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China’s ten ugliest statues (and the ugly goddess that started it all)

Posted on 2013-01-10 by Barry van Wyk

In August 2012, a huge statue of a Buddhist goddess went up in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Without consulting anyone, the local government had erected it right on a busy intersection. 11 days later, however, the statue had disappeared. Again without consulting … Continue reading →

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“Let the people have justice”: Xi Jinping calls for reform of “education through labour”

Posted on 2013-01-08 by Barry van Wyk

“Education through labor” (劳教) has been the fate of many people in China since the 1950s: confinement to a labor camp to be reformed through hard work. The system is still very much in operation in China today, with more … Continue reading →

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Wanton tree destruction in Ningbo and other stories from China’s front pages today

Posted on 2013-01-07 by Barry van Wyk

When a user snapped and posted on Weibo a picture of trees mysteriously uprooted on a road in Ningbo and then left there to die, a journalist picked it up and decided to investigate. What he found was no massive … Continue reading →

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Legal Daily report on mass incidents in China in 2012

Posted on 2013-01-06 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Legal Daily 法治日报 has published a summary of their ’2012 Mass Incident Research Report’ 2012年群体性事件研究报告, quantifying and analyzing ‘mass incidents’ in China – riots, civil unrest, and protests. The data sources and methodology behind the report are not made explicit … Continue reading →

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China’s “most severe traffic law in history”

Posted on 2013-01-04 by Barry van Wyk

China’s newspapers are today mulling over what is being portrayed as a sea change on China’s roads, a new regulation that has caused some consternation: Running a yellow light (note yellow, not red) will now be severely punished with an automatic deduction … Continue reading →

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Liu Jing and his comic book history of China, Volume Two

Posted on 2013-01-04 by Barry van Wyk

In November 2011 Danwei published a brief excerpt and short Q&A with Liu Jing, a Beijing-based entrepreneur and comic book artist. Our post showcased Liu’s Understanding China through Comics, Volume One, a comic book on Chinese history for iPad and Kindle (Amazon and iTunes). The first … Continue reading →

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China’s leading entrepreneurs of 2012

Posted on 2012-12-31 by Barry van Wyk

The entrepreneur that makes it big in China makes it very big, reaching rock star levels. The Entrepreneurs’ Daily (企业家日报) today is one of a handful of Chinese papers that published a retrospective of the year of 2012. As befits its business … Continue reading →

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The benefits of allowing free land trade – reflections on land allocation in China

Posted on 2012-12-30 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. Although China controls an extensive territory, pressure on land is high. A large proportion of … Continue reading →

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China’s ten biggest criminal cases of 2012

Posted on 2012-12-28 by Barry van Wyk

The Qinghai Legal News (青海法制报) from Qinghai province today published the newspaper’s editorial selection of China’s ten biggest criminal cases of 2012. In a somber tone, the newspaper prefaces its selection with the following summary: This year, all the many public charges that ensued from … Continue reading →

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China’s hottest “styles” of 2012

Posted on 2012-12-24 by Barry van Wyk

The Six O’Clock This Morning (今晨六点) from Shandong province today has a special feature rounding up the newspaper’s selection of the hottest “styles” of 2012, using an English word that has been popularized in China this year because of the global pop … Continue reading →

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