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
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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
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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.
By Heather Timmons @HeathaT May 12, 2014
Nearly half these people are in custody</strong>. Back, L to R: Hao Jian, Cui Weiping, Liu Di, Liang Xiaoyan, Hu Shigen, Li Xuewen, and Guo Yuhua. Front: Zhou Fan, Xu Youyu, Zhang Xianling, Qin Hui, Ye Fu, and Pu Zhiqiang.ChinaChange.org
This article was last updated on May 14 at 1:00 PM in Hong Kong.
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Chinese government’s deadly June 4, 1989 crackdown on student protests in Tiananmen Square, Beijing is casting a wide net to round up would-be agitators.
Here’s who China has detained so far ahead of the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Gao Yu, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen, Xu Youyu
May 14, 2014 | by bloglarb
By Megan Shank
Step out of the Beijing airport, and taste the tang in the air. For the remainder of your time in the capital, it will linger, metallic, on the back of your tongue. Is it burning plastic? Coal? The sweat of migrant workers who have come to chase dreams and money? The boozy breath of corrupt officials? The hot asphalt poured for wide boulevards? The lingering dust of razed neighborhoods, a powdery earthen scent that haunts like an odiferous
A Trip Back to Beijing — Courtesy of Xu Zechen and Eric Abrahamsen已关闭评论
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Tagged Eric Abrahamsen, Xu Zechen
“In The Same Boat,” cut paper by Bovey Lee. Photo by Eddie Lam@Image Art Studio.
By John Pomfret, Published: May 16
John Pomfret, the author of “Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China,” is working on a book about the United States and China.
‘Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China’ by Evan Osnos已关闭评论
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Tagged AGE OF AMBITION, China
