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Author Archives: Joel Martinsen
Simple arguments for character standards
Pan Qinglin proposes eliminating simplified characters. The Ministry of Education wants to standardize character mnemonics.
Posted in Scholarship and education
Tagged characters, CPPCC, Ministry of Education, Pan Qinglin, Sheng Dalin, Wang Gan
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A spoof translation about knock-off culture
Even Osnos tracks down the shanzhai Steven Zuckerberg.
Posted in Internet
Tagged Devil's Haircut, egao, Evan Osnos, RNAmonkey, shanzhai, translations
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Lei Feng heritage for the whole world
CPPCC proposal to make the Lei Feng Spirit a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Also, a Lei Feng cartoon.
Posted in People
Tagged cartoons, CPPCC, Lei Feng, West Point
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Zhao “left crescent” needs a new name
A man named Zhao C agreed to change his name to fit PSB computers. At issue: is ‘C’ a Pinyin letter?
Posted in Language
Tagged Information Daily, law, names
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Who’s killing off private booksellers?
Dangdang denies accusations that it and other online booksellers are squeezing out private bookstores.
Posted in Books
Tagged books, bookstores, Dangdang, Jifeng, Shanghai, Xinmin Evening News
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SCMP promises “shocking allegations” involving a man named Chen
Shocking allegations and a photo of Edison Chen.
Posted in Newspapers
Tagged Chen Shui-bian, Edison Chen, South China Morning Post
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Harnessing human search engines for government use
There’s a ‘human flesh search engine’ effort on to uncover the personal data of two reporters who wrote unflattering things about a local government construction project in Jiangsu.
Posted in Corruption
Tagged corruption, human flesh search, Jiangsu, journalism, office buildings
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Schools disagree on how best to cover a book
It’s the start of a new semester and the debate over book covers is in the news once again.
Posted in Books, Scholarship and education
Tagged Beijing Youth Daily, book covers, books, conservation, schools, Xiamen
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