| | |
|
25 Jul 08
|
 |
For sale: Naming rights for the Bird's Nest The Ling Long Pagoda and fireworks at the Bird's Nest by TooManyTribbles
The China Daily reports:
People who failed to get tickets for Olympic events at the Bird's Nest can look forward to getting inside the iconic venue after the Games, as it was... |
|
24 Jul 08
|
|
Bill Gates Beijing real-estate rumors Qingdao Evening NewsJuly 24, 2008
Yesterday, newspapers reported that Microsoft's recently-retired president Bill Gates will live in a traditional style Chinese courtyard (四合院) during his stay in Beijing for the Olympic Games.
According to an a... |
|
23 Jul 08
|
|
The war on emulational guns Is that an emulational gun or are you just happy to see me? Image source
You know about the war on terror and the war on drugs, but the Chinese police have declared a new war on something that you might not even know exists: "emulational guns".
This is... |
|
23 Jul 08
|
|
Hero lies to get medical coverage Dongguan TimesJuly 23, 2008
Earlier this month, several newspapers reported on Yang Jun, a 23-year-old migrant worker in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, who heroically saved a woman from being kidnapped.
It was reported that on the night of July 6, when... |
|
23 Jul 08
|
|
Three official protest zones for Olympics A pleasant place for a protest
From Xinhua, via Sina.com, in translation:
Special protest zones for Olympics
The Beijing Olympics News Center today gacve a press conference titled 'Peaceful Olympics Beijing Security Work'. BOCOG's Security... |
|
23 Jul 08
|
|
Baidu plots to divide and conquer music industry Killing three generals with two peaches
The following article by Zhang Zhiyuan was translated from the original Chinese article by the Music 2.0 blog.
The article, and an introduction by the translator, are republished here with permission.
Baidu... |
|
23 Jul 08
|
|
Fake officers selling fake cigarettes Fake People's Armed Police arrested
On July 6, three men clad in the uniform of the PAP were arrested by (real) police for hawking fake brand name cigarettes in Zhangmu, Guangdong province.
The three men were trying to persuade grocery store owners to... |
|
23 Jul 08
|
|
Six websites criticized for being "vulgar" Too vulgar for citizen's good
The Internet Society of China (ISC) sounds like an industry association but is more like an additional tool for the government to keep websites in line: when you hear about Chinese websites signing self-discipline pledges,... |
|
23 Jul 08
|
|
Long Hair Drama, by Zhang Lijia Zhang Lijia is an author and journalist who spent most of the 1980s as a worker in a missile factory in Nanjing.
Atlas and Co. recently published Zhang's memoir of her time there, written in English called "Socialism is Great!": A Worker's Memoir of the... |
|
23 Jul 08
|
|
The Crystal Palace Geremie Barmé, scholar, filmmaker and author of a new book The Forbidden City, tells the story of one of the strangest buildings inside Beijing's imperial palace. This article is from Danwei.org |
|
22 Jul 08
|
|
Beijing: A popular American TV program looking for a translator This is a recruitment advertisement. Please contact the advertiser directly if you are interested. See all job ads or place a job ad.
A famous American TV program is looking for a Chinese/English translator to participate in its program shooting in... |
|
22 Jul 08
|
|
Internet regulator restructured China restructured several government ministries in March this year, including Internet and telcom regulator MII which merged with other government organs including the National Defence Science and Technology Commission and was renamed MIIT.
MIIT is... |
|
22 Jul 08
|
|
Contemporary Chinese art: millionaires and blood on the floor Art collector Guan Yi
Since Chinese art has become red hot in the international contemporary art market, many of the most prominent Chinese pieces are being bought by foreigners and exhibited overseas.
Guan Yi, a Chinese ex-business man who made... |
|
22 Jul 08
|
|
Pre-Olympic security tightened in Beijing railway stations Beijing TimesJuly 22, 2008
Today's Beijing Times reported on the tightened security measures that take effect today in Beijing railway stations. According to the newspaper, the Beijing railway police force will take new measures to strengthen the... |
|
22 Jul 08
|
|
Beijing: UNICEF is looking for an on-line marketing specialist This is a recruitment advertisement. Please contact the advertiser directly if you are interested. See all job ads or place a job ad.
If you are a passionate and committed marketing professional and want to make a lasting difference for children in... |
|
22 Jul 08
|
|
The Global Lives Project seeks volunteers A message from The Global Lives Project:
Do you know a filmmaker or photographer in China interested in global community?
The Global Lives Project is planning a shoot in China in September 2008. We will be recording the life story and 24 hours in the... |
|
22 Jul 08
|
|
Radio journalist needed for Olympic Coverage This is a recruitment advertisement. Please contact the advertiser directly if you are interested. See all job ads or place a job ad.
