Tag Archives: Oriental Outlook

Oriental Outlook: The dog-eat-dog tourism industry

From Oriental Outlook magazine (瞭望东方周刊), a feature on China’s cut-throat tourism sector, where profitability depends upon how badly guides fleece their charges.

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Morality, history, and freedom of expression, as seen on TV

Culture wars: Yi Zhongtian (易中天) PK Cheng Junyi (成君忆) over morality and history.

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Bootleg faith

A pirated Bible (圣经) sold by a roadside bookseller in Jilin, China.

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A medical scam’s willing participants

From Oriental Outlook, a personal account by a doctor of patients shilling for bad medicine. Also, a Legal Report episode on how commercials are faked.

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News magazines: Sister Hibiscus gets her head shrunk and New Weekly turns 10

A rundown of the major Chinese newsmagazines for the week of 25 August.

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Where is the party when you need it?

From Oriental Outlook magazine, a recently-graduated party member talks about the difficulty he has in paying his dues to the Communist Party of China.

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The bad habits of Beijing

Nobody every says ‘sorry’.

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She Xianglin after six months on the outside

She Xianglin (佘祥林 ), cleared of murder and out of prison for six months, is closely monitored by the local government in his town in Hubei. His phone is tapped, and he’s still seeking compensation and justice.

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Why we aren’t building a “harmonious Danwei”

Liu Hongbo (刘洪波) looks back at the village feuds of his youth and suggests that a ‘harmonious society’ is not something that local governments can necessarily construct.

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Explaining Chinese book prices

Oriental Outlook explores rising book prices.

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