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Author Archives: Alice Xin Liu
Solar power strictly forbidden
The Southern Metropolis Daily reports on a beautification process that involves making flat roofs slopy, thus the solar panels on top are forcibly removed.
Posted in Environmental problems
Tagged beautification, hot water, scenery, Shijiazhuang, solar power, Southern Metropolis Daily
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Zachary Mexico’s China Underground
Zachary Mexico (pseudonym) is author of China Underground, published by Soft Skull Press. About “the crazy people I’d met in China and the even crazier people they’d introduced me to” － Danwei excerpts.
Posted in China Books
Tagged China Underground, monk, photography, rock music, Soft Skull Press, Zachary Mexico
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Peter Sallade on the Film Festival
For 36PR, Scott Sykes interviewed the chief volunteer for the New Beijing International Film Festival, which is still going on. Sallade talks about more exposure for Chinese films.
Posted in Featured Video
Tagged Beijing International Film Festival, Peter Sallade, Scott Sykes
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World Wide Fund for Nature and Earth Hour
Lights off for one hour starting from 8:30pm, this Saturday.
Posted in Environmental problems
Tagged earth hour, energy conservation, Scott Sykes, WWF
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Beijing underground rock (again)
CNN’s Talk Asia show has made three episodes on “China’s Underground Rock”. Here’s the first one, and you can find the others on their site. In this video: Buyi, Hanggai, Kaiser Kuo and Michael Pettis.
Posted in Featured Video
Tagged Beijing Underground rock, Buyi, CNN, Hanggai
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The Daily Telegraph‘s Richard Spencer on history and relocation
Leaving Beijing for Dubai, The Daily Telegraph‘s Richard Spencer talks about all the major issues that he reported on in the last year or more, including his feelings about being the first Western journalist to reach Yingxiu and historical and cultural understanding between China and the West.
Posted in Foreign media on China
Tagged bronze heads, Dubai, history, reporting, Richard Spencer, The Daily Telegraph, Tibet
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All About Shanghai and Clubs & Associations
All About Shanghai from Earnshaw Books is a tour into the Shanghai of 1934 － 1935. Old Shanghai Clubs & Associations is an impressive catalog of 1840s to the 1950s rich clubs for foreigners.
Posted in China Books
Tagged All About Shanghai, clubs and associations, Earnshaw Books
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Filmmaker Jia Zhangke speaks
This panel discussion was called “Reflection of Times: From Industrialisation to Urbanisation.” From Xiao Wu to Still Life to his latest 24 City, Jia has gradually been shifting his focus from small towns in the countryside to modern cities.
Posted in Featured Video
Tagged 24 City, Jia Zhangke, panel discussion, Shao Foundation, video
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The WSJ China Journal’s Sky Canaves talks law and farmers
Sky Canaves is a Wall Street Journal journalist based in Hong Kong, currently responsible for the online China Journal which compiles, on a daily basis, a list of English blog commentaries about China, and posts about current affairs, often using information from the blogosphere.
Posted in Foreign media on China
Tagged China Journal, China reporting, Liu Xiaoyuan, Q&A, Sky Canaves, social issues, Wall Street Journal
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Party newspaper forces teachers to subscribe
State regulations say that Party newspapers and periodicals are subscribed to using public funds, and cadres at county and village level are often given a quota to fill.
Posted in State media
Tagged China Newsweek, forced subscription, Nanyang Daily, village teachers, Zhou Hualei
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