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Inside-out China

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A literary and cultural blog

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A CNN commentary on Clinton pick

Submitted by xje on Thu, 2008-11-20 01:04. ::

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Did Steve Clemons read my blog post yesterday before writing his today? :-)

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Hillary, Please Say NO

Submitted by xje on Tue, 2008-11-18 21:40. ::

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(image from Boston.co
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A bit more on Chongqing's taxi strike

Submitted by xje on Mon, 2008-11-17 21:36. ::

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My mother lives in Chongqing, and has taken taxis several times in recent days. "The drivers say, 'Bo Xilai is a good man!'" my mother told me on the phone yesterday. Bo Xilai is Chonqging's Party Secretary, and son of the deceased senior CCP leader Bo Yibo. Apparently the cabbies were happy with Bo Xilai's proper handling of the strike two weeks ago.
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The Lowly, Majestic, King Hui and the Real Hong Kong

Submitted by xje on Thu, 2008-11-13 00:14. ::

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King Hui: The Man Who Owned All the Opium in Hong Kong
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More taxis go on strike in China

Submitted by xje on Tue, 2008-11-11 20:32. ::

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This time in Sanya, Hainan, a beautiful coastal tourist city I've been many times. Looks like the cabbies there are following Chongqing's example.

Another, smaller city involved in cab strike this week is Yongdeng County, of Gansu Provence. See Xinhua's report.

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Cheers, short story writers!

Submitted by xje on Tue, 2008-11-11 20:21. ::

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...and Asians no less.

From guardian.co.uk: Vietnam born writer Nam Le has won the 2008 Dylan Thomas prize, picking up a cheque for £60,000 at a ceremony in Swansea last night for his first collection of short stories, The Boat. The Guardian reports that the chairman of the judges, Peter Florence, hailed Le as a "winner worthy of Dylan Thomas". (I've read a couple of Nam Le's stories and he's a natural.)
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Reflections on Chongqing's Taxi Strike

Submitted by xje on Sun, 2008-11-09 22:01. ::

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New America Media, News analysis, Xujun Eberlein, Published: Nov. 9, 2008

[Note: I started writing this for NAM on Tuesday. Realizing the timing conflicts with all the coverage of the election news, I waited until Thursday to send in the piece. I was hoping it would get published Friday, but am happy enough it showed up Sunday instead of Monday.]
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Troubling

Submitted by xje on Fri, 2008-11-07 21:30. ::

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The large scale violence that occurred Friday night (this morning our time) is very troubling, see ESWN's translation of Chinese reports. (Though for some reason, those bloody photos don't look real to me.
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American Election and Chinese Rice Bowl

Submitted by xje on Fri, 2008-11-07 19:38. ::

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A few days ago, China’s Southern Metropolitan published a column with the headline “The game of accusing China resumes in the last minute?” (h/t ESWN) The article comments on Obama’s letter to the National Council of Textile Organizations last week, in which Obama blames China for the US trade deficit, requesting that "China mu
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"The Bigger Tent"

Submitted by xje on Fri, 2008-11-07 19:11. ::

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Are bloggers considered journalists? Read this in Columbia Journalism Review.

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