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Huang Mengfu, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the board of directors of the China Foundation For Human Rights Development, quotes an American friend…
“He said an American could write a book after returning from a weeklong trip to the East Asian nation but could only [...]

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What could a lǎowài (老外) do in 2009 to better adjust to life in China? The list below contains some of the ideas I’ve collected (they’re not all mine), and I’m curious to hear what other ideas are out there. Bonus points for creativity, usefulness, and doability. Mucho uber bonus points if [...]
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… a Christmas story inspired by Edgar Snow’s Red Star over China Gospel

The East is Red

Starring:

- Nanny
- Hermit
- Chinacansayno
- Mao Tse-Tung
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A JR production, to start on December 25, if it passes censorship.
      

Hello Children,
here is another patriotic piece which warms my heart.
“We Chinese are just too good and honest, too honest to other people. China was bulied by other countries all the time, but we never bully other people for our own dignity but are still criticized by the values of others. *Sigh* We are just too [...]

This summer, I tuned into a news broadcast on shortwave, and for several minutes, I thought I was listening to the Voice of America (VoA). However, I was listening to an English program by China Radio International (CRI). This probably wouldn’t have happened if the focus hadn’t been on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkey, but on [...]

Israel’s Calcalist (Hebrew only) reports on quite a little scandal at the Israeli embassy in Beijing. According to the newspaper, the consul in the newly opened Israeli consulate in Shenzhen is under heavy criticism for choosing to live in…
Beijing!
According to the article, the newly appointed consul has been living in the nation’s capital for the [...]
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Recently I was in Shanghai as part of the China 2.0 tour. Though much of the tour revolved around visiting local Web companies, the organizers did provide us with some high-class networking opportunities.
During one such event, at Shanghai’s newest hotspot M1NT, an enthusiastic stranger came up to me and slipped a USB flash drive into [...]
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Chinalyst has opened its China Blog Awards 2008. Justrecently isn’t competing but has voted for mylaowai.com.
This is meant to be sort of a recommendation to do likewise, so I should say why. I’ll give you my reasons in a Chinese order - I’ll start with more trivial reasons and finish with my most important reason.
a) [...]

In February 1972, Dr Vitaly A. Rubin, a Senior Research Fellow in Chinese Studies at Moscow’s Institute of Oriental Studies, applied for an exit visa to emigrate to Israel. Rubin was Jewish, educated in the orthodox tradition of his people. Following his visa application, he was pressured into resigning his position at the Institute, his [...]