A recent photo montage on Tianya, called Smiles of the Past 50 Years. You won’t be able to link to it without registering at Tianya, so I’ll post some more below the jump.

Early spring1957, Hubei province, Macheng County, Xujia Village, 549 Production Brigade: soldier Yang Zhiyi shows off on the bar.

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Another good source for information on Tibet and other areas in China is the Lonely Planet’s Thorntree Forum, the North-east Asia section.  Seems to have regular postings such as this one:

Tuesday morning update from sources in Lhasa.

Things are quietening down significantly. Many streets are now open
again and cars and…

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If you like Chinese teens singing online, or if you just want to see what a lot of young women seem to be using the Internet for in China, you’ll want to check out Mingming1986’s YouTube channel. It makes sense, of course, given the Chinese love for karaoke. 

Mingming86 is a Hong Kong video collector who specializes in webcam karaoke by…

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Suezanne Baskerville is tracking both Second Life and HipHi (China’s own Second Life-like game) on her blog.

The latest entries surround HipHi’s hype in Newsweek International that led to a public beta, and before that various resources (forums, screenshots, walkthrus) on how to get around in HipHi in English.

And of course, some experiential posts such as,…

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Check out one of Beijing/San Francisco artist Rania Ho’s relatively new projects: The Contractors.  The group makes music, videos, photos, concerts, and apparently can even lead a mean art tour (see their latest video). Their MySpace page is not to be missed.

We are inspired by other superstar building…

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Found this on Youtube: a clip from Sky TV from the Internet addiction clinic in Beijing.  It’s based in a military hospital and is run military-style–the kids even wear camouflage.  I’ve tried to get an interview and a visit at the place but haven’t been able to yet. The part where they set them up with real-life shooting games instead of virtual…

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ChinaTechNews reports that Tencent has partnered with Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL to develop an Internet-enabled,
interactive TV with QQ-branded applications such as IM and games. It’s
called iTQQ. IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) is moving ahead relatively quickly in Japan, South Korea, and especially in Hong Kong. It is already available to some Chinese…

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