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Retirement age pushed to 65? People are nervous

A tiny headline on the front page of today’s Chongqing Economic Times reads: “Retire at age 65? Experts at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security are discussing it, people are nervous.” It seems officials have decided to raise the retirement … Continue reading →

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“Most beautiful teacher” joins the Party

Today the front page of Jilin’s City Evening News features a headshot of teacher Zhang Lili (张丽莉) in front of a Chinese flag. The headline: “Zhang Lili, the ‘most beautiful teacher,’ joins the Party.”  Zhang was a teacher at Middle School #19 … Continue reading →

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Photos of northern Yunnan

Photos of Yunnan by Danwei contributor Jonah M. Kessel, a Beijing based freelance visual journalist working with the New York Times. See his web site here, follow him on Twitter here or keep up with his strange travel schedule at his blog. I spend a lot of … Continue reading →

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Tell the Shaanxi government, we’re very angry

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. Today’s first posting is the tale of an angry citizen calling Shaanxi provincial government offices … Continue reading →

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Danwei Model Workers 2012 – New additions to the final list

Since publishing Model Workers 2012 we have received a number of comments and emails suggesting that other blogs be included. We also realized that there a few sites that we omitted in error. As promised, we’re going to add to the Model … Continue reading →

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Corrupt Guangdong official gets 15 years in jail

The front page of the Guangzhou Daily today announces that Ni Junxiong, the former Bureau Chief of Public Security in Maoming city, Guangdong province, has been convicted of corruption and sentenced to 15 years in jail. He will also be fined 3 … Continue reading →

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Danwei Model Workers 2012 – New additions to the final list

The Danwei Model Workers 2012 edition is now closed: Please see the complete list.

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Holding up half the sky, but taking all the rap

This is Danwei Week, a summary of the most important China stories from the last seven days. We’ll choose a maximum of five topics per week, and try to link to the best coverage of them in English. If this … Continue reading →

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Social security in China: visit your parents more

The front page of the Chengdu Business Daily today features the obituary of Chen Qiang, a famous actor known for his two famous roles playing the villain, as the despotic landlord, Huang Shiren in the 1945 musical, “White-Haired Lady” and the southern … Continue reading →

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Champions of the gaokao

The front page of the Southern Metro today is dedicated to the two “champions” of this year’s gaokao for Hainan province. The gaokao is China’s highly stressful national university entrance exam. It is given on a single day, once a year, and any student who misses it … Continue reading →

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