ChinaGeeks

Wang Keqin’s blog has a very long accounting (based on this original story) of how the rebuilding is going in earthquake-affected areas like Mianyang. Unfortunately, it seems some of the new building materials are just as shoddy, or even worse, then the ones destroyed in the 5/12 earthquake. His post is too long to translate [...]

Recently we got an email requesting that we do a piece about this story. The whole story is worth a read, but the gist of it is thus:
Authorities in China are moving to snuff out petitioning, a centuries-old form of protest that brings thousands of aggrieved people to the capital each year seeking justice.
[...] the [...]

In recent days, it seems like any discussion of China and the internet centers around censorship and the possible destabilizing influence presented by the free information exchange afforded by the web. Of course, the internet is used for other things too, but those just lead to more censorship, which leads back to the aforementioned discussion. [...]

According to ESWN, lots of Chinese people apparently would. Lu Jiali, reportedly the mistress of some of Shanghai’s highest officials (many of whom are now embroiled in a scandal), is an attractive woman (88% of netizens polled agree!). Photos of her (after the jump) have been circulating the internet recently, which led to an opinion [...]