Category Archives: Blogs

Prices for food and petrol neck-to-neck in Boston and Hangzhou

On microblog and news portals an interesting comparison is being drawn: Prices in Boston and China. A netizen Wang Pei (王佩) conducted a test of prices for different produce in China with its counterpart in Boston and found results to be alarming. Apart from vegetables, meats all cost more in China. Here is her list of produce:

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Belief in contemporary China

Li Xiangping blogs about the sociological implications of religious beliefs in contemporary China.

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China blogs in English – a podcast

A podcast about English language blogs about China.

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Stuff you can’t microblog about

Sina microblogger Cheng Yizhong discovers that he doesn’t turn up in a Sina microblog search.

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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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Yan Xiaoling case in Fuzhou: 3 bloggers convicted of defamation

Three Internet users in Fuzhou convicted for defamation after posting allegations about a gang rape and murder at a police-backed hotel.

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Observations on the mainland media

Fang Kecheng comments on Chinese journalism.

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The hydra-like blogger C. Custer

The hydra-like C. Custer translates and blogs at China Geeks, China / Divide and ChinaSmack.

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Expo 2010 and other stories from Shanghai

At Shanghai Scrap, Adam Minter covers the scrap trade, Catholicism in China, and most recently, the Shanghai World Expo and the pitiful United States pavilion.

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Dispatches from the drought zone

Shi Hanbing blogs about economics and the Yunnan drought.

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