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The English voice of an animated pangolin

Voicing the Gourd Brothers cartoon; nationalism and business; online youth trends; much more on the Sichuan earthquake; Chinese tourists to the USA.

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Nine Dragons chief accuses NGO of anti-Olympic motivations

The Beijing News (新京报): 30 were sentenced to jail for Tibetan riot.

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Xu Jinglei’s South African adventure

Xu Jinglei at South Africa’s Apartheid Museum 2008 is the tenth anniversary of the commencement of diplomatic relations between South Africa and the People’s Republic of China. As part of its activities to celebrate the occasion, the South African government … Continue reading

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Chasing the Chinese tourist dollar

Statistics about outbound and domestic Chinese tourism, and Ctrip.com.

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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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People: Nicholas Bonner and his North Korean films

Nick Bonner is one of Beijing’s most eccentric residents, in all the right ways. He is a painter, cartoonist, landscape artist and filmmaker who has been living in the capital for more than fifteen years.

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