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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
Posted in Consumer Culture, Urban Culture and Cities
Tagged Beijing, Chengdu, Danwei.com, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang, Xiaomaibu, Zhengzhou
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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.
Posted in Featured Video
Tagged Chengdu, earthquake, media, music, Scarlett Li, Zebra Media
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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.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged Chengdu, earthquake, government, Southern Metropolis Daily
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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."
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged Chengdu, NIMBY, protests, strolling, The Beijing News
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NIMBY protest hits Chengdu
Protests against a PetroChina plant in Chengdu.
Posted in Environmental problems
Tagged Chengdu, environment, maglev, NIMBY, PetroChina, protests, PX
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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.
Posted in Featured Video
Tagged Chengdu, Sichuan, video
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Suicide of an engineer
The suicide of a Huawei engineer.
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).
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)
Posted in Blogs, Internet, Media regulation, Net Nanny Follies
Tagged Chengdu, Huang Yilong, police, Ran Yunfei, Skynet
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