Category Archives: Trends and Buzz

Protest at Real Salt Lake vs. China friendly

Posted on 2007-06-12 by Joel Martinsen

At a soccer match between Real Salt Lake and the Chinese national team last week, protesters waving the flags of Taiwan and Tibet were thrown out of the stadium after the Chinese manager threatened to halt the match.

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Taihu lake pollution: Net frenzy and government response

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Florescent algae and dead fish On May 30, someone using the Net name Thin Cute Girl (Xiao Xiniang – 筱细娘) posted a series of photos of the waters of Taihu Lake (more properly Tai Lake – 太湖) at Wuxi in … Continue reading →

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Surveys: global opinions on China’s rise

Posted on 2007-05-29 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Here is some data from two recent surveys about people’s attitudes towards China’s rise: UPI/Zogby Poll of American attitudes to China – 75% of respondents said China is top U.S. economic rival, with Japan coming in a distant second at … Continue reading →

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Net scandal: student hits teacher video

Posted on 2007-05-28 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Screen shot from a mobile phone video From Roland Soong: At 4pm on May 25, a video was posted on the Internet. In this video, there were more than 20 students in a classroom for a geography lesson. The students … Continue reading →

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China and Africa: the hypocrisy of the West

Posted on 2007-05-28 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Botswana’s Festus Mogae – “Bugger all I can do about it” Two weeks ago, China hosted the board meeting of the Africa Development Bank (ADB) in Shanghai. Economist Jeffry Sachs attended the meeting and wrote an opinion piece for

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Africa Day in Beijing

Posted on 2007-05-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

May 26 is Africa Day, commemorating the signing of the charter document of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa in 1965. The OAU was succeeded in 2002 by the African Union (AU), but Africa Day is still … Continue reading →

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Superstitious cadres?

Posted on 2007-05-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

David Drakeford writes about a Southern Weekly (aka Southern Weekend) survey that found a whole mess of superstitious cadres.

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Fanning the flames of interracial romance

Posted on 2007-05-23 by maya

Qingniao Photos ad, south of Lama Temple in Beijing Attention laowai men! If you’ve got a Chinese girlfriend, Qingniao Photos has the secret to your domestic bliss: get that girl a set of wedding photos. China’s craze for wedding photos … Continue reading →

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Chinglish still alive and well in Beijing

Posted on 2007-05-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Despite the recent efforts to clean up English signs in Beijing, it seems that fans of Chinglish can relax: there’s still plenty of it around. For example, this sign was photographed by Paul French in a hotel room near Jianguomen.

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For sale: A simple dwelling for plain folks. 3.75 million.

Posted on 2007-05-21 by Joel Martinsen

Beijing bans ostentatious (炫富) language in real estate ads. Mansion (豪宅), luxury (奢侈), supreme (至尊) and so forth.

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