Author Archives: Jeremy Goldkorn

Politics, Beijing and the Olympic Games

Daniel Beekman of The Seattle Times has posted an interview with Dr Brownell on his blog.

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Meticulous revolt

A review of the Shanghai maglev protests in The Washington Post

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Beijing, Beijing — it’s a smoking town

Enforcing non smoking rules in Beijing is going to be tough.

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Beijing Polar Bear

A video about a swim in Houhai lake in the middle of winter.

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Free residential workshop for literary translators

This March, British Book publishing giant Penguin is offering a free residential workshop to early- and mid-career literary translators who work in both English and Chinese. From their press release: Workshop sessions will be led by renowned sinologists and translators … Continue reading →

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Yellow fever

An experienced American journalist is seeking white guys who only date Chinese women to talk about their yellow fever, on the record. The article is not trying to make white men look like pigs but to present a fair picture … Continue reading →

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Granite Studio decentralized

The excellent Granite Studio blog (“A Qing historian reads the newspaper”) has moved from Blogspot, usually blocked in China, to its own server at Granitestudio.org. As Chairman Mao said, “Command cannot be highly centralized otherwise guerrilla action is too limited … Continue reading →

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P.K. 14 chosen as one of Time’s best Asian bands

Time magazine has chosen Asia’s five best bands, or rather five acts to watch in 2008. The band from China is Beijing-based P.K. 14: P.K. 14’s thrashing chords, dark bass lines and frenetic beats resonate with echoes of Sonic Youth, … Continue reading →

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Beijing WC, illustrated

An essay by a university student name Eric Mu who spent last summer in the capital working at a book store. Illustrated by Beijing-based graphic designer Su Wei.

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How should we translate ‘cheng guan’?

While the Danwei Propaganda Department has not yet decided the verdict of the case Net Nanny vs. Great Firewall, another news vocabulary question has become urgent: What is the best translation of cheng guan (城管)? These are the thuggish city … Continue reading →

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