Chinese Youth on Western Media: A Diversity of Opinion
Several days ago, ESWN posted a translation of a Tianya post titled “What is the reason China’s younger generation is losing confidence in the Western media?” More than a decade ago, a Chinese...
View ArticleInternet and Civil Society in China – CNbloggerCon 2008
Panel – NGO 2.0: Internet and the Growth of China’s Civil Society Speaker: Lu Fei The Use of Online Information Platform for NGO Relief Work During Wenchuan Earthquake The reaction from NGOCN during...
View ArticleChinese Teen Beating & Humiliation Videos: Viral or Virus?
2008 coined the Chinese internet meme: 很黄,很暴力 (“very yellow, very violent”). Despite roundly being used in the most humorous of situations, few things truly exemplify the dark side of this meme more...
View ArticleEnglish China Blogs Increasingly Translate Chinese Forum Content
Ever since chinaSMACK popped onto the English China blog scene with its regular translations of popular and quirky (if not outright scandalous) news and phenomena from China’s ever-vibrant and...
View ArticleRMB 1.5 Million To Marry My Overweight Daughter
Overweight woman has no suitors, wealthy father offers a dowry of 10,000 RMB per jin (0.5 kg) Source: Xiandai Kuaibao (this story has been attributed to Straits Times, but no link remains to that...
View ArticleShanghai, Arrogance, Censors, Run Away, Caracazo, & Nukes!
Weekly Review: Here are six interesting blog posts from the past week that will help you travel back in time, see what “they” don’t want you to see, know when to flee, put yourself in context to...
View ArticleGang Lu: The Dragon’s Web & Asian Internet
Gang Lu’s presentation at Barcamp Shanghai 2009, was an ambitious overview of the state of the internet for both China and greater Asia (including Japan and Korea), great for anyone who isn’t familiar...
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