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China contains almost one-fifth of the world's population. It is known for its extremely rich and long ancient history, beautiful pottery (the etymological root of the "china" in your china cabinet), lovely classical brush paintings and e... 
China contains almost one-fifth of the world's population. It is known for its extremely rich and long ancient history, beautiful pottery (the etymological root of the "china" in your china cabinet), lovely classical brush paintings and epic poetry, Bruce Lee, firecrackers, rice wine, Chinese New Year, rice paddies, and a lot of kickass martial arts flicks. It is also the last large Communist country, and is known for its governmental restrictions on free speech and the poverty of most of its citizens.Despite the economic beatdown that was the Cultural Revolution (and don’t get me started on the sociologic effects), China is quickly pushing ahead. This is partly because a country that big is a major target for businesses looking for labor and consumers, partly because the country knows what the materialist world outside looks like and is pretty desperate to get it, and partly because – well, that’s what everyone’s trying to figure out.Personally, I’m a lot more interested in whether China’s culture and society can push past the country’s current poverty. This summer I checked out Shanghai and Beijing, both prosperous and highly developed cities. But my tour also included Suzhou and Hangzhou, two less wealthy, though developing, areas – and the undescribable poverty and intense ambition of the people merged into one painful hope for the nation.I have no doubt in my mind that China is going to make enormous strides in the future. Though the Chinese government created the Google China debacle, they’ve also managed to raise GDP more than tenfold since 1978. Will these movements be despite or with the approval of the Communist government, now almost entirely headed by engineers? Or will a democratic movement, either from within or without, change the entire nature of the game? I suggest keeping your eye on it.Related Top 10 Sources: Shanghai | Asiana | Expatriate Bloggers | Travel 
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That's right, lots of road closures, stronger than average nationalistic fervour, and even more tat being sold on the streets than normal can only mean one thing: the moment we've all been waiting for is here! The international leg of the relay might have been less than harmonious, and it might be three days later than...
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Photo by Jakob Montrasio
The turnout last night was phenomenal! The lines flowed out the door and onto the streets, the beer taps ran dry, no could hear the raffle winners’ names, and the BBQ queue was unbelievable… but, beautifully, no one seemed to care.
Much to our surprise and delight, 728 people attended the...
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A good Wall Street Journal article on how the vigorous response to the quake has helped China to improve its image:Natural disasters sometimes leave damaged governments among the rubble in their wake. But more than a week after a giant earthquake shook southwestern China, it is increasingly clear that the catastrophe has...
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A good Wall Street Journal article on how the vigorous response to the quake has helped China to improve its image:Natural disasters sometimes leave damaged governments among the rubble in their wake. But more than a week after a giant earthquake shook southwestern China, it is increasingly clear that the catastrophe has...
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Good post from Stan Abrams at China Hearsay on companies (and individuals) being shamed into making contributions to earthquake relief:Humiliating individuals and enterprises for not contributing enough
to earthquake relief is taking all this a bit too far. I applaud
everyone, public and private, who has donated, physically...
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Good post from Stan Abrams at China Hearsay on companies (and individuals) being shamed into making contributions to earthquake relief:Humiliating individuals and enterprises for not contributing enough
to earthquake relief is taking all this a bit too far. I applaud
everyone, public and private, who has donated, physically...
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The good people of KFC have been handing out national pride along with their popcorn Chicken lately:
"众志成城 加油，中国" translates (very) roughly as "Everybody join together! Come on China!"
Available at a KFC 15 metres away from wherever you're at.
Meanwhile, several hundred residents in Nanjing protested outside a...
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Via Speak4China which is rapidly becoming one of our favourite blogs: Shortly after Chinese netizens launched a "human flesh search engine" and elicited a tearful response from a group of three Sichuan students for their earthquake interview prank, the online lynch mobs have quickly found a new target in a Liaoning girl...
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UPDATE: More photos are available here (link in Chinese). We should warn you that they are pretty tasteless though. (h/t to Danwei)
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The New Travel Weekly (旅游新报), a Chongqing based magazine, has been closed down by the government after it ran a series of pictures of scantily clad models surrounded by rubble at the...
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The New Travel Weekly, a Chongqing based magazine, has been closed down by the government after it ran a series of pictures of scantily clad models surrounded by rubble at the start of this week's 3-day period of mourning for the lives lost in the Sichuan earthquake. Government officials in the city said that the publicat...
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