Jul 18
minipost-Carnegie Endowment calls for rethink on rising China
Written by: Buxi | Filed under:-mini-posts, Analysis | Tags:american policy, carnegie, china's future
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A report titled China’s Economic Rise—Fact and Fiction published earlier this month takes an optimistic view of China’s future prospects: “Beijing now seems likely to overcome potential stumbling blocks such as economic instability, pollution, inequality, corruption, and a slow pace of political reform.”
Jul 18
minipost-The danger of categorically accusing others of prejudice
Written by: DJ | Filed under:-mini-posts, media, News | Tags:media, olympics, prejudice, racism, South China Morning Post
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Tom Miller of the South China Morning Post has generated somewhat doubtful outrages with an article alleging Beijing ordered bars not to serve blacks. For now, however, Beijing Boyce seems to have seriously deflated the credibility of Tom Miller’s work. (H/T Danwei) Continue reading »
Jul 18
Why are most of the advertising models in China Caucasian?
Written by: bianxiangbianqiao | Filed under:Analysis, media | Tags:ads, commercial, model, race, white
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This is a follow up to DJ’s post on the Official Chinese Olympic Fashion, but from a different angle. Instead of mutual respect between the host and guests, I have some introspective and soul-searching thoughts about the Chinese identity fantasy in the context of a global culture.
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Jul 18
There is a heated debate going on regarding the lack of Chinese characters on China’s official Olympics uniforms in contrast with those on German’s sportswear.
Personally, I see no point in not printing Chinese text on China’s official uniforms. But for this post, I will purposely play the role of a “CCP apologist” and try to put these things in positive terms. 😉 Besides, I will explain two frequently used Chinese phrases and hopefully cast some light on a particular aspect of the Chinese culture.
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