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Xingtai: the city and the soy sauce man’s job

A story about Li, a Chinese university graduate who turned a soy sauce businessman

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Some problems with train tickets and the Ministry of Railways

A blogger tries to return to Beijing by train but discovers he has to buy a ticket for several stations beyond the city.

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The true story of a soy sauce man

A story about Li, a Chinese university graduate who turned a soy sauce businessman

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Spring Festival Gala scandal! Two versions of Lu Chen’s magic act

CCTV-9 ran dress rehearsal footage for a number of Gala acts, including Louis Chen’s table-penetrating magic demonstration. Also, Han Han PK Louis over professionalism.

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Tragedy visits Yi Zhongtian

Yi Zhongtian, whose ‘Tragedy!’ screencap launched an online meme, gets memorialized as a seal.

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Global Times declares victory over color revolutions

The Global Times’ Chinese edition enjoys the defeat of Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution”.

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Xinhua vs Financial Times

Two headlines from the home pages of The Financial Times and Xinhua, two ways of looking at the world.

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David Spindler’s Great Wall

A Q&A with Great Wall expert David Spindler.

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T’ien Hsia Monthly and past anniversary parades

A new issue of China Heritage Quarterly, and it’s a feast.

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Cultural heritage and backyard iron smelting

A large cluster of backyard furnaces from the Great Leap Forward is discovered in Gansu.

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