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Corner store consumption: profiles of small Chinese convenience stores

Posted on 2013-04-09 by Zach Hyman

Xiaomaibu literally means small selling department, and refers to Chinese corner shops or small convenience stores usually run by an individual or a family. The person who runs such stores may sleep inside the store. The range of products and services … Continue reading →

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Meet Swallow, China’s champion search and rescue dog

Posted on 2013-03-28 by Barry van Wyk

Just see Swallow in action – China’s champion search and rescue dog in the making.  The semi-finals of the All-China Search and Rescue Dog Championships, organized by the fire department of the Ministry of Public Security, have just concluded. As … Continue reading →

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Five floating dead black swans join China’s animal apocalypse

Posted on 2013-03-27 by Barry van Wyk

At the north-eastern corner of Anhui University’s old campus in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, there’s a scenic pond that’s inhabited by a bevy of black swans. The swans have been there for more than a decade already, and were … Continue reading →

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Hubei farms and dead floating pigs

Posted on 2013-03-26 by Barry van Wyk

In the city of Huangshi in Hubei province there’s a lake called Cihu Lake. Situated close to the Yangtze River, the lake area appears to be an idyllic scenic spot. Yet, especially in light of recent events, Cihu Lake is … Continue reading →

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Taking the shine off Apple’s China prospects?

Posted on 2013-03-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Apple in the crosshairs, and the shadow of Google’s misadventures in China On March 15 — World Consumer Rights Day — China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast its annual investigative program that seeks to expose companies that harm or mistreat Chinese … Continue reading →

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More dead pigs and a thousand dead ducks dumped in rivers

Posted on 2013-03-22 by Barry van Wyk

Has tragedy become farce? As the vile mystery of several thousand dead pigs floating down rivers in Shanghai continues to roil, Chinese newspapers today report that a thousand dead ducks have been found floating down a river in Sichuan, and fifty dead … Continue reading →

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China’s “most famous peasant” dies, and he never appeared on the cover of Time

Posted on 2013-03-19 by Barry van Wyk

What’s a little embellishment of a famous man after his death? Chinese newspapers today note with sadness the death of a man that became known as “China’s most famous peasant”, Wu Renbao (吴仁宝). Wu was the man responsible for transforming … Continue reading →

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It’s Xi Jinping!

Posted on 2013-03-15 by Barry van Wyk

Yesterday was the day: the baton has been passed to a new generation of leaders. The very moment of this transition was captured in the form of a handshake between former president Hu Jintao and new president Xi Jinping yesterday … Continue reading →

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Changsha’s unruly drivers challenged to be like butterflies shaking their wings

Posted on 2013-03-13 by Barry van Wyk

The front page of the Sanxiang Metropolis Daily from Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, today unloads on the city’s unruly drivers. The front page is festooned with a line of images of orderly straight lines of traffic in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shenzhen, contrasted … Continue reading →

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Smooth talking entrepreneurs at the Two Sessions

Posted on 2013-03-12 by Barry van Wyk

If you thought that the Two Sessions taking place in Beijing right now were boring and trite and not made for vigorous discussion and a frank exchange of ideas, the Entrepreneurs’ Daily newspaper is today intent on convincing you that the outspokenness of a … Continue reading →

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