Last week while catching up on TED ‘09 videos, I came across Chimamanda Adichie’s presentation, The danger of a single story. It was a presentation that essentially was baout how we oftem times make judgements based on knowing a single point... ...full story at All Roads
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A Deer of Nine Colors/九色鹿（1/5） »
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The original story is based on the Buddhist Jataka tale of the same name, which were discovered as cave paintings from the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, China. The animated plot is essentially a spinoff.
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Why China’s Block of the New York Times Doesn’t Matter (As Much As It Once Did). » Shanghai Scrap Earlier this week, Jim Fallows - via his blog - reported and broke the story of the Chinese government’s block of the New York Times website in China. It’s an important story, and a really nifty piece of blogged reporting: Fallows asked his... |
| 23 Jun 08 |
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Political unification and China’s Grand Union ideal » Blogging For China On this site, we’ve come back to the question of secession several times. The news a week ago that Ireland, with less than 1% of the EU’s population, single-handedly derailed the second EU attempt at political centralization (Lisbon Treaty)... |
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It Lengthens, It Strengthens, It’s Olympic! » Peking Duck Collector’s Edition Fuwa Condoms: Fuwas ‘Beibei,’ ‘Jingjing,’ ‘Huanhuan,’ ‘Yingying,’ and ‘Nini’ are the new darlings of the Olympics! The Fuwas represent the hopes and dreams of the... |
| 22 Jul 07 |
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The convictions of truths and lies in China » Lost Laowai About 10 days ago it was reported that steamed buns in China’s capital were being made with cardboard and pork flavouring. It was then announced earlier this week that the ‘cardboard baozi‘ story was a hoax created by a... |
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China: Out of Libya » Global Voices It’s [zh] since been disabled, but there was one especially eye-catching post on Tianya, one of China’s most widely-read bbs forum sites last month. ‘Save us!’ it read. ‘We’ve been stuck in Libya for over a year and... |
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