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Lin Qiang (林强), the Deputy Inspector of the Sichuan Education Department, is a Party-recognized model cadre and was given the honor of being one of the Olympic torch bearers. But Lin just submitted a letter to Sichuan provincial authorities and the Sichuan Olympic Organizing Committee asking to withdraw from such ...
World Changing introduces a remarkable photography exhibit now on in Rome as part of Fotografia festival, which chronicles the Chinese presence in Africa. From the introductory text by photographer Paolo Woods and journalist Serge Michel:
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"Angry, Grieving Parents Press Officials for Action, Not Words, on Crushed Schools" Jill Drew reports in the Washington Post from Dujiangyan:
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The Los Angeles Times reports from Luojiang, Sichuan about accusations of embezzlement of relief goods by local officials:
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In the International Herald Tribune, Howard French writes about the political implications of the government's reaction to the earthquake:
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From the New York Times:
Liu Xiang, Chinese Olympic track and field star, appears soft-spoken and playful, posing for pictures and speaking through a translator atop the Empire State Building in New York City. Liu Xiang is featured in a video report by the New York Times, ...
According to Yanzhao Metropolis Daily (燕赵都市报 ), students of the Northern Auto Mechanics School started rioting after a teacher beat a student up during military training class on May 8, 2008.
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Sichuan people are known to have a keen sense of humor and to know how to enjoy life. They even crack jokes about their earthquake experiences. Following are selective translations of some of their jokes, collected by SMS and bloggers, via caobianwangshi blog:
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From The Independent:
The founder of one major Chinese cinema chain has pledged to boycott showing Sharon Stone's films. The American actress caused quite a stir and lost her beauty-ad contract with Dior after making some insensitive remarks about the May 12th ...
From CSR Asia:
Chinese netizens have been highly vocal in the last few months. They were instrumental in organising a boycott and protests against Carrefour in April. More recently, they ranked companies by the size of their donations to earthquake relief efforts and put pressure on those perceived to have donated ...
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