Tag Archives: Oriental Outlook

The hemp farmers of Jilin

Oriental Outlook reports on China’s largest marijuana bust: a group of families in Jilin who planted pharmacological hemp out in the open on 600 hectares of farmland.

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Someone’s got to give a urine sample

Mandatory bloodwork: “The patient doesn’t have to do them himself.”

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Behind the Chinese blogging boom

Japanese writer Kato Yoshikazu discusses blog popularity in China

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Say you’re satisfied, for the sake of the children

Children’s school scores are held hostage to ensure their parents fill out a survey satisfactorily.

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Apply to join the Qiang nationality in Fengxian, Shaanxi

Chinese Business News reprints a story from Oriental Outlook: Fengxian, a small city in Shaanxi province, is encouraging people to change their ethnic registration from Han to Qiang.

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CCTV’s gatekeepers discuss TV drama censorship

Oriental Outlook reports on CCTV’s in-house tv censors.

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News magazines cover the earthquake

Covers of China’s newsweeklies one week after the Wenchuan Earthquake.

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An Internet-certified expert speaks

Mu Shan (穆杉) writes for Oriental Outlook and describes how he became an ‘expert’ on Sino-Japanese relations.

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Boom times for Chinese film, but what comes next?

Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊) and Sanlian Life Week (三联生活周刊) examine China’s film industry.

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Should authors get mixed up in politics?

Chang Ping (长平) writes about Zhang Ping (张平), a famous author who is vice-governor of Shanxi. And Wolfgang Kubin (顾彬) comments on Chinese lit.

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