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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:37:47 -0800

Stanford’s FACES Student Exchange Program Experiences
Forget Obama and Hu, can 40 American & Chinese exchange students contribute to and strengthen US-China ties? I think so...
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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:01:37 -0800

Quote: Howard French on China-Obama Press
“It may have made certain people in this society feel better about themselves, but if the goal is changing behaviors in...
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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:56:11 -0800

America Interferes With China’s Internal Affairs, Yes, True, And…?
Why authoritarian China is defying Western democratic expectations by not failing & imploding...and how foreigners indeed...
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:47:54 -0800

Quote: Kelly Hammond on Pepsi for China
“What does all this mean for scholars who work so hard to deflate this false conflation of westernization and...
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:47:54 -0800

Quote: Kelly Hammond on Pepsi for China
“What does all this mean for scholars who work so hard to deflate this false conflation of westernization and...
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:39:59 -0800

2012 Movie: Praising China & The Chinese? No, Not Really
Roland Emmerich's 2009 apocalyptic movie "2012" has been praised and criticized for pandering to China and Chinese...
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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:25:46 -0800

CNBloggerCon: For The Chinese, Not The Foreigners
The China Blogger Conference is largely inaccessible and irrelevant to most foreigners. Even so, what happens here, every year,...
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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:55:01 -0800

Busing From Guangzhou To Lianzhou
A 3 hour bus ride from Guangzhou to Lianzhou involves smooth highways & narrow, uneven dangerous country roads. A truck...
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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:22:52 -0800

Off To 2009’s 5th Annual CnBloggerCon We Go!
The 5th annual China Blogger Conference is being held in Lianzhou this year, about 3 hours outside of Guangzhou. We're...
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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:41:21 -0700

English Blogs About China: Moser Interviews Goldkorn & Anti
Summary of interesting points and the English-language China blogs mentioned in the recent BON TV David Moser interview with...
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Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:54:26 -0700

Taipei & Beijing To Set Up Tourism Offices By February 2010
Taiwan and China agree to set up tourism offices in each other's capitals (Taipei and Beijing) by early 2010, as Taiwan aims...
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Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:30:12 -0700

Quote: Andy Keller on the CCP
“…the Party seems to view itself as more of a shepherd in charge of moving sheep around…than the vanguard of...
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Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:22:53 -0700

Kyochon: Korean Fried Chicken In Pudong, Shanghai
Review of the Korean fried chicken restaurant Kyochon's first & only location in Shanghai, China. Lots of boy band Super...
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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:52:34 -0700

The Message (风声): Spooky & Sordid Chinese Espionage Thriller
Review of the film adaptation of Jia Mai's espionage thriller novel starring Zhang Hanyu & Zhou Xun as spies fighting the...
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Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:07:07 -0700

Shanghai Metro Improvements & Annoying Gate-Jumpers
How the Shanghai metro and its riders has grown and improved over the years in China, as well as a somewhat physical...
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Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:51:29 -0700

Quote: Jeremiah Jenne on What Chinese Fear
“…Chinese see their history through the lens of chaos/order with the forces of the latter fighting a constant...
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Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:36:35 -0700

Shanghai Side Streets: Snacks, Sights, & Stories
Scenes observed in passing, of local Chinese in Shanghai on streets far away from the main avenues familiar to tourists and...
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Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:15:38 -0700

Empire State Building Honoring PRC 60th Anniversary Outrage
Americans outraged by the Empire State Building honoring the People's Republic of China's 60th anniversary with red and...
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Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:32:54 -0700

China’s Mainstream Media Views On China Blogs & Bloggers
Does China's mainstream media fear competition from new media like the internet? Editors of the People's Daily don't think...
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Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:57:11 -0700

Google Celebrates Confucius’ Birthday With Special Logo
On September 28, 2009, Google honored the 2560th birthday of famous Chinese philosopher and thinker Confucius (孔夫子) with...
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Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:58:19 -0700

Taiwan Is A Renegade Province Because China Says So
...and why that is one of the lousiest arguments in the never-ending debate over whether Taiwan is an independent state or...
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Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:53:29 -0700

American Bias & Insecurity From China’s One-Party Autocracy?
How did Thomas Friedman's mere suggestion that China's one-party autocracy is more efficient at making decisions label him as...
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Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:23:19 -0700

CCTV Rips Off Japanese Anime Pokemon & Naruto, Is Shameless
A "domestic" Chinese cartoon is exposed by Chinese netizens to have copied numerous character and story elements from popular...
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Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:55:26 -0700

Quote: The Last Psychiatrist On Mercantilism
“As long as America remains the largest current market, it sets the standards. The Chinese are going to need Viking...
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Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:17:54 -0700

Military Training For China’s University Students (Video)
A popular video showing the military training all Chinese university students in the PRC are required to undertake is...
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