Books
05.02.17
China’s Mobile Economy
China’s Mobile Economy: Opportunities in the Largest and Fastest Information Consumption Boom is a cutting-edge text that spotlights the digital transformation in China. Organized into three major areas of the digital economy within China, this ground-breaking book explores the surge in e-commerce of consumer goods, the way in which multi-screen and mobile Internet use has increased in popularity, and the cultural emphasis on the mobile Internet as a source of lifestyle- and entertainment-based content.
Xi Jinping Is Only Halfway through His Rule yet China’s Already Trumpeting His Legacy
Xi is set to start his second five-year term with the party congress meeting this fall. In the past few months, China’s propaganda machines have been busy churning out videos crafting his personal image.
ISIL Video Threatens China with ‘Rivers of Bloodshed’
ISIL fighters from China’s Uighur ethnic minority have vowed to return home and “shed blood like rivers” in what security experts said marked the first such threat against Chinese targets.
Chinese Propaganda Video Warns of West’s “Devilish Claws”
The video has been widely promoted online by public security offices that oversee the police, including the Ministry of Public Security
Live-Streaming Apps Flourish in China
Welcome to China’s flourishing, new reality-show industry, where regular people use smartphones to live stream whatever suits their whims.
6 Arrested in China After Dressing Room Sex Video Goes Viral
A 19-year-old man was charged with disseminating obscene material. The couple pictured and three others were detained.
The Netflix of China Is Invading the US With Smartphones
LeTV launched its Internet video streaming service three years before Netflix (2004 versus 2007).
Culture
09.23.14
Contact Lenses
Will we all become “Chinese?” International New York Times correspondent Didi Kirsten Tatlow ironically asked recently. The question plays...
Chinese Judges Disciplined for Cavorting With Prostitutes
Two judges and an official of the Shanghai high court have been expelled from the Communist Party and dismissed from their jobs after being seen on video apparently consorting with prostitutes in glitzy nightclubs.
Yes, It’s True, China Is Launching a 24-Hour Panda Cam
China’s Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding has launched a free 24-hour live Internet-broadcast of the cuddly critters, state-run Xinhua news agency said Monday.
New Style in Old Beijing (Video)
This episode of the ‘Intersection’ video series takes place in Beijing’s Gulou neighborhood, where young Beijingers discuss their and their peers’ fashion styles and inspirations.
Media
03.15.13
CNBC Quarrel About China’s Housing Market Bubbles Over on Chinese Internet
China’s real estate prices continue to skyrocket despite government efforts to rein them in to prevent a dangerous housing bubble. On March 5, American television network CNBC invited two analysts to debate the state of the sector. But when Peter...
Culture
02.28.13
Classical Music with Chinese Characteristics
On a frigid Friday morning at the end of 2012, a stream of expectant concertgoers poured through the cavernous lobby of the China National Center for the Performing Arts. They had come to...
Chinese Political Adviser Comes Utterly Undone at Airport
Political adviser Yan Linkun was suspended from his job after laying waste to a gate at an airport in Kunming on Feb. 19 after being told he wouldn’t be able to board a plane.
‘Loser Dance’: The Harlem Shake With Chinese Characteristics
The latest viral music video craze has managed to catch on with the world’s largest population of Internet users not long after conquering banned-in-China YouTube.
Media
02.15.13
Free Coffee for North Korea?
What should China do to persuade its moody ally North Korea to comply with international restrictions on its nuclear ambitions?
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Media
06.18.12
Happiness with Chinese Characteristics
On April 2, 2012, the United Nations released the first World Happiness Report on the occasion of its first General Assembly on “...
Media
06.04.12
Food Paradise or Hell: A New Documentary Sparks Debate
A seven-part documentary on China’s food culture, “A Bite of China” (which translated literally means “China on the Tip of the Tongue”) premiered on the main channel of China Central...
Media
05.24.12
TV Show Catches Flak for its Criticism of Contestants Who Have Lived Abroad
The gameshow Fei Ni Mo Shu (Only You) has a pretty straightforward premise: a contestant steps onto a stage next to the host and introduces him/herself to a panel of twelve bosses of major companies who sit in highly extravagant throne-...
Media
05.18.12
Hong Kong Movie Star Now a Motivational Speaker
Nicholas Tse—the famous young Hong Kong singer, actor, and musician—is known for portraying irresponsible young rebels. People think that's what he's like in real life. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology invited Tse to be a...
Media
05.18.12
Drunken Brit Assaults Chinese Woman in Beijing
A drunken foreigner was caught sexually assaulting a Chinese woman in Beijing near the Xuanwumen subway station. Pedestrians stopped him and it ended in a fight. This video shows the initial confrontation with the foreigner and then jumps to the...
Media
05.17.12
Villagers Loot Spilled Watermelons From Truck After Car Crash
Two trucks collided on the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in Yueyang, Hunan Province. While local firemen worked to rescue the drivers stuck in their vehicles, people from a nearby village arrived on the scene to loot watermelons that had...
Media
05.16.12
IV Drips Sustain Students Studying for College Entrance Examination
The Xiaogan No.1 High School in China's Hubei Province allegedly hooked students up to intravenous drips filled with amino acids to sustain them while studying for the country's notoriously difficult national college entrance exams:
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Media
05.11.12
Children Travel on Zip-line Across Abyss To and From School
All 3,369 inhabitants of Hongde Village in Guizhou province, including dozens of school children, must either somehow cross the gorge, or take a detour by walking for several hours, in order to get out of their village. In 2002, a zip-...
Media
05.11.12
Ferrari Stunt Scars 600-Year-Old Monument
Netizens are outraged after a 60-second stunt by car manufacturer Ferrari leaves a 600 year-old historical site marred with skid marks.
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