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Author Archives: Joel Martinsen
It’s summer — time to get circumcised!
Parents in Hangzhou are having their sons circumcised to beat the heat.
Posted in Health care and pharmaceuticals, Newspapers
Tagged circumcision, Hangzhou, Metropolitan Express
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Faked credentials, a ghost-written autobiography, and a diploma mill
Did Tang Jun fake his resume to falsely claim he holds a PhD from Cal Tech? Fang Zhouzi is on the case!
Posted in Scholarship and education
Tagged @altcat, academic fraud, Fang Zhouzi, Tang Jun
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Chongqing rejoices at corrupt official’s execution
Wen Qiang is executed in Chongqing. Banners are hung out to celebrate.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged Chongqing Economic Times, executions, Wen Qiang
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Annoying fake accents on Chinese TV
Movie and TV critic Meng Jing (孟静) writes for Xinmin Weekly about actors adopting dodgy accents for regional TV dramas.
Posted in TV
Tagged accents, language, Meng Jing, Xinmin Weekly
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Courts can mediate, but enforcement is another matter
In one Beijing district, half of all defendants who agree to court mediation don’t follow through, reports the Beijing Youth Daily.
Posted in Front Page of the Day, Law
Tagged Beijing Youth Daily, courts, law, mediation
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The obscene battle-cry of a Ming Dynasty war hero
General Yuan Chonghuan said “Fuck his mom! Hit the hard!”
Posted in Language
Tagged Dongguan, profanity, translation, Yuan Chonghuan
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UFO identified in Xinjiang
A UFO spotted in Urumqi is identified as an American Minuteman 3 ICBM. 2009.07.05 riots go unmentioned in Xinjiang newspapers.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged ICBM, Morning Post, UFO, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Metropolis Daily
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Beijing to merge downtown districts
Chongwen and Xuanwu Districts to disappear, reports The Beijing News. Also, a history of Beijing’s administrative divisions.
Posted in Beijing, Front Page of the Day
Tagged Beijing, history, The Beijing News
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Party time
The People’s Daily celebrates the 89th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
Posted in Communist chic, Front Page of the Day
Tagged anniversary, Communist Party, People's Daily, Today Evening News
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Court receives warning letter from local authorities in frog compensation case
The Beijing News reports on a land requisition lawsuit brought by a local frog farmer in which the court received a warning letter from a local party committee before handing down a verdict in the town’s favor.
Posted in Law
Tagged Chongqing, courts, frogs, land requisition, law, The Beijing News
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