Chinese Mixed Marriages Growing in Popularity
Friday June 22, 2007
Mixed marriages--marriages between native Chinese and foreigners--are becoming more common, China Daily reports:
For months they cooked in the same kitchen at college in London, each of them preparing their own ... Read More
Did You Used to Think Everyone in China Knew Kung Fu?
Friday June 15, 2007
Lost Laowai is announcing "If I Knew Then What I Know Now," a group writing project that invites foreigners living in China to share the stereotypes and misconceptions they had ... Read More
In China, It Can Be a Struggle to Die With Dignity
Friday June 15, 2007
The 88s have the story of a 32 year-old husband and father with terminal leukemia who has been kicked out of hospitals around Shanghai:
My wife saw Xiao Li recently in ... Read More
Wikipedia Unblocked! (Again)
Friday June 15, 2007
Just weeks after blocking Answers.com, Wikipedia poacher and back door for Chinese internet users seeking banned content, Chinese censors have unblocked Wikipedia, or at least the non-Chinese language versions. ... Read More
Pirates of the Caribbean III! (Slightly Edited for Chinese Sensibilities)
Tuesday June 12, 2007
In Pirates of the Caribbean III: At World's End, Hollywood stars Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, and Orlando Bloom are joined by Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-Fat (in the West, of ... Read More
Zhengzhou Riots
Tuesday June 12, 2007
The Shanghaiist has video of recent riots in Zhengzhou, where 1,000 university students took to the streets after a female student street peddlar was severely beaten by two city inspectors.
Small-scale ... Read More
Is the sky falling?
Saturday June 9, 2007
I dunno. Maybe the warm weather makes the discontent more keen on being out in the fresh air, but as the Shanghaiist notes, a growing number of wronged villagers ... Read More
Growing Protests Over One Child Policy
Monday June 4, 2007
There have been ongoing protests in Guangxi Province against the one child policy, specifically the exorbitant fines families who have more than one child are forced to pay.
Apparently some thirty-five ... Read More
