The NYT Art & Design page describes a new experiment in affordable urban Chinese housing and how these designs deliberately interact with Chinese history and contemporary social pressures: In Modern China, ‘Little Kingdoms’ for the People
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Pronounced: bì xié
Literally: avoid evil (avoid evil/malevolent spirits)
Means: Why you're supposed to wear red underwear during Spring Festival.
- 2010/02/04
"If the family can't even spend the New Year together life would be pointless."
See the trailer for a new, critically acclaimed documentary showing the life of Chinese migrant workers and the connection between them and you. Outside China you can visit the official website.
- 2010/02/07
How the hypocritical West plays into China's hands
"The weakness of justice in front of money: ...the free world is not afraid of Soviet nuclear bombs, but has no choice but to surrender under China’s sugar-coated bullets."
- 2010/02/07
Chinese public service announcement: Stop Bribing Everybody!
The public service announcements I grew up with said stuff like wear your bike helmet, don't do drugs, smoking is bad, etc. But here's a Chinese one that's trying to get people to stop offering "red packets" full of money (红包) to teachers, doctors, policemen, and gov. officials. In China if you want to have any confidence that these people will actually do their jobs, a hóngbāo or two (or more) is sometimes necessary.
- 2010/02/05
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