Category Archives: Danwei Picks

June 4 roundup

Links related to the 20th anniversary of 6-4.

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African traders in China, Chinese entrepreneurs in Africa

Africans doing buisiness in Guangzhou; Tudou founder in Tanzania; hip-hop group In Three; Olympic ticket problems; Texan journalists in China; airport shake-up; Taiwan vs. China, Olympic-style

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Shut out of Dujiangyan

Yin Lichuan reviewed; Chinese basketball; Naomi Klein reviewed; Liu Xiang’s record broken; shut out of Dujiangyan

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Touring a battle zone for kicks

Visas are hard to get anywhere; SARFT licenses also-rans; WashPost slams Wolf Totem; flights to Taiwan; ethical disaster reporting; Runner Fan on TV; touring a battlezone for kicks.

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There’s money in education

Foreign unis in China; gas prices may rise; stocks fall; Yao Ming and the ref scandal; China vs. Qatar; ethics of online manhunts; exploding toilets.

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Stories of a changing Beijing

Old and new Beijing; rules on reconstruction; criticizing earthquake preparation and response; missionary activity; no photos of China from the air; Nat Geo on disasters; Interview with Xujun Eberlein.

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Tasty chocolate

Lotte expands; Liaoning orders you to go home; quake lake; patriotic t-shirts from Kappa.

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Music on mobile phones

SARFT vs. 56.com; quake reconstruction; democratization? Wen Jiabao profiled; 19 years; civil society after the earthquake.

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Coping with pollution on China’s coast

Coastal pollution and pomegranates; remembering the past; Confucianism vs. democracy; quake lake to burst.

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Investigating a school collapse

Carrying the Olympic torch; schools and the earthquake; Vantone in the Freedom Tower; crashing a market.

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