Reuters reports that more than a thousand people gathered in Ningbo, Zhejiang province yesterday to protest plans for a petrochemical plant that is a subsidiary of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation. And according to the BBC, witnesses said authorities used tear gas and have arrested some people. Searches on Youku for “Ningbo” turn up nothing. Sina... Read more »
The lawyers for the Wen Jiabao family issued an official statement yesterday regarding the New York Times's recent piece that got the website harmonized inside China. It's "a rare instance of a powerful Chinese political family responding directly to a foreign media report," NY Times reports. But the lawyers, while trying to deny everything, actually deny nothing. Read the translated statement closely, as brought to you by SCMP:
Construction on Beijing Subway’s Line 15 suffered a setback on Friday afternoon after an underground fire halted everything at North Xueyuan Road. Thirteen firetrucks and four firefighting squads were dispatched. No injuries were reported. Free More News reports via Beijing Fire Department that the cause is believed to be from damage of sewage pipes during... Read more »
Who doesn’t love a good photo-bombing baby, right? Or for that matter, just a photo of a baby — totally awesome, yeah? And while we’re at it, who doesn’t also love a picture of a baby’s penis, amirite? Guys, you with me? I’m not sure what the journalistic policy is on posting pictures of nude... Read more »
On what day will the NY Times homepage be unblocked in China? Please submit your answer either in the comment section or via email. You can also tweet at us. We will try our best to send a prize to the person who nails the correct date.
An elderly woman simply wanted the performers at Thursday’s Microsoft Surface launch party in Beijing to stop being so loud. Apparently the noise was keeping her grandkids awake, according to Sina, and since this party was on a schoolday, they needed their sleep. Stop being so loud, she said. When no one would listen, she took things into... Read more »
Led by Ben Ben, formerly of Freckle, BOYZ&GIRL and Carsick Cars (as its drummer), Beijing-based Skip Skip Benben will be playing at XP tomorrow starting at 9 pm. It's a good bet that some people will be in costume.
“The Last Nomads of the Tibetan Plateau,” by Sean Gallagher, The Pulitzer Center We understand drunken shenanigans have been planned for tomorrow evening on Subway Line 2. Please remember: be a classy drunk, like Bill Murray, and you won’t find yourself here. Now links.
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