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Internet Poll on changing China’s strange public holiday system

Posted on 2013-11-28 by Hudson Lockett

While much of the world looks forward to official holidays that can be predicted years in advance, China’s annual muddle over the coming year’s holiday schedule has long been a reliable source of confusion. But yesterday the Holiday Office published … Continue reading →

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Qaddafi’s imminent fall – some views from China

Posted on 2011-08-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The news coming out of Libya this morning has been reported without much commentary by Xinhua News Agency and most newspapers and websites in China. That has not stopped editors from using the news to sell papers; see for example … Continue reading →

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Beijing’s most peaceful neighborhoods

Posted on 2011-01-18 by Joel Martinsen

The Beijing Times reports on the results of a poll of the city’s communities to name the fifty that are “most peaceful.”

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