Tag Archives: Chinese media

Beijing professor denies having called Hong Kong’ers “Dogs” on TV

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

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 →

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Girl Reprimanded for Saying “China” on TV

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

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 →

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Serial Killer Looms over Nanjing

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

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 →

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7.23 Wenzhou Train Crash: A Generation-Defining Event

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

Also read this post on Asia Society Northern California’s blog. The Western media wake trailing the Wenzhou train crash (7.23.11) has ranged from speculative and well-founded to insensitive and under-evidenced and in most scenarios tinged with latent political musings. Perhaps more … Continue reading →

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中国特色 and varying quality in Chinese scholarship

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

I am a Chinese graduate school student, but Chinese is not my native language. So what would take me ten minutes to read in English will take about an hour to read in Chinese. I am not at all complaining … Continue reading →

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First Post: My Blog’s Intention

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

I really dislike laowai blogs. Laowai is a Chinese term that means “foreigner” – a term not just used by Chinese, but by any self-respecting foreigner who lives in the PRC (People’s Republic of China). It is a term that, when I hear it … Continue reading →

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