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Author Archives: Alice Xin Liu
Chinese in Argentina
From guest contributor Nancy H. Liu, a former Fullbright Scholar in China. Nancy is currently in Buenos Aires, living in the Chinatown area of the city and researching into health disparities as Research Fellow of the Instituto de Efectividad Clinica y Sanitaria.
Posted in Guest Contributor
Tagged Bueno Aires, Chinatown, Fullbright, multi-racial community, Nancy H. Liu
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Spring Festival travel season
The Spring Festival travel season official began on Sunday, and Steven Lin from Youku.com alerted us to this video of the chaos outside the railway station in Hefei, Anhui.
Posted in Video
Tagged Flypig, Spring Festival Rush, students and workers going home, video, Youku.com
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Edgy Chinese blog host Bullog.cn shut down by Net Nanny
Bullog.cn （牛博网), popular Chinese blog host started by Luo Yonghao, appears to have been shut down this afternoon. Bullog is described by many as edgy and carries the blogs of outspoken bloggers such as Wen Yunchao (‘Bei Feng’), Ran Yunfei (which was blocked at the beginning of this year) and widely-read columnist Lian Yue.
Posted in Net Nanny Follies
Tagged Bullog, internet cleansing, Luo Yonghao, net nanny, Rconversation
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Trade unions and social unrest in 2009
Peter Ford is Beijing bureau chief and reporter for the Christian Science Monitor. In the past 25 years the veteran journalist has worked for The Economist and the Financial Times amongst others, and has been in Baghdad before arriving in China. Danwei interviews Ford about trade unions and social unrest in 2009.
Posted in Foreign media on China
Tagged China Labour Contract Law, economic recession, Peter Ford, social unrest, The Christian Science Monitor, trade unions, unemployment
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Internet addict swallows steel saw blade
23-year-old Xiao Cai was so addicted to the Internet that his mental state was affected. He ingested saw blades as he desired suicide, and feeling sick he called the emergency room asking for help.
Posted in Internet
Tagged Beijing Morning Post, casulty, ingesting saw blades, Internet addiction, Xinhua
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China Tibet Info Center on NYT and chinaSMACK
The state-run China Tibet Information Center are on Google Ads, and advertising in places like the New York Times and chinaSMACK.com.
Posted in Bureaucracy
Tagged China Tibet Information Center, ChinaSMACK, google ads, The New York Times
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Postcards from Tomorrow Square by James Fallows
James Fallows, China writer for The Atlantic magazine and popular blogger published his book Postcards from Tomorrow Square. Danwei runs an excerpt from his book of tales from China.
Posted in China Books
Tagged China books, James Fallows, Postcards from Tomorrow Square, The Atlantic magazine
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Google, Baidu, Sina, QQ “vulgar and unhealthy”
China has announced the first list of websites exposed for low and vulgar practices on the Internet, as a result of its recent effort to strengthen regulations on Internet content.
Posted in Internet
Tagged Baidu, hot girl searches, Internet regulation, search engines, Sina, Sohu, Tianya
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Growth industries in 2009: gaming, e-commerce and government
Asia Business Leaders‘ senior editor Jean Chen (陈俊) talk about the economic recession at the end of 2008.
Posted in Business
Tagged China Business Leaders, economic recession, Jean Chen, Life Magazine, Modern Weekly
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Science fiction fantasies of Shanghai
Part two of historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s essay A Brief History of Shanghai’s Future: Sci-Fi Fantasies from Late Qing Times to the Diamond Age.
Posted in Shanghai
Tagged future, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, science fiction, Shanghai
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