Category Archives: Internet

The ESWN blog has published a translation, with commentary, of an article by a man whose name is probably on many Chinese filter blacklists. The article is a booster piece for three pieces of software that allow people in China … Continue reading →

Beijing-based writer and musician Jon Campbell has a column about the Chinese rock scene on Pop Matters, which is an online magazine about culture, music et neywork age cetera. You can find the column here. This also from Jon Campbell … Continue reading →

There are some nice images in this Beijing photo blog: Beijing Observer.

Good to see that the official western China news website, Chinawestnews.net, is getting in on the gorgeous babe act. Today, a website that usually regales us with tales of plenitude and economic success in Guangxi Autonomous Region, or with the … Continue reading →

How the modern Chinese youth has changed. After two and a half decades of exposure to decadent western media influences, not to mention the hordes of foreign devils now marauding through the streets of major cities, both the government and … Continue reading →

Two pieces on Gangstalean Jerry Chan’s Beijing music blog: 1. Rockers! This is about an excellent reggae film. Beijing-based reggae and dub DJ Steve Barker has added a list of reggae songs with China-related titles in the comments section. 2. … Continue reading →

Next time someone in China tells you that so-and-so is really well connected, check it out on China Vitae, a free online database of Chinese government big shots, including biographical details and photographs. Click on the ‘Research Centre’ link to … Continue reading →

Feeling bored in Shanghai? Feel cool and go spend some money by looking at these designer shopping maps of Shanghai on Superfuture, a website that describes its content as “urban cartography for global shopping experts”. LINK: Superfuture.com Shanghai maps

Xinhua: Head of China’s top political advisory body says the government will stick to its policy of supporting religious freedom in the country. Speaking at a symposium on religion Tuesday in Beijing, Jia Qinglin praised China’s achievements in religious work … Continue reading →