Author Archives: Alice Xin Liu

The Eurasian Face

Blacksmith Books, a publishing house in Hong Kong, is behind The Eurasian Face, a collection of photographs by Kirsteen Zimmern. Below is an excerpt from the series:

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Bo Xilai quotes “In Memory of Norman Bethune” from memory

In a title granting ceremony that opened in Chongqing yesterday, Bo once again showed his love for using Communist material in his speeches and dedications.

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Chang Ping talks about “being resigned” and the future

Chang Ping (长平), a journalist at the Southern Media Group, was forced to quit at the end of January.

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Singing duo breakout hit banned after infringing intellectual property rights

Today’s Jianghui Morning News reports on the Lantern Festival today - the last day of the Chinese New Year and fireworks. Inside, a story on the sensation of “migrant laborer” singers, who, since releasing a video of themselves singing to pop star Wang Feng’s (汪峰) hit song “In Spring” (春天里) after drinking copious amounts of alcohol and shirtless, has become a national hit. The raw performance gave the singing duo an opportunity to appear on the Spring Festival Gala (in a segment showcasing ordinary, “grassroots” performers), and they hit the mainstream.

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Give a message to the Premier via our Sina microblog!

In Xuancheng city, retired workers received cooking pots just before the Spring Festival break. However, it leaked after one use. This made the front page of the Xin An paper.

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Abducted boy goes home, but “sister” remains separated from birth family

The story of Peng Xinle (彭心乐) has been going around in the news. Due to Phoenix journalist Deng Fei, who helped Peng’s father re-post the lost boy’s picture on Sina weibo. This has coincided with Yu Jianrong, a professor at the China Academy of Social Science, and his campaign on Sina weibo to get child beggars reunited with parents in cases of trafficking. Although it has been faced with some criticism, right now at least six children have been reunited.

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Global Times says Egypt’s future debated by the West

The Chinese edition of today’s Global Times declares that the West is trying to decide which direction Egypt is going in!

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Property purchase regulations updated; first down payment rises

The latest regulations are out to control housing prices: A second property purchase requires first installments be 60% of the total price, and third property purchases has been forbidden altogether.

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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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Full American dinner for Hu Jintao

Guangzhou’s New Express is just one of the newspapers highlighting the banquet attended by Hu Jintao on the 19th at the White House.

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