Author Archives: Eric Mu

Homemade airplane crashed in Hubei

Chutianjinbao: 45-year-old farmer-turned-aviator Shu Mansheng crashed his self-designed aircraft three seconds after takeoff.

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Peking University experimenting on live cats for medical teaching?

According a tip-off from an anonymous source, The Beijing News conducted an incognito investigation into an allegation accusing medical school of Peking University of animal rights abuse.

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Beijing’s famous graves

Places named after graves in Beijing.

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Security guards in demand after kindergarten murder case

Shenzhen municipal government ordered each kindergarten in Shenzhen to have at least two security guards on staff. The policy is believed to generate over 1,600 new jobs.

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Countryside is as good as graduate school

Chongqing Evening News: Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai’s meeting with university students who had become village-level administrators, telling them “countryside is as good as graduate school”.

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Premier Wen Jiabao dines with Peking University students

Yesterday was the 91st anniversary of the hallowed May 4th Movement, which according to the government-backed version of history, marks a significant transition from “old democratic revolution” to “new democratic revolution”.

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Scenes from pre-Expo Shanghai

The Shanghai Expo, which opens in just ten days, is expected to boost the city’s prestige as much as the 2008 Olympics did for Beijing. The high visibility of the Expo calls for tight security measures. This video, found on Youku, is titled “Expo Army” and gives a glimpse into pre-Expo Shanghai.

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Beijing is China’s wealthiest town, according to Hurun

Beijing ranks on top of the list of mainland China’s provincial-level municipalities for having the highest number of the country’s richest people

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Danwei’s Fourth Plenary Session: Chinese mobile media

A video series of the Fourth Plenary Session of Danwei on Chinese mobile media

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Interview with fimmmaker Zhao Dayong

An interview with Chinese independent filmmaker by Jeremy Goldkorn

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