The Yellow River flows through Henan Province, and this region is considered the cradle of Chinese civilization. Besides Luoyang, the province is home to a number of other ancient capitals of past dynasties. We were in Henan mainly to see the Shaolin Temple (which I plan to blog about later). Below are pictures I took while roaming a local street market in Zhengzhou, the … [Read more...] about Zhengzhou Street Market
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Don’t have a gaokao
Recently, Chinese high school students have completed their gaokao exam. Scores have been made available and students now know their prospects for college. There's been a series of articles in the NYTs, Atlantic and other large mainstream American news sources talking about the gaokao. Let's examine some of these these articles. … [Read more...] about Don’t have a gaokao
Aspen Ideas Festival Debate between Eric X Li and Minxin Pei on “China and Democracy” (Video)
Aspen Institute has just released the debate between Eric X Li and Minxin Pei, moderated by James Fallows. See my earlier reaction to JJ Gould's take (who was in the audience), when this video was still not yet available. Now that I have watched it, I think it is clear that Li trounced Minxin Pei. (JJ Gould clearly ignored many great points Li made; a reminder we should be … [Read more...] about Aspen Ideas Festival Debate between Eric X Li and Minxin Pei on “China and Democracy” (Video)
Shifang, two interpretations
For someone who likes to spin it for the negative on Shifang, we get: So Shifang has environmentally aware, political active, digitally native, fearless student protesters. Beijing must realize that this is an extremely dangerous mix. … [Read more...] about Shifang, two interpretations
Why there are no “50 Centers” in the West?
Because the governments like in US, are busy creating "high tech sock puppets" to do the supposed propaganda of the "50 centers". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntrepid#Operation_Earnest_Voice Not Official Logo … [Read more...] about Why there are no “50 Centers” in the West?