Author Archives: Alice Xin Liu

Danwei talks to Caijing about the public’s right to collect information

Caijing magazine has a formidable reputation in Chinese media circles. They reported straight away last night when the Green Dam “delay” notice came from Xinhua, and has held onto their reputation of hard, investigative reporting.

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“What do you think about the Green Dam?” asks HKU admissions

An editor from Henan, Yue Jianguo, wrote in to the Beijing Youth Daily to comment on the questions asked by Hong Kong universities - in this case the University of Hong Kong - to their mainland applicants, which occurred over the weekend.

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The controversy of the 29-year-old mayor

The election of 29-year-old mayor, Zhou Senfeng in the city of Yicheng, Hubei province has sparked debates in the Chinese media and online blogs, some commenting on whether his youthful election is because of family and political background.

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Tori Zwisler of Roots & Shoots

Tori Zwisler is the founding Executive Director of the Jane Goodall Institute – Shanghai (JGI-S), formed in 1999. JGI-S focuses primarily on the Roots & Shoots program, formed as a foreign-affiliated Not-for-Profit Organization promoting environmental concern, care for animals and care for people among Shanghai’s youth.

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“Suicide note” from Shishou makes matters more confusing

The case of the death of a cook at the Yonglong Hotel in the city of Shishou, in Hubei province sparked a mass incident involving tens of thousands of residents and riot police.

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Foreign journalists in China, from the Opium Wars to Mao

Paul French, author of a book on Carl Crow has written a book about the lives and exploits of foreign journalists reporting from China from the 1820s to 1949.

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State media blames Google for porn

The latest development in the government’s Internet cleansing is a CCTV attack on Google China for pornographic content, which aired last night.

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The poor and climate change

Greenpeace China has a new video about how climate change is affecting China’s poor.

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Picking up some durian fruit on Jiu Gulou road

Dongdongqiang’s blog reposts from Douban about a forced eviction.

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Dan Brody on post-90s Chinese Internet culture

Danwei interviews the CEO of social networking site targeted at the so-called “brain-damaged” post-90s generation.

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