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Tibet’s “天路” (“Heaven Road”)

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The video below is about the 青藏铁路 (Qingzang railway) connecting Tibet Autonomous Region's Lhasa and Qinghai Province's Xining. Much of the 2000km railway is an engineering marvel. One, for it's 5000 meter elevation and rough terrain and another for where the tracks have to work on top of permafrosts (where the ice could melt depending on the time of the year). It opened in … [Read more...] about Tibet’s “天路” (“Heaven Road”)

How to win the hearts and minds of 1.3 billion Chinese people

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Serenade Chairman Mao and pay homage to the Communist Party as Nigerian born Uwechue Emmanuel (in Chinese, 郝歌 (Hao Ge)) managed to do on CCTV through popular Chinese song, "草原上升起不落的太阳." Chinese people love their motherland and harmony. Intonation must be impeccable. Race is irrelevant. (Tudou.com version here) … [Read more...] about How to win the hearts and minds of 1.3 billion Chinese people

U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman caught on video teased by Chinese at “Jasmine Revolution” rally at Wangfujing

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As you all already know, there were calls on Twitter few days ago asking Chinese citizens to protest and overthrow their government. (raventhorn2000 weighed in few posts ago.) One of the rallying locations was a McDonalds at Wangfujing in Beijing. The video below was taken by a Chinese citizen catching U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman at the scene. It's pretty hilarious … [Read more...] about U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman caught on video teased by Chinese at “Jasmine Revolution” rally at Wangfujing

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks Internet ‘freedom’

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A lot has already been written in the Western media about the yesterday U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speech on Internet 'freedom.' In her speech, Clinton singled out China for being "repressive" on the Internet, and for that reason, the predictable narrative is out yet again: U.S. vs. 'bad' China, 'bad' China, or U.S. being too harsh to, still, a 'bad' China. This … [Read more...] about U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks Internet ‘freedom’