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《Exposed》
For the most part, I’m used to having censored internet. As long as I can sign into my VPN to browse Facebook and BBC news, I don’t have much to complain about. Then I watch my Jesus Christ Superstar clips on YouTube … Continue reading
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Photos from an Anta Shoe Factory in Fujian, China
Lacing up the shoes Caught boy on his phone! Hope his boss doesn’t find out… The shoes get heated up so that they can be molded to foot-shape The shoes being molded A girl sizes up the shoes to make … Continue reading
My Picture of the Day: 老头被车撞倒了
I took this picture from the inside of a tour bus on Zhong Shan Lu (中山路) in Quanzhou (泉州）on February 8, 2012. It was rush hour in downtown, and I suddenly heard a collective gasp from the other side of … Continue reading
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Guangzhou gives me hope about China
This opinion is purely based on my own stint in Guangzhou; I did no background research to write it; it is merely an impression — albeit, a very good one. I’ve been all over China. I’ve seen the modern cave … Continue reading
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Beijing professor denies having called Hong Kong’ers “Dogs” on TV
It started with a subway brawl in Hong Kong. Despite signs and announcements prohibiting the consumption of food on the subway, a Chinese mainlander was enjoying a bowl of instant noodles in a subway car. One Hong Kong resident lost … Continue reading
Girl Reprimanded for Saying “China” on TV
See the debate: 海归女 PK名主持 Twenty-four-year-old Liu Lili recently appeared on a Chinese job-hunting TV show. She was halfway through saying, “I was in New Zealand for three years. After those three years, I came back home, and realized, ‘Wow, China’s … Continue reading
Serial Killer Looms over Nanjing
There have been a handful of times in my life in which immediate death seemed all but confirmed. The worst instance was my last plane flight home – the nine-hour bullet from Shanghai to San Francisco. Anyone else who has … Continue reading
Confucius on the Meat-Packing Industry
In a fit of bitterness over my botched Chinese-classics education, being that my teacher of Confucianism and Modern Society chose to play movies all semester rather than teach, I decided that I would not write my final paper on anything … Continue reading
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Tagged Confucianism, traditional China
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Unemployed in China: a Response to “Go East, Young Man”
This is a response to Jonathan Levine’s article on working in China, “Go East, Young Man”, published on January 8. After writing this response, I found that someone had written an insightful blog post at the singularly named dontmovetochina.com (written … Continue reading
Gajo Petrovic Prophesies Wukan
1. Marx identifies private property as the basis of peoples’ alienation from human nature. 2. China adopts Marxism as its ruling ideology. 3. China adopts partial capitalism under Deng. 4. In 1979, the philosophy of Yugoslavian Marxist humanist Gajo Petrovic … Continue reading
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Tagged democracy, philosophy, Protest
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