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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Getting Stuck in Beijing
By Lisa Setyon
My friends pushed me down on the blue seat in front of the little Chinese student with needles in his hands. “Don’t worry, it doesn’t hurt,” Tahseen Rabbi, my roommate, said. Continue reading
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Playing it Safe in a Chinese Classroom
By Lisa Setyon & Tahseen Rabbi
Welcome to Airstrip One of Oceania, I thought to myself. I was sitting in classroom 105 of the Communication University of China (CUC), listening to graduate students present their term papers on how to present domestic news to the rest of the world. Continue reading
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A Look at the History of Chinese Medicine
Photo by John Winkler Continue reading
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Cai Xin Pushes the Limits of Chinese Journalism
By Jessica Opatich
Caixin, one of China’s most daring magazines, has been relentlessly pursuing stories on soil pollution in China for years. Until this past April, the Chinese government had been withholding the results of its surveys, claiming “the information is an issue of national security.” Continue reading
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Elixir of Youth and Other Mysterious Concoctions of China
By JD Allen
Concoctions of grass roots and bark, herbs and spices, dried bugs and eggshells, fruits and tea as well as flower buds and animal dung seem odd to most Westerns. Continue reading
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Comrades Around a Communal Table
By Catherine Ayscue
A narrow alley branches off from Beijing’s South Gong and Drum Hutong, a preserved traditional Chinese neighborhood in the Hou Hai district. Yan Ming and his neighbors squat on low stools around a makeshift table crowded with dishes, bantering and enjoying each other’s company. Continue reading
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An Unexpected Visit to a Chinese Hospital
By Janelle Clausen
Less than two minutes after I and two accompanying professors entered a hospital in Yangzhou, China, a gap-toothed hospital staffer greeted us. Not two hours. Two minutes. How was this possible? Continue reading
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