A five-year ‘bridge-blogger’ on how the Chinese internet changes the millennia-old, near hopeless system of peasants petitioning the central authorities against their local overlords, who usually have the power to suppress all news of their misconduct.
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Pronounced: sān sú
Means: The "Three Vulgarities" refers to things officially deemed vulgar (庸俗 yōngsú), low (低俗 dīsú), or pandering (媚俗 mèisú) in the ongoing anti-vulgarity censorship campaign that was launched in late July. English translations of the three vulgarities differ; see here and here to compare dictionary entries.
- 2010/08/11
China in 2013 -- a dystopian novel skewers "the China model of development"
The China Beat provides a helpful summary of a dystopian novel critical of the way things are in China: "The novel can be read ... as a realistic presentation of the shocking darkness behind the dazzling economic miracle created by the Chinese model. It also proposes that China’s younger generations suffer from the consequences of collective amnesia and historical half-truths... The book can also be read ... as an allegory of the modern nation-state. Taking China as a case study, by questioning the morality and political legitimacy of the Chinese model of development, the novel is intended to lead us to the potential catastrophes that a modern nation-state may bring about if it is out of its people’s control."
- 2010/07/28
Air pollution update & links (it's getting worse)
The Ministry of Environmental Protection acknowledged on Monday that the first half of 2010 had the worst air quality since 2005.
The good doctor in Beijing recently conducted a new air pollution survey around the city, comparing indoor and outdoor pollution, and the effects of things like air purifiers.
There's also an air pollution Q&A with another doctor in Beijing about the actual effects on healthy people and when and where to exercise.
- 2010/07/27
NPR series: "New Believers - a religious revolution in China"
NPR has an on-going series on the apparent rise of religious belief in China.
- 2010/07/24
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