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Tag Archives: Beijing
‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry’ Debuts at Sundance
Just as Ai Weiwei was detained in Beijing, Alison Klayman was working to finalize her years-in-the-making documentary on Ai’s life and his recent political outspokenness. I haven’t seen the full film, but it apparently received a standing ovation at its … Continue reading
Polluting in the new year!
First, of course, happy new year to all those greeting the year of the dragon this week. I, for one, am suitably stuffed. Second, via Angel Hsu, this image depicting what is most likely a huge cloud of noxious firecracker … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel Hsu, Beijing, China, Chinese New Year, data, Environment, holiday, Lunar New Year, PM2.5, pollution
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Pics: U.S. VP Joe Biden visits in Beijing neighborhood eatery
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Beijing is designed to lay the groundwork for later meetings between U.S. officials and rising leader Xi Jinping, who is currently Biden’s Chinese counterpart. Opting for a local favorite rather than a sterile … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, China–U.S., Drum Tower, Evan Osnos, food, Gulou, Joe Biden, Photography, pictures, politics, Sina Weibo
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Police-led protests? Satire and the ‘Jasmine Revolution’ [translation]
Twitter and several online communities lit up last night with talk of gatherings in several cities in China that had apparently been organized online and were given the moniker “Jasmine Revolution.” The people who gathered, according to the reports I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, blog, China, Jasmine Revolution, pictures, protest, translation, Wangfujing
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Remembering the Year of the Rat (photos)
Life passed into the Year of the Ox yesterday with little fanfare at Transpacifica headquarters. There were memories, however, of an explosive night in Beijing a year ago as we rang in the Year of the Rat. As a commemoration, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, Caochangdi, CCTV Tower, China, Chinese New Year, Drum Tower, fireworks, Photography, Qianhai, signs, Three Shadows
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Life Magazine China Photos Now on Google
I’m just starting to look through what they’ve posted, but via Kottke I’ve learned that Life Magazine and Google have teamed up to release many of the magazine’s never-released images. Naturally I started fooling around with China and Beijing pictures, … Continue reading
Online Voices Aren’t Everything in China
In the months leading up to the Beijing Olympics, which began Friday, English language media have published countless stories on China and its capital. But many of these stories echo each other and few break new ground in the world’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, China, Deng Xiaoping, Framing, Hu Jintao, Human Rights, Internet, Laobaixing, Mao Zedong, Media, Olympics, Property Rights, Wen Jiabao
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Beijing Universities Top U.S. Doctorate Feeder List
Beijing University (aka Peking University) and Qinghua University (Tsinghua) top Science magazine’s list of top undergraduate schools for students obtaining U.S. Ph.D.s. A new study has found that the most likely undergraduate alma mater for those who earned a Ph.D. … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, Beijing, Beijing University, China, China-U.S., China-U.S., Qinghua University, United States
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