza’s expose on the extent of Wen Jiabao’s family’s “hidden riches” has won him a Putlizer. He beat out the Associated Press for its coverage in Syria and Ri…
As if the initial shock wave from this controversial and groundbreaking article wasn’t bad enough for China, now the author gets awarded one of the most prestigious awards for journalists because of his work. I think...
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Yue is here: Beijing Wants Washington to Talk With... →
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(Source: The Global Times)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Beijing this week, working together with China to calm down the war-mongering North Korea which the Defense Intelligence Agency document says with “moderate confidence” that has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by…
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Japan and Taiwan’s Senkakus Play →
Remember that territorial dispute between Japan, China and Taiwan that had everyone thinking the world was on the brink of Word War III? Yeah it is still going on but a recent agreement between Japan and Taiwan could have tipped the scales in favor of Japan. As the article outlines, the agreement has allowed Taiwanese fishermen access to Japan controlled waters around the islands which not only...
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Kerry in China to urge North Korea pressure →
Reading this article and the statements that were made from John Kerry and Xi Jinping made me realize that the US and China are playing a dangerous game of who will be the first to dirty their hands. Like the article states, both sides are pushing for the other to do more to reduce tension on the Korean peninsula, which results in nothing getting done. China and the US feel that their compromising...
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9 dead from H7N9 as Shanghai officials consider... →
In case you aren’t aware a new strand of bird flu has arisen in China the last month, H7N9. Like any possible spread of a potentially fatal virus, there are conflicting reports of the number of deaths and reported cases. However, it seems that the only number that remains consistent are of those who have been detained for spreading rumors regarding the spread of the virus. After the...
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http://www.theworldofchinese.com/2013/04/new-four-g... →
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The Four Great Beauties, namely Xishi, Wang Zhaojun, Diaochan, and Yang Guifei, are reportedly the four most beautiful ancient Chinese women.
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“In fact, the current debate about whether practices is the sole criterion for...”
– Deng Xiaoping quoted in Henry Kissinger’s “On China”
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China is the Real Solution for the North Korean...
Okay so I have been holding off on writing about anything on North Korea until there was enough Chinese involvement to remain relevant to this page. *Side note if you don’t give two shits about North Korea please keep on scrolling down because it is only going to get worse.
China and the Korean peninsula have always been close with one another. This dates back before the 1911 revolution...
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China Unblocks Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, But... →
Boy did the Chinese government pull a good April Fools joke on me. Here I thought all of this time internet censorship in China was all about protecting neitizens from “inappropriate” material, threats to the supremacy of the CCP and the ramblings from those good for nothing freedom of speech activists. Well, according to this article, it seems the government is seriously considering...
March 2013
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Special Needs Children In China
Last week I posted up an article about the one child policy and a follower messaged me about a side of the one child policy that I had never thought about. This side was special needs children in the one child society of China. Now I am sure most of you have heard of the stereotypical stories of Chinese girls being given away at birth because of the strong desire for a son but this has also...
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Charm offensive: Peng Liyuan, China's glamorous... →
A solid article on China’s new first lady and how she has already set herself apart from previous wife’s of Chinese leaders. I feel that Peng’s charisma and philanthropic activities signal a change in how Xi Jinping will be seen in the world. Classically, Americans are used to first lady that has initiatives of their own but this will be a relatively new sight for Chinese. Peng...
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As China Surges Ahead, Inhabitants of Tibetan... →
A heart wrenching story of a heavily impoverished region in Tibet and those peoples’ pursuit of education and survival. Sounds like the Shambala Foundation is doing great things but there is plenty more to do.
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336 million Chinese abortions in 40 years →
Putting numbers with the famed “one child policy” in China really hits home with how strict this policy has been enforced. The issue of abortion is a tough one for me and is an extremely controversial topic. However, when we look at the mega cities of China and how they teeter on the brink of unsustainable, it makes one wonder if the policy really is in the best interest of China and...
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Official profiles reveal more of China's top... →
I agree with the article when it was stated that the men who will marry the women in the elite group of “princesslings” will most likely gain the most from such a union. However, I don’t think this will be the case for that long. If we can remember back a woman was on the short list for party members to be elected into the standing committee of the Politburo during the 18th...
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China: The Orient Excess →
Not much I want to add about this video. Great well rounded story about China’s flirtatious relation with capitalism.
I lied!
Throughout the video the narrator refers to the Chinese Dream, a concept that has only recently been introduced in the rhetoric of Chinese leaders. A definition for the Chinese dream still remains elusive. Therefore, I think there are a few options of who will...
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Xi Jinping reform to turn Shanghai into 'mini Hong... →
According to the SCMP article it seems that Shanghai could become the next Hong Kong of China or as the article states a “mini-Hong Kong”. The argument being made for the move towards Xi is that government regulation is constricting Shanghai’s growth. While this is a huge move both politically and ideologically for the CCP it raises the question that if this deregulation of...
