Author Archives: Eric Mu

Wenzhou govt. to persuade official to return from Paris

Yangtse Evening Post: Wenzhou government is going to send a team of three, including a medical doctor, to assess overstaying official’s health and persuade him to return.

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Mainland envoy in Taiwan attacked by independence activist mob

The Beijing News reported that Zhang Mingqing, former spokesman of Taiwan Affair Office of the State Council and chairman of Straits Exchange Foundation, was attacked yesterday when he was visiting the Confucius Temple in Tainan city of Taiwan.

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Say no to CCTV and yes to Internet videos of the classics

Today’s Chengdu Evening News reported on a home-made remake of the Chinese literature classic, Red Chamber Dream becoming popular on the Internet.

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Rural reform decisions released by Third Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Central Committee

Today’s The Beijing News announced a set of “decisions” on rural reform, including “farmers are allowed to lease their contracted farmland or transfer their land use right”.

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Chairman’s grandson starts Mao Zedong Thought department at private university

Chairman Mao Zedong’s grandson is hopefully going to be the dean of China’s first university department that dedicate itself to Mao Zedong’s theories study.

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Medical Stand-Ins Dupe Physical Exams

A report in today’s The Beijing News says that the medical examination stand-ins in Beijing are making a good living by helping people pass their physical examinations.

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Former Beijing Vice Mayor on Trial

Liu Zhihua, the former vice mayor of Beijing was on trial yesterday in Hengshui, Hebei Province.

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Eye protection exercises: Fake science or eyesight saving tool?

New “eye exercises”: do they cut down myopia rates are is it just a bunch of pseudoscience?

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Beijing radio hosts handcuffed in Prague

Chongqing Times (重庆时报): Chinese tourists were seized and handcuffed by Czechic police after a dispute over the exchange rate.

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Controversy over compulsory running after high school death

The Beijing News (新京报): A senior student at Beijing’s August First High School died during a 1,200 meter run.

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