Author Archives: Joel Martinsen

Three decades after the Sino-Vietnamese War

Phoenix Weekly has an extensive cover feature on the Sino-Vietnamese War.

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Jacky Jin: China’s tastemaker

Global Post follows Jacky Jin, publisher of the Chinese editions of FHM the Robb Report, who talks about harmony between the sexes and the effect that the economic slowdown will have on luxury consumption.

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Civics lessons, Xinjiang style

Students at an elementary school in Urumqi have to memorize the names of local and national leaders.

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Writing the history of the Gang of Four

Ye Yonglie completes a massive history of the Gang of Four.

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New rules imposed on Internet video content

SARFT goes after camgirls.

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China’s morning papers urge you to eat breakfast

Beijing Morning Post is one of the 19 morning papers sponsoring a “three morning concept” program with KFC.

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An irreverent graphic designer talks about his work

Zhang Facai, creator of witty joke ads, talks about his work and blog.

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In search of UFOs

The Journal of UFO Research is now printed in full-color.

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Exploiting Confucius for fun and profit

An op-ed in the Beijing Daily argues for a detached treatment of Confucius rather than the deification or exploitation that will likely be used.

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Sinologist heaps praise on Chinese genre writer

Wolfgang Kubin is quoted comparing Cai Jun to the best of Stephen King. A hoax?

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