Indonesia Kantor Berita Radio 68H's English language program "Asia Calling" is looking for a freelancer to cover the... |
|
21 Jul 08
|
|
One world, one dream Chris Wip's Olympic wish. This article is from Danwei.org |
|
21 Jul 08
|
|
Green architecture - Danwei Plenary Session Image of National Theater in Beijing by TooManyTribbles
Sick of talking about the Olympics?
Danwei presents the Third Plenary Session, scheduled for August 1 at The Orange in the Village at Sanlitun:
A short discussion with Jason Marriott, principal... |
|
21 Jul 08
|
|
2 dead, 14 injured in bus explosions in Kunming From GoKunming.com:
Two dead, 14 injured in Kunming bus explosions
Today at approximately 7:05 am a bus running the number 54 route exploded at the Panjiawan bus stop on Renmin Xi Lu, killing one and injuring ten, according to initial Kunming media... |
|
21 Jul 08
|
|
Olympic pinhead in Guangzhou Information TimesJuly 21, 2008
Wei Shengchu, a doctor, acupuncturist, beautician, and the Guinness world record holder for sticking most needles - 1,790 in all - into his body, is now trying his hand at performance art.
Yesterday the needle man's... |
|
21 Jul 08
|
|
An Indian perspective on China: Pallavi Aiyar Author Pallavi Aiyar with a Shaolin Monk
Pallavi Aiyar, China correspondent for The Hindu and author of the new book 'Smoke and Mirrors', answers some questions about India and China.
You can read an excerpt from the book on Danwei here.
Q: What is... |
|
21 Jul 08
|
|
Ink stained wretch at Next Media The Far Eastern Economic Review's Travellers' Tales inteviews Thomas Crampton at Next Media with tons paper destined to become the IHT.This article is from Danwei.org |
|
21 Jul 08
|
|
Yao Ming's return and China's best golf courses Yao Ming
This roundup of the past week's sporting news is from China Sports Today.
Yao Ming rejoined the Chinese national team Thursday night in a game against Serbia. The Houston Rockets center had been out with a stress fracture in his foot since... |
|
21 Jul 08
|
|
Mr Wu and Family, by Pallavi Aiyar Smoke and Mirrors by Pallavi Aiyar
Pallavi Aiyar is been the Beijing correspondent for Indian newspaper The Hindu, and has been living in Beijing since 2002. Harper Collins India recently published her book about about her experiences called Smoke and... |
|
18 Jul 08
|
|
If it smells like rotten eggs, it might be a bomb Police training for a terrorist attack
Yesterday, the Public Security Ministry released a Citizen's Anti-terrorist Handbook (公民防范恐怖袭击手册) which teaches people how to protect themselves in the event of a terrorist attack.
The h... |
|
18 Jul 08
|
|
Japanese (and other Asians): FIFA more fun than Olympics Journalist and blogger Thomas Crampton is now posting some of his work on Danwei.
A survey just released by Mindshare shows Asia—Japan especially—is not as excited about the Olympics as China.
- For Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Australia, Ta... |
|
18 Jul 08
|
|
No blacks or Mongolians for bars, or no sources for SCMP? From Beijing Boyce:
Tom Miller of the South China Morning Post reported today that bars in central Beijing have been instructed to not serve blacks or Mongolians during the Olympics:
Beijing authorities are secretly planning to ban black people and... |
|
18 Jul 08
|
|
A leaky toilet reveals corruption Today Evening NewsJuly 16, 2008
Yesterday marked the opening of the trial of Yan Dabin, the former director of the transportation bureau in Chongqing's Wushan county, and his wife in Chongqing Second Intermediary Court. Yan is charged with accepting... |
|
18 Jul 08
|
|
China: A little more gay This short documentary explores some of views on gays in Shanghai, which has become a center of gay culture since the declassification of homosexuality as a mental illness in 2001.This article is from Danwei.org |
|
18 Jul 08
|
|
Bomb, Book and Compass book review Simon Winchester's new book
This week's Access Asia newsletter included the following book review of Simon Winchester's Bomb, Book and Compass. You can sign up for their weekly newsletter at their website. Simon Winchester's book is available on... |
|
18 Jul 08
|
|
Korean news website seeking contributions The Danwei team received the following open invitation for contributions:
My name is Hyeji Jin and I am a summer intern working at OhmyNews International .
OhmyNews is the premier online citizen journalism site in Korea and we are sending our citizen... |
|
18 Jul 08
|
|
Beijing: 纽约女导演寻找23-32岁居住在北京的单身女性 An announcment:
Beijing - Documentary film about young urban Chinese woman looking for subjects:
你想分享你独特的心情故事吗?
你想纪录你的年轻岁月吗?
你想了解纪录片制作吗?
