Tag Archives: Oriental Outlook

Ah Cheng: I’m like a plucked chicken

Posted on 2008-02-06 by Joel Martinsen

Ah Cheng (阿城) talks to Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊).

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How many palms do you have to grease to get ahead in business?

Posted on 2007-11-26 by Joel Martinsen

From Oriental Outlook magazine (瞭望东方周刊), an eight-month journal of the bribes two entrepreneurs had to give to get their business registered.

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The most famous junk collector in Xi’an

Posted on 2007-10-23 by Joel Martinsen

Gaoxing (高兴) by Jia Pingwa (贾平凹) is actually based on the life experiences of his friend Liu Shuzhen (刘书祯), aka (刘高兴).

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Buzz and buzzwords at the 17th Party Congress

Posted on 2007-10-18 by Joel Martinsen

Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊) writes about the Scientific Concept of Development (科学发展观) at the 17th Party Congress.

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Hai Yan: books with the reach of television

Posted on 2007-09-20 by Joel Martinsen

Hai Yan (海岩) is interviewed by Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊).

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A shortcut to TCM mastery

Posted on 2007-08-15 by Joel Martinsen

Li Aizhen (李爱珍) in Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊) writes about TCM spam.

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Mountains, seas, and official reading material

Posted on 2007-05-28 by Joel Martinsen

Wen Jiabao (温家宝) visits Northeast Normal University (东北师范大学); photo has the Classic of Mountains and Seas (山海经) blurred out.

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Make sure the guests are prepared

Posted on 2007-01-31 by Joel Martinsen

A guest house offers condoms and is suspcious when the guests won’t take them. By Jiang Ping (蒋平) in Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊).

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A curious correction

Posted on 2006-12-21 by Joel Martinsen

Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊) apologizes for saying that the Guizhou provincial propaganda department issued a directive barring interviews over a murder case.

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Musings about money

Posted on 2006-12-15 by Joel Martinsen

A free exhibition requires ID to buy a ticket, but a scalper’ll give you one for 10 kuai. No one wants to run free schools. Shanghai gives 2.5 yuan a month to parents of only children.

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