Category Archives: From the Web

Danwei Picks: Parsing the language of politicians and schoolgirls

‘Moral model’ Fang Yonggang dies; new envoys; Religion in Taiwan; ‘dia’ and the OED; Cultural Revolution language; Bush vs. Hu on Tibet; schools locked down.

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Danwei Picks: More thoughts on China’s movie troubles

Olympics are political; SF writers on Clarke; Chinese film faces difficulties; old Tibetans; Iraq deaths; Taiwan elections; Synagogue in Shanghai.

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Danwei Picks: Odd kababs

Xiamen PX redux; happenings in Tibet; Air New Zealand pays different rates; AIDS kababs.

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Danwei Picks: Construction dust and building materials

Substandard steel used in construction; Beijing to ban construction for the Olympics; Xinhua tiptoes around the Premier; Rule 1: no talking about the South China Tiger case.

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Danwei Picks: How super are the super ministries?

The Financial Times visits Zeng Jinyan; Super Ministries! Are they worth it? Newsweek’s Melinda Liu interviewed; reporting on bad news, then and now.

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Danwei Picks: The disappearing news story

Was it terrorism? And the Olympics?; Africa Town in Guangzhou; Louise Blouin MacBain; Ang Lee protests the Tang Wei blackout; Hu in a Mao suit.

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Danwei Picks: Reporting the NPC

Pollution from solar energy; the Nu River dam; Danone vs. Wahaha cont’d; the story of George Hogg;

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Danwei Picks: The Olympics stole my game!

Sohu puts Fuwa in a stolen flash game; what if Vietnam conquered China; Ministry of Culture vs. Bjork; Bankrupt Nanjie Village.

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Danwei Picks: All’s fair in pursuit of ratings

Cadre sues over misidentification as homewrecker; Dushu in the New Left Review; protests halt maglev; inflation!

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Danwei Picks: Ramadan in China

Regulating scrap; tradition in Tibet; Ramadan in Xinjiang; Australian hostages; film ratings get the thumbs down.

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