If you're in Nanjing today, you probably heard them: sirens that began at 10 am and lasted 33 minutes to commemorate the 250,000 to 300,000 killed during the Nanjing Massacre.
An English teacher at Guangdong Medical University is now an Internet darling for his rendition of the Chinese song "A Brighter Future" by Beyond. The 10-minute video, posted to 56.com (after the jump) five days ago, has been viewed more than 1.1 million times.
Brent Huffman, a documentary maker and professor at Northwestern’s Medill (School of Journalism), is working on a film to bring exposure to the ancient Buddhist city of Mes Aynak in Afghanistan, set to be destroyed by a proposed copper mine. Archaeologists have been working restlessly under dangerous conditions to save all that they can before... Read more »
Someone actually got a fine for jaywalking in Beijing recently. Nineteen someones, in fact. Via Sohu (which has more hilarious photos): “On the morning of December 11, 2012, at Huizhong Road in Chaoyang District, traffic cops rectified Chinese-style street-crossing, 19 pedestrians who ran a red light respectively ‘ate’ a 10-yuan fine.” But will the fine deter... Read more »
Just yesterday, Michele Travierso tweeted, "I sense a Tumblr in the making" in response to pictures of Xi Jinping doing ordinary things on his Southern Tour.
The Internet works fast.
Presenting: Xi Jinping looking at things.
Why yes, it did snow today in Beijing. Photo by Marko Kudjerski via China Digital Times Wow, did anyone else catch the Beijing-Xinjiang CBA game tonight? What a finish! Stoked links.
Earlier today, North Korea successfully launched a three-stage rocket into space, its first ever. Two parts fell into the Yellow and Philippine Sea, respectively, while the other part deployed into orbit. The country — inasmuch as it’s a conglomerate and does not, say, comprise individual parts which are the actual human beings living the best... Read more »
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