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Subliminal messaging behind subtitle ban?

Apr 16, 2015 Francis Holder

Image credit r7a7n It is no secret that Xi Jinping’s administration is taking a hard line on internet regulation. Last November 18th’s blocking of EdgeCast’s Content Delivery Network or CDN illustrates just how far censorship authorities will go to control…

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China’s Ad-Hoc Pension System to Get Simpler

Mar 4, 2015 Francis Holder

(Photo by Giulio M) In late December 2014 China’s government announced its intention to merge two of its pension systems together and eliminate policies that favor civil servants over other employees. The move will simplify China’s complex pension system,…

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Shadow of old-school Communism hangs over Chinese city

Jan 30, 2015 Ye Fanfei

During the extensive political indoctrination of the Cultural Revolution, people in China were mandated to precede any conversation by reciting memorised quotes from Mao’s Little Red Book— even beggars had to say “Imperialists and reactionaries are all paper tigers!” or…

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Ladies, Ready to Step Forward?

Jan 7, 2015 Pang Vivian

Are You Ready To Step Forward? “What will you do if you have nothing to fear?” Virginia Tan, a young lawyer from Singapore, asked herself. Leaving London which she has lived for many years to a strange country——China to develop…

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David Schlesinger: China Current 2015 New Year Greeting

Jan 1, 2015 China Current International

(Image Credit: Courtesy of David Schlesinger) It’s about finding the space between. It’s about navigating the seen and unseen hazards. It’s about defining the often indefinable. It’s about creating something new, when the bounds and rules are sometimes hard,…

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China’s Manned Space Program: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Dec 30, 2014 Francis Holder

The clock is ticking on the International Space Station or ISS. The United States-led ISS project, which began construction in 1998, was a monumental effort in terms of technological achievement, financial cost, and political coordination among many of the world’s…

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Fevered Shoppers Plunge UK Black Friday Sale into Disorder

Dec 4, 2014 Ye Fanfei

(Photo Credits: Flickr, Moyan Brenn) Waiting impatiently by the doors that were guarded by store staffs for the opening hour to come; pushing their ways through the narrow gates and charging in and brawling with other shoppers over microwave ovens; some…

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APEC Blue: Looking Behind the Blue Sky

Nov 12, 2014 Johan van de Ven

The meeting of leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region got underway Monday at the APEC summit in Beijing. As has been the case for the last few days, the skies above the capital shone a bright blue – a sight…

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China Muddles Through Land Reform

Nov 7, 2014 Francis Holder

(Image Credit: Flickr – faungg ) – China’s new pilot land reform may hold the key of breaking the unsustainable socioeconomic model. On September 29th the Chinese Communist Party’s reform leading group held its fifth meeting to discuss the long overdue topic of…

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Prospect for HK’s Luxury Sales Looms

Oct 28, 2014 Lin Jing

(Image Credit: Lin Jing, China Current International) Ms. Duan, a harbour night cruise promoter, has been peddling the tour to passers-by on Canton Road for a long time. In her eyes, the road is always packed with ambitious mainland visitors…

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Subliminal messaging behind subtitle ban?

China’s Ad-Hoc Pension System to Get Simpler

Shadow of old-school Communism hangs over Chinese city

Ladies, Ready to Step Forward?

David Schlesinger: China Current 2015 New Year Greeting

Subliminal messaging behind subtitle ban?

Shadow of old-school Communism hangs over Chinese city

Ladies, Ready to Step Forward?

David Schlesinger: China Current 2015 New Year Greeting

China’s Manned Space Program: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Fevered Shoppers Plunge UK Black Friday Sale into Disorder

APEC Blue: Looking Behind the Blue Sky

China Muddles Through Land Reform

Prospect for HK’s Luxury Sales Looms

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