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Beijing: No foreign casulties in Wenchuan Quake, welll..... almost none.

Sunday, 25 May 2008 7:08 P GMT+09
According to Xinhua, no foreigners were killed during the Wenchuan quake. But is this really the whole story?

Beijing to HK - No democracy in 2012

Saturday, 29 December 2007 8:58 P GMT+09
Once again Beijing has made it clear, Hong Kong can't have decide its own destiny, and what little say people will eventually have will have to be acceptable to Beijing. No election in 2012 and no pressure on China from the West, no surprise there.

101 Misconceptions about Foreigners

Sunday, 7 October 2007 7:35 P GMT+09
Correcting some of the common myths held by Chinese about foreigners.

The PEN is not mightier than the ......Travel Visa

Tuesday, 6 February 2007 8:23 P GMT+09
While the pen might be mightier than the sword, it would appear that International PEN is not mightier than the visa that most Mainlanders require to travel to Hong Kong. Beijing keeps 20 writers and 1 doctor bottled up in order to silence them.

Surveillance State [Poll]

Friday, 11 August 2006 2:16 A GMT+09
Do new enshrined surveillance laws represent a threat to freedom and civil liberties in Hong Kong?

Kara- "NO" - Ke

Tuesday, 8 August 2006 9:08 P GMT+09
A move to protect musicians from crooked KTV Bars, or state censorship by the back-door?

One China, Two Opinions

Thursday, 3 August 2006 7:59 P GMT+09
Hypocrisy, hyperbole, and bunch of accusations. It's business as usual as Britain releases its latest report on the state of post handover Hong Kong.

The rights and wrongs of Buying Back China's History

Wednesday, 15 March 2006 7:21 P GMT+09
China is increasingly keen to see the return of artifacts stolen from it by foreigners, and is using both the law and its new found wealth to achieve this end, but is this really doing China any good, or is it nothing more than a nationalist plot?

The 'Wong' Stuff

Friday, 6 January 2006 10:26 P GMT+09
What do you get when you take one of Asia's greatest contemporary film maker, a film festival known for its defiance of Chinese censorship, and one of the world's most image conscious government?

Cultural Imperialism or Fear and Xenophobia?

Tuesday, 29 November 2005 8:04 P GMT+09
Is America a cultural imperialist? Are music and movies imported from the west damaging Asian culture and the Asian film industry? Should something be done about it? According to one Chinese film legend at least, the answers are yes, yes and yes.

China Speaks

Saturday, 26 November 2005 6:41 P GMT+09
Angry Chinese Blogger is proud to announce the arrival of a new and experimental Podcasting section: China Voices

Dishing the dirt: What Foreign dignities really think about China

Sunday, 20 November 2005 12:43 A GMT+09
Readers of the English language newspaper the “Mail on Sunday” were treated to a rare glimpse behind the doors of the world’s second oldest hereditary monarchy this month. Unfortunately for China though, what was revealed was less than flatteri

The Rabbit Hole: Reverse Culture Shock - Part 2

Saturday, 17 September 2005 4:09 P GMT+09
Introducing Part 2 of Reverse Culture Shock: The comical experience of leaving China after an extended period and discovering exactly how hard it can be to reintegrate into your own culture.

The Sky(pe) is no longer the limit: Beijing attack VoIP in its newest media crackdown

Sunday, 11 September 2005 1:41 A GMT+09
Calling your friends and family in one corner of China has just become a lot more expensive. In a shock move, the Guangdong division of China Telecom has announced that it has banned the use of Voice over IP telephony services provided by Skype.

Chinese state secret AVAILABLE for download on ACB

Thursday, 8 September 2005 3:52 P GMT+09
Below is a Chinese copy of a document that has been declared to be a 'State Secret’ by the Chinese Government. The journalist 师涛 (Shi Tao) received 10 years imprisonment for transmitting this document to a foreign website.

Dark days ahead for China's sun seekers

Monday, 2 May 2005 11:59 P GMT+09
While Iceland may be ‘The Land of the Midnight Sun’ for 6 moths of the year, and Japan is ‘The Land of the ‘Rising Sun’ all year round, a report published in the US based Geophysical Research Letters suggests that China may be fast beco

Public Safety Notice for foreign residents of Beijing

Saturday, 9 April 2005 11:44 A GMT+09
Foreign residents in Beijing are advised to avoid the Zhongguancun Hailong Plaza electronics market in Haidian between the morning of 9 April (Saturday) and the even of 10 April (Sunday).Reports originating from a US source have indicated that this i

Word Games: Half a truth is better than none for Beijing

Tuesday, 29 March 2005 7:30 P GMT+09
Though many areas of the Chinese media have undeniably become more open during the last decade, claims that China is making strong and immutable progress towards a free and impartial media were dealt a sharp blow this month, when Beijing’s censors

Mad dogs and Chinamen…..

Thursday, 24 March 2005 2:27 P GMT+09
Normally, when the phrases “Foaming at the mouth” is used to refer to something in China, peoples’ thoughts turn to Beijing, and its frequent apoplectic press releases to denounce Washington, Taipei, and Tokyo. However, in a rare turn around, t

Service announcement: Correction

Thursday, 24 March 2005 11:32 A GMT+09
Angry Chinese Blogger wishes to issue the following correction and to apologise for any inconvenience caused.Dangerous games: Taipei calls on Hong Kong to take to the streetsThe following paragraph is incorrect.  

Dangerous games: Taipei calls on Hong Kong to take to the streets

Tuesday, 22 March 2005 11:59 P GMT+09
NoteThis article has been corrected. The original article has been preserved, please follow link for details.In a move that some see as being more likely to be provocative than productive, President Chen Shui Bian, the elected head of Chinese Taiwan

Do not adjust your sets: Beijing gets a dose of its own media medicine

Monday, 21 March 2005 11:50 A GMT+09
Mainland Chinese residents were taken by surprise earlier this month when their regularly scheduled television broadcasts were interrupted by something decidedly ‘unhealthy’, a colloquialism often used in China to refer to pornography, acts of gr

Service Announcement: New Poll Added

Sunday, 20 March 2005 2:11 P GMT+09
Angry Chinese Blogger has added a new poll asking for opinions on the impact of continued intellectual property right infringements in China.Readers suggestions are also welcomed for alternative poll answers.

China spells Double trouble for Apple

Friday, 11 March 2005 3:42 P GMT+09
For Apple, it appears that an ill wind is blowing from the east, as a pair of patent lawsuits with Chinese characteristic, both involving patent infringements, look set to interfere with its two of it flagship products in the near future.Case 1: Whos

When Secrecy Kills; Despite SARS, China is still withholding information on potential epidemics.

Tuesday, 1 February 2005 11:59 P GMT+09
In the face of the lessons learned from during the SARS outbreak, and pledges of increased transparency made afterward, it has been revealed that Beijing is still withholding important information on potential epidemics from the outside world, and fr