Author Archives: Alice Xin Liu

Catching late workers on film to dispel holiday laze

Yangzhou “woodpeckers” catch late workers on film (photo for the Beijing News).

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Shoe-throwing at Wen, reminiscent of Bush

Video of shoe thrown at Wen Jiabao as he makes a speech about global economics at Cambridge University, England.

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Wokai: rural micro-credit for China

Wokai is a non-profit organization committed to enabling people in China to lift themselves from poverty: an announcement for a Wokai event in Beijing tomorrow and a Q&A.

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Migrant workers and unemployment

Dan Chung’s video featuring Guardian journalist Tania Branigan about whether peasant workers will return to cities to work after the Spring Festival break.

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Israel: a country which deserves our deep respect

Well-known sociologist Professor Zhou Xiaozheng (周孝正), a regular commenter on CCTV talk shows and the director of the Law of Sociology department of Renmin University, has authored a controversial essay that is circulating BBS forums and portals ranging from Sina, Netease to Tengxun and Mop.

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Singing in Beijing

Short documentary from director, producer and writer Victor Muh, about a retired Chinese man who sings every day in Tuanjiehu Park.

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MarketWatch founder Bill Bishop talks career, money and Twitter

Bill Bishop has been in and out of China for twenty years, and is the co-founder of financial information site MarketWatch, which is now owned by Dow Jones. Bill is an insider in financial journalism and has a solid foundation in the Chinese language. Danwei asked Bill about where to invest money in China in 2009, his career in China, and Stock Twits.

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Third Danwei Plenary Session: event in review

A review of the Third Danwei Plenary Session.

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Piccadilly starring Anna May Wong

A short clip of Anna May Wong acting in the 1929 silent film Piccadilly, shot in London. The film was restored and re-released.

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Kobe Bryant starts bilingual blog on Sina.com

NBA megastar Kobe Bryant of the L.A. Lakers starts his own bilingual blog on Sina.com, which also hosts his personal website on its sports channel.

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