Author Archives: Joel Martinsen

Fake pigeon eggs in Chongqing

Enterprising quail farmers bleach their eggs and sell them as pigeon eggs, which command prices 30 times higher.

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Inflationary holidays

Twenty-nine vacation days in 2010? Think again.

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Dongguan’s ISO sex industry

Covers to an issue of Southern Metropolis Weekly feature on Dongguan’s sex industry.

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Say goodbye to anonymity on the Internet. Again.

The Ministry of Culture wants to regulate the Internet, which has become an important part of society.

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A city in the clouds

Wuhan is draped in fog.

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Arsenic in Nongfu Spring fruit juices? Dueling agencies arrive at different results

Hainan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau vs. Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

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Guangxi grateful for Shanxi’s banana purchases

Nanguo Metropolis Daily thanks the people of Shanxi in the San Jin City News.

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The highest-paid authors in China, 2009 edition

Changjiang Times and Wu Huaiyao find that Zheng Yuanjie passed Guo Jingming to become China’s highest-earning author.

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Slogans on Tiananmen Gate

In response to Daniel Gross, a look at how slogans have changed on Tiananmen and Xinhuamen.

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Barbecue with Yu Hua in a Hangzhou park

Luminaries of the cultural economy meet at a new park in Hangzhou.

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