Category Archives: People

What we talk about when we talk about China to Google

Scholar, author and China Beat co-founder Jeffrey Wasserstrom gives a talk at Google about his book China in the 21st Century: What everyone needs to know.

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Yang Xianyi, translator of classics, dies at 94

Microblogs report.

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David Spindler’s Great Wall

A Q&A with Great Wall expert David Spindler.

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Lei Feng heritage for the whole world

CPPCC proposal to make the Lei Feng Spirit a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Also, a Lei Feng cartoon.

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PLA army coat spotted in Harlem, Manhattan

Spotted on the M60 bus in Harlem, Manhattan: a local lady wearing the sort of PLA (People’s Liberation Army) overcoat 军大衣 typical of winter in northern China.

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Sharism: A Mind Revolution

Isaac Mao writes about sharing on the World Wide Web.

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MarketWatch founder Bill Bishop talks career, money and Twitter

Bill Bishop has been in and out of China for twenty years, and is the co-founder of financial information site MarketWatch, which is now owned by Dow Jones. Bill is an insider in financial journalism and has a solid foundation in the Chinese language. Danwei asked Bill about where to invest money in China in 2009, his career in China, and Stock Twits.

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China’s first blogger: Isaac Mao

In this interview, Isaac Mao (毛向辉), China’s first blogger and a self proclaimed “free philosopher of sharism,” talks about how many major news stories in China first break online with local netizens using blogs and other social media tools to find, share, and uncover the truth about issues the mainstream / traditional media aren’t allowed to cover. Mao goes on to speak optimistically about China’s social progress and evolution, assuring that the country is moving toward a modern society very much worth looking forward to.

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Shi Feng on education and the Internet in China

An interview with Shi Feng (石峰), a drop out from one of China’s most prestigious universities turned blogger, talks about the growing rift between education and social needs / society in China, and calls for everyone to participate in a transformation of China’s education system.

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Teacher Gui: Buy It or Get Out

93 year old Teacher Gui (Ms. Gui Biqing, 桂碧清) talks about her experiences with customer service in the times of government-assigned jobs and the “big rice pot,” a cousin of the ‘iron rice bowl.’

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