Monthly Archives: 5 月 2014

A Rare, Partial Victory in Saving Remnants of Old Beijing

By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW MAY 19, 2014, 8:26 AM

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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

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How China’s Censorship Harms U.S. Media, Companies, and Investors

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.

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Son of Purged Zhao Ziyang Tells of China’s ‘Shame’

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:

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Chinese journalist braves beating to protect sources

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.

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Tienchi Martin-Liao:‘Baby-Tourism’ and Yellow Peril

 

Picture-133-e1397834503474by 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

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Fiction as Detective Work: Interview with Yiyun Li

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Yiyun Li.

Yiyun Li: “Writing fiction is like doing detective work; you have to take in every little detail.”

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Göran Malmqvists:On the Art of Translation

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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

Thanks for the Great Foreign Coverage, Jill Abramson

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.

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