James Fallows wishes he was in China right now to “see first-hand” how people in China are reacting to reports that dam construction may have led to the Sichuan earthquake last year. Here’s a rough translation of the only media report... ...full story at Mutant Palm
from Mutant Palm on Fri, Feb 06 2009
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China quake: Foreign media praise China´s relief efforts »
YouTube video News media around the world have been praising the Chinese government and people's rescue efforts after the deadly earthquake in Sichuan province one week ago. They said the information and reports are public and transparent, and believed people in... |
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Seeking truth from whatever… » Granite Studio For what it’s worth, David Bandurski and his team at China Media Project absolutely rock, and today’s commentary and translation of a bit of whiny blather from Qiu Shi on “people being mean to China” or some other such spray of... |
| 13 May 08 |
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China Getting Wise To Media: The Earthquake And Wikipedia » China Law Blog By Steve Dickinson, from Shanghai The Chinese media response to yesterday's Sichuan Province earthquake has been unexpected. When these sorts of things happened in the 80s or the 90s or even two years ago, there was a virtual media blackout. Not true for... |
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Chinese Youth on Western Media: A Diversity of Opinion » CN Reviews Several days ago, ESWN posted a translation of a Tianya post titled “What is the reason China’s younger generation is losing confidence in the Western media?” More than a decade ago, a Chinese diplomat gave a speech in which he narrated... |
| 17 May 09 |
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In Memory: 1 Year Anniversary Of The 5.12 Sichuan Earthquake » CN Reviews As expected, the Chinese media and internet is crawling with content commemorating the one-year anniversary of the devastating 2008 May 12th Sichuan Earthquake (often also referred to as the Beichuan/Wenchuan Earthquake) that killed a reported 68,712... |
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Best of the China Blogs: June 23 » China Journal A daily look at what we’re reading. –A quake’s ripples: How powerful was the Sichuan earthquake? As this video shows, it shook the massive “stabilizing ball” atop Taiwan’s Taipei 101 skyscraper.... |
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