Author Archives: Joel Martinsen

Collective punishment for building occupants

A woman hit on the head by an object dropped from an apartment building wins her suit. All occupants of that side of the building share the fine.

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Translation and photography in Shanghai

At A Room With a View, btr writes poetry, posts photos of Shanghai, and covers literature in translation.

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An old rumor about Fan Bingbing

The Youth Times website dredges up a three-year-old story for its tabloid-style website.

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The Hunan court shooting, illustrated

Three judges in Hunan shot by a former post office security guard. Two newspapers’ reconstructions of the scene differ.

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An update on volunteer Eckart Loewe

Chai Jing posts a message from Eckart Loewe explaining his situation.

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A doctor who prescribes beans and eggplant as cure-alls

Zhang Wuben charges 2,000 RMB for a consult and prescribes mung beans, eggplant, and daikon. Now he’s being exposed as a fraud in the Chinese press.

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A fantasy novel in a serious literary magazine: Guo Jingming in Harvest

Guo Jingming has a new fantasy novel published in a supplement to Harvest magazine. Critics go nuts.

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After Terry Guo’s apology, another suicide at Foxconn

A twelfth suicide at the electronics manufacturer comes just hours after company head apologized for the previous eleven.

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Driving under the influence….of cigarettes

Shanghai Youth Daily reports that smoking Chung Hwa or 555 may cause you to fail a breathalyser test.

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Depositing fen? It’ll cost you

Banks in Nanjing assess a counting fee for depositing large amounts of coins, meaning that customers lose money if they have several yuan worth of fen to deposit.

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