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Maiden flight of new Chinese stealth fighter, definitely “not copied” from foreign design

Posted on 2012-11-02 by Barry van Wyk

At 10:30 am on Wednesday this week, China’s second fifth generation fighter plane, the J-31, flew for the first time. The Jinling Evening Newsfrom Nanjing in Jiangsu province today proudly displays the new fighter on its front page, and proclaims that China is now … Continue reading →

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A trip to Qinghai

Posted on 2012-11-01 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. This week’s digest takes us on a trip to the West, to a less familiar … Continue reading →

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Pan Shiyi: Another real estate mogul’s affair goes public

Posted on 2012-11-01 by Barry van Wyk

Another scantily clad woman can be seen today on the front page of the City Lady (都市女报), a newspaper ostensibly focused on women’s issues but apparently not only aimed at female readers. And once again we can feast our eyes on the … Continue reading →

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Real estate billionaire Wang Shi’s divorce and new girlfriend

Posted on 2012-10-30 by Barry van Wyk

Having a mistress in China would not normally be front page news. But when you are a 61-year-old famous real estate mogul and renowned entrepreneur and when your new mistress is a pretty, 31-year-old actress – that’s front page front … Continue reading →

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Ningbo will ‘resolutely not have the PX project’

Posted on 2012-10-29 by Barry van Wyk

Unmentioned in almost every other newspaper in the country, but right in the middle of the front page of the Ningbo Daily (宁波日报) today is a brief announcement: Ningbo will resolutely not have the PX project. After protests all of last week against an expansion project … Continue reading →

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How to build a good public life?

Posted on 2012-10-26 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. This week’s digest brings together two recent pieces which, in different ways, show the influence … Continue reading →

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“Black kid’s happy life” in Shenyang orphanage

Posted on 2012-10-26 by Barry van Wyk

On the front page of Shenyang Evening News (沈阳晚报) from the capital of Liaoning province today is a large picture and profile of a four-year-old mixed-race child — the “happy black kid” of the headline who ended up in a Shenyang orphanage after he … Continue reading →

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“Obama’s mouth won”

Posted on 2012-10-24 by Barry van Wyk

Obama won the debate, and both Obama and Romney think China should be a partner of the US. That in a nutshell is the verdict of the Changjiang Times (长江商报) from Hubei province today on Monday’s third and final debate of the … Continue reading →

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“Knight of the Yangtze” Lu Zijian dies at the legendary age of 118

Posted on 2012-10-22 by Barry van Wyk

The front page of the Chongqing Economic Times (重庆商报) today features a glowing obituary to Lu Zijian (吕紫剑): Chinese martial arts expert, “Knight of the Yangtze”, “Swordsman of the North East”, “Three Time Knight”, fighter against Japanese imperialism, witness to three centuries and now dead at … Continue reading →

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Can you blame the post-eighties generation?

Posted on 2012-10-19 by Julien Leyre

This is the China Writing Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest takes a look at the Chinese Gen Y – generally known … Continue reading →

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