Category Archives: 1510 Digest

Can you blame the post-eighties generation?

Posted on 2012-10-19 by Julien Leyre

This is the China Writing Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest takes a look at the Chinese Gen Y – generally known … Continue reading →

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Urban redevelopment: a city’s life and death

Posted on 2012-10-05 by Julien Leyre

This is the Thinking China Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest is taking us through various aspects of China’s urbanization process. Zhang … Continue reading →

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Impressions of Japan

Posted on 2012-09-29 by Julien Leyre

This is the Thinking China Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. After anti-Japanese demonstrations fired off around China, this week’s digest proposes to take a … Continue reading →

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Against national education – reflections on the Hong Kong hunger strike

Posted on 2012-09-21 by Julien Leyre

This is the Thinking China Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. In the first week of September 2012, a group of high schools students from … Continue reading →

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Marriage prerequisites – virginity, house, fidelity

Posted on 2012-09-14 by Julien Leyre

This is the Thinking China Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s post is looking at marriage and relationships in contemporary China. An article … Continue reading →

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Education and critical thinking

Posted on 2012-09-07 by Julien Leyre

This is the Thinking China Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s post proposes to look at three recent articles exploring the connection between … Continue reading →

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The body is the capital of the revolution

Posted on 2012-09-02 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s post focuses on women’s bodies in China. An interview with cultural critic Zhang … Continue reading →

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Taxpayers are not ATMs

Posted on 2012-08-25 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest presents three articles exploring questions of social justice from three different perspectives … Continue reading →

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Beijing in my memory, London in my eyes

Posted on 2012-08-17 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest proposes to look back at the London Olympics and the commentaries they … Continue reading →

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The life of other people

Posted on 2012-08-11 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest proposes three personal reflections on urban life in contemporary China. All three … Continue reading →

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