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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.
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Tagged anti-spitting, Beijing, Olympics, politics, spitting, sports
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Meticulous revolt
A review of the Shanghai maglev protests in The Washington Post
Posted in Media regulation
Tagged censorship, maglev, protests, Shanghai, video
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Beijing, Beijing — it’s a smoking town
Enforcing non smoking rules in Beijing is going to be tough.
Posted in Cigarettes
Tagged cigarettes, Olympics, smoking
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Beijing Polar Bear
A video about a swim in Houhai lake in the middle of winter.
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
Posted in Books
Tagged Bonnie McDougall, books, GAPP, Howard Goldblatt, Penguin
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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
Posted in Sexuality
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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
Posted in Net Nanny Follies
Tagged Granite Studio, net nanny
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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
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.
Posted in Beijing, Guest Contributor
Tagged Beijing, Olympics, toilets
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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
Posted in Foreign media on China
Tagged chengguan, news
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