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A call from a gaming buddy

Milk Pig writes about a phone scam.

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Design a T-shirt for Danwei

A competition to design a T-shirt for Danwei.

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Exploiting Confucius for fun and profit

An op-ed in the Beijing Daily argues for a detached treatment of Confucius rather than the deification or exploitation that will likely be used.

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Sinologist heaps praise on Chinese genre writer

Wolfgang Kubin is quoted comparing Cai Jun to the best of Stephen King. A hoax?

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China – South America blog

A blog about China and Latin America, and some Kunming government promotional materials, sourced from an expatriate-run blog.

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Find harmony by owning your own grass-mud horse

Stuffed alpacas.

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The curious case of the disappearing TV drama

The quality of TV dramas is way down. China Media Monitor investigates.

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Film ratings system “news” is a five-year-old interview

An article quoting Film Bureau director Tong Gang about an upcoming film ratings system is a fake.

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Kids in the train station

Shenyang Evening News has photos of cute kids waiting to go home for the Spring Festival. Also, a look back at the Spring Festival Rush over the years.

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Spring Festival crosstalk and the reform era

Crosstalk and comic sketches at the Spring Festival Gala are pretty lack-luster. Pan Caifu explains that it’s because they’re expected to be uplifting, not satiric.

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