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The Chinese government and social media

Posted on 2012-12-20 by Barry van Wyk

Sina Weibo claims to have more than 400 million users, and its influence and power are without doubt. Yet the Chinese government and all its myriad bodies and institutions are likewise getting in on the act, not just by means … Continue reading →

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The Ten Biggest Sex and Gender Stories of 2012

Posted on 2012-12-17 by Barry van Wyk

The City Lady (都市女报) from Shandong today has a front page story on the Ten Biggest Sex and Gender Stories of 2012 in China (年度十大性与性别事件). Based on an exercise led by the head of the Sex and Gender Institute at the Beijing … Continue reading →

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It’s just that we can’t see them – reflections on class and poverty

Posted on 2012-12-15 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. Over the last thirty years, along with remarkable economic development, China has seen the gap … Continue reading →

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Xi Jinping does his own Southern Tour

Posted on 2012-12-12 by Barry van Wyk

The message today is loud and clear – “No halt in opening up, no stopping reform”: 北京日报 东莞时报 晶报 南方日报 青年报 人民日报 深圳晚报 信息时报 中国青年报 China’s newspapers today are in a festive mood because China is forging ahead with reform, … Continue reading →

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Mo Yan presented with Nobel Prize for Literature

Posted on 2012-12-11 by Barry van Wyk

Yesterday the 10th of December was the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel and hence the date of the annual prize-giving ceremony for the Nobel prizes. Chinese writer Mo Yan was handed his Nobel Prize for Literature in the … Continue reading →

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Female mayors given extra classes on makeup, tea ceremonies and flower arranging

Posted on 2012-12-10 by Barry van Wyk

Wouldn’t it be great if you had female leaders in China that are not only strong leaders but also look attractive and know how to work with tea and flowers because these things make them more charming? Or does that … Continue reading →

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Wang Lijun and his Smurfs

Posted on 2012-12-07 by Barry van Wyk

You don’t know Wang Lijun (王立军). You may have last seen him being charged with various serious crimes committed when he was police chief and Bo Xilai strong man in Chongqing, for which he was ultimately sentenced to 15 years in jail. Yet now … Continue reading →

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Unknown migrant worker dies after lying 20 days under a bridge in Henan

Posted on 2012-12-04 by Barry van Wyk

In Zhengzhou (郑州) in Henan province in November, a migrant worker lay under a bridge for more than 20 days. He didn’t seem to be very ill, just cold, hungry and destitute. People came and went, even emergency medical services … Continue reading →

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A thousand miles in search of the finless porpoise

Posted on 2012-12-03 by Barry van Wyk

It is well-known that the Chinese river dolphin, also known as the Baiji, is functionally extinct, in other words: as good as gone forever. The freshwater finless porpoise (江豚), on the other hand, which like the Baiji also lives in China’s Yangtze … Continue reading →

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Contrasting World AIDS Day coverage in China’s newspapers

Posted on 2012-11-30 by Barry van Wyk

With tomorrow being World AIDS Day, a handful of newspapers in China today ran special features and front page headlines on HIV/AIDS-related stories. This coverage came in contrasting styles, however. While most newspapers focused on informative education and prevention activities … Continue reading →

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