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Shenzhen bans “skew weeing”

Posted on 2013-09-02 by Barry van Wyk

Errant weeing will no longer be tolerated in Shenzhen. From yesterday, new regulations made any instance of uncivilized behavior in public bathrooms in the city liable to a 100 yuan fine. As Shenzhen Evening Newsreports today, however, enforcing straight weeing is … Continue reading →

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Satan Lucky’s Floating World

Posted on 2013-08-29 by Alexander Ye

Satan Lucky is the pen name of cartoonist and illustrator based in Beijing. He publishes some of his work on Weibo. His style is based on Ukiyo-e — literally “pictures of the floating world”, the traditional Japanese style of woodblock prints and paintings … Continue reading →

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Bo Xilai outshone by “people’s judge” Zhai Shuquan

Posted on 2013-08-23 by Johan van de Ven

Yesterday, August 22nd, Bo Xilai’s trial got underway in Jinan, Shandong Province. Accused of accepting bribes, corruption, and abuse of office, Bo gave a spirited defence of himself while frequent posts on the court’s official Weibo feed sparked animated discussions … Continue reading →

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China’s two greatest Internet rumor mongers and “black PR” philanderers arrested

Posted on 2013-08-22 by Neil Thomas

Although the entire foreign press corps and many Chinese Internet users are focused on the trial of Bo Xilai right now, many newspapers and websites are devoting space to a news story and propaganda campaign about online “rumor mongering”. Two suspected … Continue reading →

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Xue Manzi: How Chinese social media can be a force for good

Posted on 2013-08-20 by Neil Thomas

Update August 25: Soon after this was published, Xue Manzi ran into trouble with the police. See this Shanghaiist story: Chinese-American investor Charles Xue arrested in Beijing in ‘prostitution’ sting. It seems that other social media figures are also being targeted … Continue reading →

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Danwei Model Workers 2013

Posted on 2013-08-16 by Danwei

Almost eight years ago in December 2005, Danwei published the first Model Worker Awards, with the following note: Blogs went mainstream this year. Proof, if needed, is that The Economist now uses the noun and verb ‘blog’ without explanation. So it seems … Continue reading →

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Chengguan go easy on man who constructed Beijing’s “most awesome illegal building”

Posted on 2013-08-16 by Johan van de Ven

The news has been dominated in recent days with stories relating to the somehow sudden discovery of a three-story villa covered in shrubbery sitting atop a 26-story building in western Beijing. Now, as construction (or rather, deconstruction) workers set about … Continue reading →

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“Cash and gifts” will get your child into the right class

Posted on 2013-08-13 by Neil Thomas

Last year the New York Times published an exposé on the culture of corruption in the Chinese schools admissions system, with rich parents able to buy their children into the best schools. But less well documented is that parents with children in primary and … Continue reading →

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The branded sex toy business – Zhang Xiaoyu

Posted on 2013-08-12 by Neil Thomas

The BBC recently published a story titled Opening a sex shop in China, glossed as such: In China, sex is not a frequent topic of conversation, but one 23-year-old graduate in China is hoping to change that. Ma Jiajia is not … Continue reading →

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“Temperature warriors” take on China’s heat wave

Posted on 2013-08-09 by Johan van de Ven

The front page of the Nanhu Evening News tells us today that “The news that everyone is paying attention to right now is the heat.” This has been the case for the past few weeks. As we covered on Danwei, newspapers in … Continue reading →

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