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Post-90s interns freak out on first day after asked to name each other’s shortcomings

Posted on 2012-10-19 by Barry van Wyk

The front page of the Shenyang Evening News (沈阳晚报) today explains what happened when ten new interns, all of post-90s age, were given a ‘psychological test’ from their new boss (who happened to be a renowned former psychology major) on their first day at … Continue reading →

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The year of the breastfeeding flash mob in China – a father’s account

Posted on 2012-10-18 by Sascha Matuszak

This has been the year of the flash mob in China, the breastfeeding flash mob to be exact. In May, August and September of this year, Chinese mothers bared their breasts in public to help galvanize a tiny yet growing … Continue reading →

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Children chained to a wall by parents working at Guangzhou construction site

Posted on 2012-10-17 by Barry van Wyk

What do you do when you have two children but no-one to look after them and not enough money to put them in kindergarten? The New Express Daily (新快报) from Guangdong has a picture on its front page today showing what happened … Continue reading →

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Former Cambodian king and ‘old friend of China’ dies in Beijing

Posted on 2012-10-16 by Barry van Wyk

The front pages of China’s newspapers today are dominated by the death of the former Cambodian king and ‘friend of China’ Norodom Sihanouk (西哈努克国王), who passed away in Beijing yesterday from a heart attack. The People’s Daily (人民日报) has three related pieces … Continue reading →

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Guys and Sex Dolls – Scenes from the Guangzhou Sexpo

Posted on 2012-10-16 by Robert Foyle Hunwick

As millions returned to work after one of the most stressful holidays in years on Monday October 8, the Tenth Annual Guangzhou National Sex Culture Festival was finishing its last day. “Look at the time,” Professor Zhu Jiaming, one of the … Continue reading →

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China’s front pages go to town on Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize

Posted on 2012-10-12 by Barry van Wyk

The face of the first ever winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature who is a Chinese citizen living in China, Mo Yan, is all over the front pages of China’s newspapers today alongside formulaic headlines. Most of the newspapers … Continue reading →

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Beijing Morning Post investigation reveals horrid state of pet dog market in the city

Posted on 2012-10-11 by Barry van Wyk

It has often happened in China that buying a dog can turn into a nightmarish experience. The same little puppy that looked so lively in the shop window would suddenly become sick beyond help and die. The front page of … Continue reading →

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‘Uncivilized tourists’ vandalize flowers at Sunflower Festival

Posted on 2012-10-09 by Barry van Wyk

Yesterday was the last day of the first ever Sunflower Festival, which attracted 200,000 visitors over 18 days to Pujiang (浦江) in Zhejiang province to appreciate these beautiful flowers. But as the front page of the Youth Daily from Shanghai laments today, when all the … Continue reading →

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“This year’s Golden Week was not relaxed”

Posted on 2012-10-08 by Barry van Wyk

Congested, overflowing, dirty and just not all that much fun – that’s what the front page of today’s Sanxiang City News (三湘都市报) from Hunan (湖南) province thought of this year’s Golden Week holiday that finished yesterday. A host of front pages today carry the … Continue reading →

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Urban redevelopment: a city’s life and death

Posted on 2012-10-05 by Julien Leyre

This is the Thinking China 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 is taking us through various aspects of China’s urbanization process. Zhang … Continue reading →

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