Tag Archives: Shanxi

Child kidnapping in China: A case study

This post is by C. Custer, editor in chief of ChinaGeeks. For the past year, he has been researching and filming a documentary about kidnapped children in China. This is the story of one of the subjects of the film. Mr. Liu and … Continue reading

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Celebrating “Little New Year” tomorrow

Tomorrow if the traditional beginning of Chinese New Year, the “Little New Year” (小年), which is celebrated on the 23rd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar. Traditional festivities include paying respects to the Kitchen God (祭灶) and sweeping away from the “Year” (扫年). The Sanjing City News from Shanxi puts the “Little New Year” warning on its front page, showing a child offering sweets to the Kitchen Gods.

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Rocking pipa

Central Conservatory of Music professor Zhang Hongyan (章红艳) introduces the pipa, and then plays Sunny Spring White Snow (阳春白雪), a rocking traditional song that may be more than two thousand years old.

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A governor’s tearful apology

Chongqing Evening News: Wang Ju, the governor of Shanxi Province she some public tears during his apology to the mine accident victims’ families.

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Do women need their own Writers’ Association?

Jiang Yun (蒋韵) is president of the new Shanxi Women Writers’ Association.

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Accidents on the front page

The Beijing News (新京报) reports on a bicyclist’s death and an explosion in a cola mine in Shanxi.

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In search of the missing kiln workers

Dou Jiangming (钭江明), a journalist with Southern Metropolis Daily, is conducting an internet campaign to find three hundred freed kiln slaves.

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A new meaning of democracy for 2007

China Newsweek (中国新闻周刊) democracy on the cover.

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