Category Archives: Scholarship and education

Characters in the public interest

A PSA spot in The Beijing News listing 100 common writing errors.

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Things you don’t need to know about Chinese culture

Does everyone need to know who Yang Zhenning is? Southern Weekly commentator Song Zhijian thinks not.

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Conspiracy of the Red Mansions

Liu Xinwu and Zhou Ruchang push a 108-chapter Story of a Stone, undefiled by the Qing agent Gao E.

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SMS-gate II: High school edition

In a redux of the Qin Zhongfei case, two teachers in Anhui province get jailed on libel charges for sending an SMS to county leaders criticizing their principal.

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Morality, history, and freedom of expression, as seen on TV

Culture wars: Yi Zhongtian (易中天) PK Cheng Junyi (成君忆) over morality and history.

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The Ringing of Sacred Chimes
by Peter Micic

In the spring of 1977, the eminent music historian Huang Xiangpeng carried out tests on pre-Qin bronze bells unearthed from Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, and Henan.

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by Peter Micic

Guoxue and online exhibitionism

Bai Luming, descendant of Bai Juyi, seduces confucius.

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Chinese medicine strikes back at critics

Ma Youdu from the China Association of Chinese Medicine wants to teach Chinese medicine in schools.

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A proposal for a book weight-loss program

Peking University Chinese professor Chen Pingyuan thinks books have gotten too thick.

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How much would you pay to donate blood?

Changchun University of Technology asks all students to donate 50 yuan to a blood drive to that students who donate blood can get award money.

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