Posts tagged ‘Shifang’

Jul 13

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 3^rd, 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 6

Danwei Week: Xi Jinping’s family fortunes and demonstrations in Shifang

This is the Danwei Week, a summary of the most important China stories from the last seven days. Read more

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  • Han Han on the Diaoyu Islands incident (2010.09): China's balls? (Wikipedia) Han Han, China's bad boy novelist, editor, blogger and race car driver recently posted his thoughts on the unfolding Diaoyu Islands spat between China and Japan. Protect illegal characters by Han Han/ translated by Julian Smisek A...
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  • Emily Xu's translation of Tyrannicide Brief (2009.10): Geoffrey Robertson is a well-known human rights lawyer whose reputation extends around the world. He has written numerous books about his occupation and the latest, Tyrannicide Brief, is a historical account about putting King Charles I on trial in England in 1649, a King who had the divine right to rule. Emily Xu translated the book into Chinese. Danwei interviews Xu.

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