Tag Archives: Chengdu

What do people buy from corner stores in China?

I spent China’s October holiday traveling across the country on a work trip. In each city I visited, I went to a small corner store (known in China as xiaomaibu 小卖部). Such stores sell a range of goods similar to convenience stores, but usually … Continue reading

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An interview with Scarlett Li

Shot by Eric Mu, this is an interview with Scarlett Li, former News Corp executive, founder of R2G and Rainbow Media, and organizer of the recent Chengdu Zebra Music Festival that raised money for quake victims.

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Government landmark for sale

Southern Metropolis Daily (南方都市报): Chengdu government called a press conference announcing that the centre is going to be auctioned to raise funds for the reconstruction in the earthquake area.

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Chengdu “strolling” protesters arrested

The Beijing News (新京报): four persons involved in the May 4 protest in Chengdu were detained under charges of "fabricating and spreading rumors, distortion (炒作), incitement to riot and illegal demonstration.&quot

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NIMBY protest hits Chengdu

Protests against a PetroChina plant in Chengdu.

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Street scenes in the Sichuan dialect

Jonathan Kott (aka Jiang Nan) walks the streets of Chengdu speaking the local dialect. tbjblog has more about this local celebrity.

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Suicide of an engineer

The suicide of a Huawei engineer.

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Sichuan dialect competition winner

The results of a competition to translate Sichuan dialect. Also, Fan Wen (范稳) on Sichuanese (四川话) and the Chongqing dialect (重庆方言).

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A recruitment ad for virtual cops

Ran Yunfei (冉云飞) and Huang Yilong (黄一龙) write about recruiting Internet cops in Chengdu. (专职’天网’监控管理员)

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