我们是来自纽约国际纪录片制... |
|
18 Jul 08
|
|
The other Olympic architecture The Olympic Wrestling Stadium, China Agricultural University Gymnasium
From MovingCities.org, by Bert de Muynck:
Olympic Architecture
In August, 31 stadiums and sport halls–both new and renovated–will form the backdrop to the Beijing Olymp... |
|
17 Jul 08
|
|
Buffalo pulled BMW Southern Metropolis DailyJuly 16, 2008
The July 16's Southern Metropolis Daily reported on a woman in Guangzhou who hitched her BMW to a water buffalo and led the beast around downtown to protest the car company's refusal to replace her defective car.... |
|
17 Jul 08
|
|
Hu Jintao is also grandpa Grandpa Hu
The spin doctors at XInhua have evidently decided that President Hu Jintao needs a little of the kindly grandpa reputation that Premier Wen Jiabao enjoys in China.
The below is from a XInhua report that is a top story, with photo, on... |
|
17 Jul 08
|
|
Government landmark for sale Southern Metropolis DailyJuly 17, 2008
When construction began in 2004 on the new municipal service center of Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan province, the project repeatedly drew criticism for being overly extravagant. The government nevertheless... |
|
17 Jul 08
|
|
Bound Feet in China Yesterday I received an email with the below photographs attached: a series of very compelling images capturing remnants of the old Chinese practice of foot binding. After a cursory attempt to find an original source for these photos I only found this... |
|
16 Jul 08
|
|
Totally sweet new court opens in Olympic Village Like KTV, but with jail sentences!
The Olympic Village People's Court moved out of its temporary location in Yayuncun and into snazzy new digs between the Athletes' Village (to the east) and the Badaling Expressway (to the west) today. The court is the... |
|
16 Jul 08
|
|
China's first jailed sexual harassment offender? Chongqing TimesJuly 16, 2008
Today quite a few newspapers reported on how a court in Sichuan sentenced a man convicted of sexual harassment to five months in jail.
According to the newspapers, this is the first time that an offender convicted of "sexual... |
|
16 Jul 08
|
|
U.S. earthquake web page blocked? According to the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake website, there was a 4.6 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan yesterday at 5:26 pm.
The epicenter was near Mianyang.
You can visit the web page linked above, but for some reason, not the detailed map of... |
|
16 Jul 08
|
|
Beijing architecture fest CCTV building; detail of photo by TooManyTribbles
The last week has seen a crop of reports about Beijing's new architecture:
The Architectural Record has published a Beijing special called Record Reveals: Beijing.
It includes a labeled Google Earth... |
|
16 Jul 08
|
|
Music Shorts - Banana Monkey The Shanghai Beat brings you a performance by Banana Monkey, an up and coming indie / garage rock band from Shanghai. For more on Banana Monkey, visit their Neocha site.
This performance can also be viewed in an earlier episode of The Shanghai... |
|
16 Jul 08
|
|
China has superpowers! Possibly rain-free!
This morning, the insightful headline story on Xinhua and the China Daily read: "Opening ceremony could be rain-free." The article explains "the chance of rain during the opening ceremony is slimmer than reported earlier, but... |
|
15 Jul 08
|
|
Mother asks for leniency for man who murdered her son The Beijing News July 15, 2008
Today's Beijing News reported on a murder trial in Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court. Song Xiaoming, a murderer on death row convicted of killing Ma Gang, has had his penalty reduced to 12 years at the request ... |
|
15 Jul 08
|
|
The Securolympics: record breaking security This Segway assault squad is prepared!
This article was contributed by Jennifer Conrad. It also appears in the July issue of Beijing's Urbane, a magazine on design, architecture and urban development.
The Securolympics
While athletes from around the... |
|
15 Jul 08
|
|
Reality TV woes and the 2008 China Media Yearbook 2008 China Media Yearbook and Directory
The Beijing-based media consultancy CMMI has released the 2008 edition of their China Media Yearbook and Directory. The excellent "yearbook" section of the publication features essays with summaries, analysis and... |
|
14 Jul 08
|
|
Chinabounder is back, with a name and a book Chinabounder's target reader
In August 2006, the blog hosting service Blogspot was unblocked in China. A psychology professor named Zhang Jiehai checked it out and found, to his displeasure, that a British English teacher calling himself 'Chinabounder'... |
|
14 Jul 08
|
|
Good morning Xinhua Insurance! This video on Youku.com is labeled the 'terribly tiring morning exercises at Xinhua Insurance (NCI)' and shows what may be compulsory a.m. activities for the staff. This article is from Danwei.org |
|
14 Jul 08
|
|
A miracle girl Yangtze Evening News July 14, 2008
A story about a high school leaver's 'nonstandard' admission to a foreign university is found on the front pages of quite a few newspapers. First published by Chutian Metropolis Daily, it was reprinted by many other... |
blogs
china
thailand
japan
technology