Category Archives: The Earnshaw Vault

When there were only a billion

In 1982, Graham Earnshaw noted that the population of China topped 1 billion people.

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Catholics in China in 1981

A 1981 news story about Roman Catholics in China, and the background to the article.

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Decadent music

A 1982 news story about “decadent” music.

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Black markets in 1981

A 1981 news story by Graham Earnshaw about black markets in Guangzhou (Canton) in the early 1980s.

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The rise of Pinyin

A 1980 news story about the pinyin system of romanizing Chinese.

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Orphans of the Tangshan quake

A school for the orphans of the 1976 Tangshan quake.

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Remembering the Tangshan earthquake of 1976

A 1983 news article written after the first foreign reporters visited Tangshan after the 1976 earthquake there.

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Spiritual pollution in 1982

A 1982 article about sexy advertising upsetting a worker.

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1981 anti foreign demonstrations in China

A 1981 news story about anti foreign demonstrations.

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‘New China’ girl gives state £35,000

a 1981 news story about the public spirit (of times past).

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