virtualreview

china: news and opinion

Child abandonment: rumors from the interior

At Shenzhen Noted, Mary Ann O'Donnell reports rumors she's come across in Shenzhen about the practice of sending children away from home: I don't know how to think about this conversation. I don't know how to evaluate and confirm its truth content. I... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Sat, May 23 2009

see also:

18 Jan 08 visit people in Shenzhen(China),ShenZhen Station  »  YouTube videoeast side from ShenZhen-station,to north,DongMen-area, ShenZhen, China 11:48~ 6(Sunday)/January/2008 Hitodori ひとどり 中国 深セン 東門エリア  セン駅前東側 北へ けて  2008年1月6日 日)11:48~ http://1st.geo cities.jp/jp2323y/
16 May 09 visit Congestion in Shenzhen  »  Danwei At Shenzhen Noted, Mary Ann O'Donnell talks to a Shenzhen cabbie about why traffic accidents often remain on the roadway for hours until the police show up: His discourse lasted about thirty minutes, or the time it took us to crawl from the Mangrove...
07 May 09 visit Taxing fun with cell phones  »  Danwei Mary Ann O'Donnell at Shenzhen Noted introduces a government SMS contest in Shenzhen: One of the events being promoted by the Shenzhen Bureau of Taxation is citizen participation in the 3rd National Tax Collection Text Message Publicity Contest...
05 Mar 07 visit Livejournal blocked in China?  »  Danwei Blog and online diary platform Livejournal seems to be blocked in Beijing, and also in Shenzhen, according to Mary Ann O'Donnel, author of Shenzhen Field Notes. Can readers elsewhere in the country confirm? Please leave a comment or send email to jeremy...
28 May 08 visit Officials deny rumors spread by text message  »  Shanghai Daily A SEISMOLOGICAL official in Sichuan yesterday dismissed rumors that another strong earthquake would strike southwest China late yesterday or today. "Such rumors are groundless," said Deng Changwen, deputy director...
07 Feb 09 visit Who should have rights to the City?  »  Danwei Shenzhen Noted muses about the hukou system and Shenzhen identity. Link picked by Danwei.org

« Today's Stories