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Sex in China: Q&A with author Richard Burger

Posted on 2012-08-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Richard Burger is the blogger behind Peking Duck, a record of his thoughts on China since 2003, when he first wrote about being in Beijing during SARS. Burger is also the author of Behind the Red Door: Sex in China, published by … Continue reading →

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Taxpayers are not ATMs

Posted on 2012-08-25 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest presents three articles exploring questions of social justice from three different perspectives … Continue reading →

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Guangzhou pays best

Posted on 2012-08-24 by Barry van Wyk

The front page of the New Express (新快报) from Guangzhou today reports on new statistics released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics showing that Guangzhou in 2011 had the highest average salary among 22 provincial capitals and four municipalities in China, namely … Continue reading →

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Was Liu Xiang’s Olympic flop all a set-up?

Posted on 2012-08-23 by Barry van Wyk

The front page of the Oriental Guardian (东方卫报) today speculates on the conspiracy theories surrounding hurdler Liu Xiang’s Olympic race. At 17:47 on 7 August, countless Chinese people collectively cried out in anguish when Liu Xiang fell on the first hurdle of … Continue reading →

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Six days in Hong Kong’s Occupy Central

Posted on 2012-08-22 by Hudson Lockett

28 days after the Occupy Wall Street protests started in New York on 17 September 2011, activists began gathering in the walkthrough plaza underneath the HSBC bank building, in Central district, Hong Kong. The initial group of activists were young … Continue reading →

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Gu Kailai and the trapped mouse

Posted on 2012-08-21 by Joel Martinsen

In a courtroom in Hefei yesterday morning, Gu Kailai 谷开来 was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. Like many of today’s newspapers, Six O’Clock This Morning (今晨6点), a commercial paper based in Yantai, … Continue reading →

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Puyi’s former home demolished — but when?

Posted on 2012-08-18 by Joel Martinsen

Puyi’s final residence is no more. A house formerly occupied by last emperor of the Qing Dynasty was so badly damaged in the rainstorm that flooded Beijing at the end of July that it had to be pulled down, The Beijing … Continue reading →

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Beijing in my memory, London in my eyes

Posted on 2012-08-17 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest proposes to look back at the London Olympics and the commentaries they … Continue reading →

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Japan to release Chinese activists

Posted on 2012-08-17 by Allison Carol Goldman

The headline on today’s Dongguan Times: “Japanese illegally detain people on China’s protected Diaoyu Islands, our Minister of Foreign Affairs again urged Japan to immediately release the people and their boat.” The article describes China and Japan’s recent scuffle over the … Continue reading →

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‘Collective holiday’ in Shenyang residential community

Posted on 2012-08-16 by Barry van Wyk

Shenyang Evening News reports today that the property management department of Peng Cheng Gardens community in the city has declared a one month collective holiday. Hence the community is not being guarded properly and the garbage is strewn everywhere. The reason … Continue reading →

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