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policy by number
In anticipation of the 18th National People’s Congress (and possible trial and sentencing of Bo Xilai and concomitant rise of Wang Yang), I am offering a bit of policy by number — one country, two...
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demise of the shenzhen youth herald
In April this year, Cao Changqing (曹长青 who now operates an influential Chinese language news source) posted “Bo Xilai’s Father Destroyed the Shenzhen Youth Herald (薄熙来父亲灭掉《深圳青年报》)” to commemorate the...
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aging in tangtou, baishizhou
This past week I have been listening to stories from the residents of the Tangtou row houses. Here is one: Old Xu was born on November 12, 1945. In neidi, he was an accountant on a production team and...
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shenzhen security holds second annual open house
As part of its ongoing efforts to create transparent government, today the Shenzhen Security Bureau is hosting its second annual Police Station Open House (警察开放日活动). In each of the Districts, one...
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on strike in longgang
According to molihua dot org, 4,000 workers at the Zhongda Printing Factory went on strike on January 10, 2013 to protest the factory’s decision to discount all years of service. Years of service are...
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 34,000...
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Baishizhou music video!
For the curious, a folk song about Baishizhou. The song is credited to 七弦花 and the lyrics make it clear — cheap housing make Baishizhou the station of choice for young migrants. The song begins, take a...
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crossroads: poetry reading
Yesterday evening shared poetry with good friends old and new: Steve Schroeder, Walter Bargen, Clarence Wolfshohl, and Huichun Liang. Impressions, below: Click to view slideshow.
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fuhua south road
Impressions of a walk along Fuhua South Road. This is one of the oldest areas in the city. Of note, the street is busy and vibrant and runs parallel to Shennan Road, which is wide and long and filled...
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LSC874—Bamboo DiRT: StoryMapJS
Mary Ann O'Donnell:Tools of the trade and fun to use! Originally posted on moar coffee plz: So, Northwestern’s KnightLab has a lot of awesome tools, and I might as well get their logo tattooed over my...
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brutal logic of contemporary capitalism -saskia sassen
Mary Ann O'Donnell:worth a look. Originally posted on synthetic zero: plus her paper Public Interventions: http://www.skor.nl/_files/Files/OPEN!%20Key%20Texts_Sassen.pdf View original
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qingming ramblings
It’s grave sweeping day, and the streets were empty. So my friend and I headed out to the Fenghuang Mountain Fenyan Ancient Temple. Neither of us have been and we were curious. However, it turns out...
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Asian Journal of Women’s Studies
Mary Ann O'Donnell:Check it out. Originally posted on Journal of Contemporary Asia: The Asian Center for Women’s Studies at Ewha Womans University publishes the Asian Journal of Women’s Studies. The...
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The Halfway There Band is looking for members
A Handshake 302 announcement from project curator Wu Dan: All of us have studied art, music or dance, but halfway there we gave up on it, and now our pictures don’t look like they’re supposed to, our...
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one day, two teas
Tuesday was a day of tea. Had a late dim sum style tea with visiting photographer Jiangnan Jian, his son, the organizer of Jiangnan Jian’s show, and Taiwanese art critic Huang Qianfang. For dinner,...
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another weekend in december
So “Oysters and Champagne” the Shajing version opened this weekend and it was quite beautiful: Meanwhile, Handshake 302’s installation, “n=distortion” also opened at the SZ-HK Biennale: This rhythm of...
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