Category Archives: Consumer Culture

What do people buy from corner stores in China?

Posted on 2011-10-10 by Jonah Kessel

I spent China’s October holiday traveling across the country on a work trip. In each city I visited, I went to a small corner store (known in China as xiaomaibu 小卖部). Such stores sell a range of goods similar to convenience stores, but usually … Continue reading →

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Luxury cars of Golden Treasure Street

Posted on 2011-09-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Danwei’s Beijing offices are on Jinbao Street (金宝街). “Jinbao” means “golden treasure”, a tacky new name with no history: the street is the brainchild of real estate developer Chen Lihua, who is the subject of the chapter titled “The Rich … Continue reading →

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Opening the door to American universities with lies

Posted on 2011-09-07 by Tim Hathaway

There’s a growing perception that American universities are admitting Chinese students based on fraudulent applications. How big is this problem, and who is responsible for it? Tim Hathaway investigated the problem for the Southern Weekly, and this is what he found: … Continue reading →

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Miss Universal Values

Posted on 2011-08-28 by Robert Foyle Hunwick

The band was playing Cocaine as the small entourage entered but it was highly doubtful any of them would ever touch the stuff: these were international representatives of China, “athletes” in a land of contradictions, competing for fresh spoils. After years of … Continue reading →

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