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Farewell Ministry of Railways

Posted on 2013-03-11 by Barry van Wyk

China’s newspapers today slightly ruefully report the departure of an institution as old as the PRC itself: the Ministry of Railways. The behemoth ministry has overseen the rapid development of the railway network in China in the last decade but … Continue reading →

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Law and ethics in cases of rape

Posted on 2013-03-10 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. China just celebrated International women’s day, even offering women half a day off work. This … Continue reading →

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Master Kong: How Internet rumors can affect share prices

Posted on 2013-03-07 by Barry van Wyk

The chart above illustrates how Internet rumors can ravage a company’s stock price. The company in question is Master Kong (康师傅), China’s best-loved brand of instant noodles. In 2011, Master Kong ranked second only to Sony in a survey of the … Continue reading →

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Intelligence from the Chinese Media and Internet

Posted on 2013-03-07 by Danwei

Danwei provides intelligence from the Chinese Internet, social media and the press to track investments, brands and issues of concern to companies and financial institutions. We also publish articles and translations on this website. Commercial insights from Chinese media and … Continue reading →

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The elegant new spokesperson vs. the steadfast old cultural icon

Posted on 2013-03-05 by Barry van Wyk

Today is Lei Feng Day, but there’s an elegant and amiable woman who stole his thunder on China’s newspaper front pages today. Who would you put on your front page today? There’s the elegant, amiable, humble, eloquent and female new … Continue reading →

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“Red descendants” at this year’s “two sessions”

Posted on 2013-03-04 by Barry van Wyk

The annual session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), dubbed China’s leading political advisory body, commenced at the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square in Beijing yesterday, and will run until 12 April. Traditionally held concurrently … Continue reading →

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Did you lose something? Micro Lei Feng can help

Posted on 2013-03-01 by Barry van Wyk

Is there no end to the multifarious usefulness of the paragon of selflessness and virtue that is Lei Feng? A little early for Lei Feng Day on March 5, but the front page of the South-East Business Daily (东南商报) from Zhejiang province today tells … Continue reading →

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There’s a void called the countryside – visions of dying village life

Posted on 2013-02-28 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. Migrant workers tend to be presented as an anonymous mass, and thought of either as … Continue reading →

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Shanghai nonagenarian writes comic book memoir commemorating love of his life

Posted on 2013-02-27 by Barry van Wyk

Rao Pingru (饶平如) has lived a long life marked by great hardship and perseverance. Yet Rao survived war, famine, incarceration, separation and illness, and lived his entire life with undying love for one woman. Now aged 91, Rao’s long life … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Black Dragon River (a.k.a the Stinking Sewer)

Posted on 2013-02-25 by Barry van Wyk

There is a little stretch of river in the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province where black water meets an endless stream of human filth. The place apparently doesn’t have a name, but some online commentators have referred to it … Continue reading →

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