Author Archives: Jeremy Goldkorn

Cash available for digital learning projects

A competition for digital media and learning projects, with large cash grants as incentive.

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Painting China

Polski Pekin — a.k.a. Krzysztof Kardaszewicz — follows three very different groups of artists around the art districts of Songzhuang, Liulichang and 798 in Beijing.

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Cultural Revolution propaganda photos

Propaganda photos from the Cultural Revolution from the collection of Thomas H. Hahn.

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New Zealand PM says milk scandal hushed up for weeks

More on the evolving San Lu melamine milk scandal and its connection to New Zealand dairy group Fronterra.

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Tudou gets SARFT license

Tudou.com finally gets a video website license.

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Protest and government response in Hunan

From the BBC: Protests in two Chinese cities The Chinese government is reported to have sent thousands of soldiers and police to quell unrest in the central province of Hunan. Up to 10,000 people took to the streets in Jishou … Continue reading →

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The Grabbing Class

A member of the ‘qiangqiang zu‘ or ‘Grabbing Class’ explains where she got all her her schwag–freebies from commercial promotions and contests etc.

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Southern Daily: 9 out of 10 new mothers don’t have enough breast milk

In China there is a somewhat long-standing misunderstanding, which is that after childbirth women are too tired to breast feed straight away.

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Counterstrike in yuppie Beijing

Youku.com’s picks of the month in online video.

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BBC Chinese still accessible

Unblocked after a media fuss at the beginning of the Olympics, the BBC’s Chinese language website is still accessible the day after the closing ceremony.

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