Here is a light topic. Since last year's parody song "Say a word in heart", singing songs in a foreign language -- if you can call it that -- has been raised to a totally new level. You've probably even heard the stomach-churning subsequent parodies of "Shanghai beach", "Spicy girl", and even the Peking Opera standard "Su san qi jie", but alas this genre has mercifully run its … [Read more...] about People of the world unite?!
Archives for April 2009
(Letter from chorasmian) Self identification of 2nd generation Chinese in overseas
Recently, my daughter had this poem in her class project. Where Are You From? Where am I from? I come from … [Read more...] about (Letter from chorasmian) Self identification of 2nd generation Chinese in overseas
(Letter from Joel) Mainlanders and their pasts, Mainlanders and their selves
For me personally, the Mainland's grandparents and great-grandparents are China's most interesting generation. As soon as I could string a few sentences together I was trying to get our neighbours to tell us about their stories and experiences. But Xinran, the authour of China Witness: Voices from a Silent Generation, being Chinese, can go light-years farther in an interview … [Read more...] about (Letter from Joel) Mainlanders and their pasts, Mainlanders and their selves
(Letter) Web search for Tiananmen not censored, but do people care?
As a readers of China blogs for quite some times, I've read my fair share of reports of Tiananmen being a taboo subject in China, and a sensitive terms that's filtered by the Chinese government's GFW (here, here). But those reporting filtering/censorship seem to have categorically fell silent when it appears the term "Tiananmen 64" (in Chinese and English) is not being … [Read more...] about (Letter) Web search for Tiananmen not censored, but do people care?
Is Chinese Meritocracy a Viable Alternative to Western Democracy?
David Brooks at the New York Times wrote a column more than a year ago, “The Dictatorship of Talent”. He characterized the Chinese political system as a form of “meritocratic paternalism”. … [Read more...] about Is Chinese Meritocracy a Viable Alternative to Western Democracy?