Author Archives: Jeremy Goldkorn

The end of work for all in 1981

I salute you, now get a job Graham Earnshaw was the Daily Telegraph correspondent in Beijing from 1980 to 1984, and he’s been looking through his clippings, which seem to prove both that China has changed completely and also that … Continue reading →

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Souvenir of nationalism 2008

Famous blogger Wang Xiaofeng explains why he bought an anti-CNN T-shirt.

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Olympic venues open, tickets scalpers arrested

A roundup of the week’s sporting news.

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Now is not the time for patriotic demonstrations

Han Han discourages his readers from extreme displays of patriotism.

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Careless talk to foreigners

An article from 1981 about how to deal with foreigners.

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Street scenes in the Sichuan dialect

Jonathan Kott (aka Jiang Nan) walks the streets of Chengdu speaking the local dialect. tbjblog has more about this local celebrity.

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Fear of FEER

Did CNPIEC ban an issue of the Wall Street Journal because of a FEER ad?

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Dancing trees of Yunnan

A news story from Yunnan in 1981 about a music-loving tree.

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MIDI music festival cancelled?

MIDI music festival canceled.

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Carrefour hacked?

Carrefour website hacked?

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