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News on Chinese Society

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Asleep at the wheel

A deadly cocktail of banquets, booze and bad driving
Aug 28, 2009 (WiC 28)

Liang Huiming was no ordinary drunk driver. Nor was his excuse for becoming so. According to the Southern Metropolis News, Liang heads the party disciplinary committee in Panyu’s Lanhe township. But he absolved himself of any blame in his ...

Buddha’s star appeal

Why rising prosperity has prompted growth in Chinese Buddhism
Aug 28, 2009 (WiC 28)

Stories of film star spirituality often attract a scornful eye. Cue that Buddhism press release shortly after the one on the visit to the Betty Ford clinic, for instance. Then expect news of the first orphan adoption. But can we really blame ...

China’s divorce rate rockets
Aug 21, 2009 (WiC 27)

A 29 year-old woman in Chong-qing recently posted a personal ad for marriage that required candidates to complete a written test. Claiming that she wanted an intelligent life partner, she had designed the test in four parts: complete a pair of ...

Dancing to a new tune

Welcome to violin town
Jul 24, 2009 (WiC 25)

There is a scene in the movie, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress where a violin is fought over. The film, set in the Cultural Revolution, sees a city boy sent to a remote Sichuan village for re-education. After burning his “bourgeouis ...

Minority report

China’s ethnic groups are in the headlines. Here’s what you need to know
Jul 17, 2009 (WiC 24)

It’s like discovering a population the size of Japan’s. Maybe it’s easier to miss the existence of 120 million people when they are part of much larger – 1.3 billion – group. Or perhaps the perception of the Chinese culture as a vast ...

An unanticipated use for air raid shelters
Jul 17, 2009 (WiC 24)

Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore, has always been admired for keeping his cool. Fewer people are aware how much thought he has given to the importance of temperature. Indeed, when asked for his view on the most ...

Red art now in the black

A revolution in the art world
Jul 10, 2009 (WiC 23)

Around 15 years ago Marc Faber began to accumulate memorabilia from ‘red’ China. The stuff was virtually worthless at the time but Faber – who is a well known investor – reasoned that the memorabilia would one day surge in value. Although ...

Unrest in the west

This week’s unrest in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, has been widely covered
Jul 10, 2009 (WiC 23)

What was the immediate lead up to the violence? There is reporting of the immediate spark: the death at the end of June of two Uighur workers at a factory in Guangdong, after clashes with Han locals following unfounded ...

No shelter from the storm

Old problems for China’s youngest mayor
Jul 3, 2009 (WiC 22)

He should have said no to the photos in the melon patch. Especially the one beneath an umbrella held out by a helpful colleague. That will be one of the early lessons in the political career of China’s youngest mayor, Zhou Senfeng. The ...

The Chens choose

A family’s education points to a changing China
Jun 26, 2009 (WiC 21)

Talk of towers in China and the image is of the industrial chimney variety, belching out smoke and noxious gas. But the ivory towers of higher education exist in China too. In fact, the term translates into Mandarin very directly, with the ...

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