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Sep 10

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The China Story Yearbook 2012 in print

Today Danwei is happy to announce the launch of the first print on demand edition of The China Story Yearbook 2012: You can order a copy from Lulu.com here (the book’s contents are free, you pay USD11.35 for printing, plus shipping).

You can also read the entire book online for free or download free digital editions of the book for Kindle, iPad, iPhone and other e-readers here. The book is part of a broader project in which Danwei is deeply involved; see The China Story for more.

Aug 28

Gao Xiaosong on America

Gao Xiaosong on America

Gao Xiaosong (高晓松) is a Chinese media personality known for his music, film work, and perhaps most influentially in his role as a judge on China’s Got Talent (中国达人秀) and Super Girls (超级女声). Read more

Aug 17

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Beijing in my memory, London in my eyes

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project.

This week’s digest proposes to look back at the London Olympics and the commentaries they received from Chinese intellectuals online – comparisons with Beijing 2008, or broader reflections on the roles of the media, business interests and the State in organised sports.

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Jul 29

Blood-stained GDP or the acceptable price of development?

Wenzhou train crash one year memorial

On July 23 2011, a train crash near Wenzhou on the high speed rail network killed 40 people and created a public controversy that has not yet died down.

Below is a translation of The one year anniversary of the July 23 high-speed train accident, a document was posted to the Internet by Manzi Digest, an iPhone and iPad news app based on the Weibo tweets of angel investor and Weibo celebrity Charles Xue aka Xue Manzi. The document is a compilation of Internet postings, photos and writings about the crash and its aftermath. Read more

Jul 27

Painted Skin film poster

China box office takings first half 2012: Titanic 3D dominates

Below are the box office takings in China for the first half of 2012 as reported by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT).

The top grossing film was Titanic 3D which brought in 934 million yuan), while the top earning Chinese film was Painted Skin: The Resurrection 画皮II which sold 216 million yuan’s worth of tickets. Read more

Jul 23

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Study abroad websites for Chinese students

Below is a list of four popular websites that Chinese students use to research, plan and comment on studying abroad. Read more

Jul 21

CNNIC

538 million Internet users, mobile access most common

Various numbers about China’s Internet, telecoms and media have been released over the last week or so. CNNIC, a government body that issues reports and statistics on the Chinese Internet, released its mid year report.

Some numbers from the report:

The total number of Internet users reached 538 million (about 40% of the population) by June, up from 513 million in December 2011.

388 million people use mobile phones to get online; the report emphasizes that mobile devices are now far and away the most common way Chinese people get online.

There are 146 million ‘village netizens’(农村网民) or Internet users in rural areas. Read more

Jul 16

Shen Yuning on the Maruhubi Beaches in Tanzania

The Swahili-Chinese Dictionary Project

Shen Yuning is a lexicographer working on a Swahili-Chinese dictionary.  He is currently studying African languages and cultures at the University of Hamburg and lives in Tanzania.  Completing a comprehensive dictionary can be a tedious task, but Shen sees it as “a small personal initiative for translating knowledge.”  Below he answers questions from Danwei on his project: Read more

Jul 13

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What sort of harmony should we support?

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project.

On July 3rd, citizens of Shifang, Sichuan, protested against a Molybdenum-copper project in their area, and its possible impact on their health and the environment (more about this event on Danwei here). This post offers a short selection of reactions from 1510 contributors. Read more

Jul 11

July 11 Dongguan Times front page

Awesome “yellow shirt guys” to the rescue

Today the front page of the Dongguan Times features headshots of five men, along with the headline: “You’re awesome!” The subheading explains that, in the midst of their busy lives, all these men had spontaneously come together for the occasion of saving a child. The largest picture has a caption over it that reads, “We found ‘yellow shirt guy’!” Read more

Jul 10

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SARFT goes after online video, again

A spokesman for the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) announced yesterday that some original drama series and films on video websites like Youku.com and Tudou.com don’t meet government censorship standards and contain unacceptable dirty language, violence and sex. Read more

Jun 28

From Global Times - Three schoolgirls look out from a balcony after school in Caomiao village of rural Luoyang, Henan province

Holding up half the sky, but taking all the rap

This is Danwei Week, a summary of the most important China stories from the last seven days. We’ll choose a maximum of five topics per week, and try to link to the best coverage of them in English. If this new weekly feature works, it will become a standard part of the Sinica podcast.

Depressing news about women in China Read more

Jun 28

Danwei Model Workers 2012 – New additions to the final list

The Danwei Model Workers 2012 edition is now closed: Please see the complete list.

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