June 2009 - Danwei - Chinglishfriend.com

An incident in Xi'an

bezdomny ex patria looks at a post by blogger Yang Hengjun that describes a car accident in Xi'an: A very weak-looking local woman, a clearly visible white BMW from another province, a group of locals looking on, the situation did not look very favourable...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 8:52 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Green Dam content filter deadline pushed back

Despite its complete confidence in the product, a claimed 90% filter rate against porn, total respect for intellectual property, dismissal of WTO concerns, and discussions with computer manufacturers stretching back to March, the Ministry of Industry...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 7:50 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

China's Marlboro Country

Te-Ping Chen writes for Slate about the counterfeit cigarette industry in Yunxiao, Fujian Province. Link picked by Danwei.org

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 7:57 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Tipping and Beijing air pollution index

The Atlantic's James Fallows has left China － in this blog post he misses not tipping and hopes that the people on top of the Beijing U.S. embassy will predict some positive weather for Beijing on Twitter soon. Link picked by Danwei.org

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 5:37 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

A bridge collapse and a train crash

Modern Jinbao June 30, 2009 Today's front pages were dominated by two major transportation accidents that took place yesterday. Today's Modern Jinbao , a Ningbo-based newspaper, features a large photograph of a a road bridge in Tieli, Heilongjiang...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 5:27 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Front Page of the Day

Stubborn persistence in pursuit of World Heritage status

I can outlast you Two famous Chinese mountains were put up for UNESCO World Heritage status this year. Shanxi's Mount Wutai was successful and was recognized for its wealth of Buddhist architecture. Mount Song, a Daoist peak in Henan Province that...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 3:18 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Tourism

Delays for Green Dam filter installation

The Financial Times is reporting that computer retailers in Beijing aren't expecting PCs equipped with the Green Dam-Youth Escort software until several weeks after the official deadline of July 1: Staff selling Lenovo, Dell, Sony, Toshiba, Acer,...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 2:45 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Some more Green Dam documents...

Rebecca MacKinnon writes about more documents to do with the Green Dam: from Sony, who has gone ahead with including the software in their products, and a letter composed in protest to Premier Wen: So it appears that Sony has gone ahead with distribution...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 11:47 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

China raises gasoline and diesel prices

From AFP: China boosted state-set gasoline and diesel prices Tuesday to reflect rising global crude costs. The retail price of gasoline rose by 8.6 percent and that of diesel by 9.6 percent, the country's planning agency announced. It said the step...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 11:17 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Virtual currency only virtually useful

The WSJ's China Journal reports on new rules prohibiting the use of virtual currency to buy actual goods: Among the other highlights: The regulations state that online currency issuers should refund the unused virtual money of their users if their...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 9:14 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

"What do you think about the Green Dam?" asks HKU admissions

Why do you like Michael Jackson? An editor from Henan, Yue Jianguo, wrote in to the Beijing Youth Daily to comment on the questions asked by Hong Kong universities － in this case the University of Hong Kong － to their mainland applicants. His central...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 6:00 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Newspapers

Michael Jackson and China

The Global Times writes about the King of Pop and his fans in China: "If you were young and sensitive to rhythm, you would surely fall in love with his music," said 41-year-old Wang Xiaofeng, a well-known music critic, while describing the heat...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 5:04 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Nine held in connection to collapsed Shanghai apartment building

The Beijing News June 29, 2009 Yesterday's front pages were largely devoted to a 13-storey riverbank apartment that tipped over in Shanghai on the morning of June 27, killing one worker inside. The building remained in the news today: according to...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 4:38 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Front Page of the Day

The Anshun Huangguoshu Waterfall

The Anshun waterfall This is a piece by a contributor, Dustin Ooley, who is a U.S.-China Friendship Volunteer, part of the Peace Corps, presently stationed in at Anshun Teacher's College, Anshun, Guizhou PRC. I came to China as a Peace Corps Volunteer...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 4:35 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Guest Contributor

Politics of othering and postmodernization of the Cultural Revolution

Guo Jian, professor of English and Chinese at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and co-editor of Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution , has posted a number of papers to the TECN academic website. Others include: Teaching the Story...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 4:10 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

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