A couple of days ago, the Beijing News reported how local officials in Xintai - a city in the eastern province of Shandong - locked up citizens in mental hospitals to prevent them from making journeys to Beijing to alert central government officials of local injustices going on in Xintai (see original story - and english version translated by Global Voices). … [Read more...] about The Xintai Mental Institute Scandal
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Remember the adage: "never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence"?
In keeping with the theme of amusing news, let's take a look at the translation provided in ESWN of a poem written by Chen Shuibian's to his wife from prison, after he was detained for allegedly (with his entire family) laundering bribes and embezzled money worth well north of millions in US dollars. Its literary quality is perhaps best summarized by this response from a well … [Read more...] about Remember the adage: "never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence"?
(Letter) Embezzlement Fellon Receives Honoary Citizenship In New Zeland, Keeps 80 Million RMB
(h/t to Kiwi Blog) New Zeland recently granted honorary citizenship to Yan Yongmin(闫永明), ex-CEO of Golden Horse Pharmaceutical, wanted for embezzling 100 million RMB (20 million RMB was finally returned by NZ authority after 4 years.) what happened? It seems Falun Gong NZ, who is on the take from Yan, claims he might be persecuted if returned, and worked with couple NZ … [Read more...] about (Letter) Embezzlement Fellon Receives Honoary Citizenship In New Zeland, Keeps 80 Million RMB
(Letter) Some Chinese Satire: Sanlu Incident Provoked by International Anti-Chinese Imperialist Reactionaries!
A Mainlander uses the Made in China dairy scandal to spoof arguments commonly made by the Chinese government, fenqing, and other blindingly patriotic Mainlanders. … [Read more...] about (Letter) Some Chinese Satire: Sanlu Incident Provoked by International Anti-Chinese Imperialist Reactionaries!
Building Envy – Chinese and American government offices
Many discussions involving China and the West end up being a competition: you have this, but we have that. Here is one very popular competition, passed around in different forms on numerous Chinese internet forums for many years. It's about the glory of our government buildings. The captions below are translated from the Chinese original: The city hall in Marion, Iowa. … [Read more...] about Building Envy – Chinese and American government offices