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Author Archives: Danwei
Dreaming in Chinese by Deb Fallows
Deb Fallows has lived and travelled in China for four years. She studied at Harvard and has a Ph.D. in linguistics, and is author of A Mother’s Work. She and her husband, writer James Fallows, have two sons.
Posted in Books, China Books
Tagged books, Deb Fallows, Dreaming in Chinese
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Beijing CHP forum on the restructuring of Gulou
Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center’s (CHP) crucial public forum on the planned redevelopment of Gulou is being held this Saturday 27 March at Contempio. CHP is urging everyone to attend to help protect this unique neighborhood for future generations to enjoy.
Posted in Announcements
Tagged CHP, demolition, Gulou
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Rich-poor gap: Poor pays?
Ralph Jennings posts a letter he received when he was working as an agony uncle for a Chinese newspaper: “I’m a freshman at a university in Nanjing. Recently, some of my roommates’ parents went to see them with a lot of new clothes and food.”
Posted in Newspapers
Tagged agony uncle, income gap, Ralph Jennings, workers
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The WTO ruling: a half victory at best
In August 2009, a World Trade Organization panel ruled against China’s system of monopoly control over entertainment products. Was this the victory supporters hailed as the dawn of a new day for American and global entertainment companies in the China market?
Posted in China Books
Tagged CMM Intelligence, David Wolf, entertainment products, WTO
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Disappearing swifts of Beijing
Michael Rank guest contributes an article for Danwei on the demise of Beijing’s “city bird” － the swift (雨燕 or 楼燕).
Posted in Guest Contributor, Wildlife
Tagged Beijing, Michael Rank, swifts, wildlife
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Joe Wong, stand-up comic
Q&A with Joe Wong, born in the People’s Republic of China and now making a career as a stand-up comic in the United States.
Posted in Guest Contributor, Humor
Tagged comedy, David Moser, Joe Wong
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Xu Zhiyong’s Open Constitution Initiative has stopped operating
Under taxation fines, gongmeng.cn as well as the organization seems to have been suspended.
Posted in Breaking News
Tagged Gongmeng, taxation, Xu Zhiyong
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Official vs. cameraman
This short clip, shot on June 30, records Wang Yanlong, a township party secretary in Luquan, Hebei Province, chasing the cameraman and beating up demonstrators who try to interfere.
Has China Telecom been green damned?
Danwei commenter eric left a comment today to alert Danwei to the fact access to sites like CNN and Digg were blocked by a China Telecom-branded gopher.
Posted in Net Nanny Follies
Tagged China Telecom, Green Dam
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The Huangguoshu Waterfall in Anshun
This is a piece by a contributor, Dustin Ooley, who is a U.S.-China Friendship Volunteer, as part of the Peace Corps, presently stationed in at Anshun Teacher’s College,
Anshun, Guizhou PRC
Posted in Guest Contributor
Tagged Anshun, waterfall
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