By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW MAY 19, 2014, 8:26 AM
Cui Jinze stands below the hanging lotus gate at No. 33 Lingjing Lane. The empty rectangles along the top of the gate show where thieves removed carved panels in January.
Courtesy of Cui Jinze
By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW MAY 19, 2014, 8:26 AM
Cui Jinze stands below the hanging lotus gate at No. 33 Lingjing Lane. The empty rectangles along the top of the gate show where thieves removed carved panels in January.
Courtesy of Cui Jinze
May 19, 2014
written by Sarah CookSenior Research Analyst for East Asia
The Chinese regime’s never-ending struggle to suppress information that could threaten its grip on power keeps citizens in the dark on topics of vital importance. But it has also taken a growing toll on U.S. media attempting to report on the world’s second-largest economy, and directly affected other businesses operating in China, with real consequences for U.S. investors.
How China’s Censorship Harms U.S. Media, Companies, and Investors已关闭评论
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Tagged Human Rights Defender, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
The South China Morning Post reports that Zhao Wujun, son of the former CCP General Secretary Zhao Ziyang who died under house arrest in 2005, is attempting to restore his father’s legacy:
Son of Purged Zhao Ziyang Tells of China’s ‘Shame’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged June 4th, Tiananmen, Zhao Ziyang
21 May 2014
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has praised the bravery and integrity of a mainland Chinese journalist who was beaten for not revealing the sources in his investigative journalism work against a communist party official.
Chinese journalist braves beating to protect sources已关闭评论
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Tagged Chutian Metropolis Daily, Journalist, Man Da, Press Freedom
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / April 23, 2014
Context for China’s new wave of emigration.
Chinese Immigration Infographic
Detail of an infographic by Chinese news portal Sina illustrating Chinese emigration. According to Sina, in 2011 more than 150,000 Chinese citizens left China, about 1/10 the population of Philadelphia. Photo: Sina
Tienchi Martin-Liao:‘Baby-Tourism’ and Yellow Peril已关闭评论
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Tagged Baby-Tourism, Liao Tianqi
Göran Malmqvists blogg
Från en sinologs skrivarlya 漢學家馬悅然書房
2012/12/29
馬悅然論:翻譯的藝術
There are four kinds of translators:
Firstly, there are the scholar/translators, to whom the translation of a text serves as the final argument in a piece of philological research. The structure of such translations normally strictly follows that of the original text, with the addition of square brackets, indicating words which the target language forces the translator to include. My venerated master professor Continue reading
Göran Malmqvists:On the Art of Translation已关闭评论
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Göran Malmqvists, Translation
BY ELIAS GROLL MAY 15, 2014 – 07:02 PM
New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson didn’t leave the paper on her own terms. In a reportedly awkward newsroom meeting on Wednesday — from which Abramson was conspicuously absent — the paper’s publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, announced her departure and the elevation of the paper’s number two, Dean Baquet, into its top editing role.