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Greg Walton has a rich, thoughtful post on Buddhism in the Internet age, in which he directs us to the World Buddhist Forum being held April 13-16 in Hangzhou, China. The WBF site contains links to speeches and articles by Buddhist scholars and luminaries, one of which is an article titled, “A Brief Discussion on…
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The birth of GuGe, pronounced Goo Guh.
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The Qingming Festival just passed by a week or two ago–the day when Chinese families all over the world go to pay their respects at the graves of their ancestors. Graves or memorial halls are swept and freshened with flowers, fruit is presented, paper goods are burned.
Much was written in both the Chinese and English-language media about…
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As Linghucong’s blog states, Netease news is becoming coming into its own with increasing amount of feature articles that possess a well-informed, sharp, satirical edge. For example, check out their latest feature: 2046中国包揽诺贝尔奖 (2046 China Nets All Nobel Prizes).
Here’s an excerpt:
Caption reads, “Remember her, China’s first female Nobel Prize…
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You never forget these kinds of itinerant street performers once you’ve seen them live. They present a mix of acrobatics, feats of endurance and strength, and qigong body control that allows them to do things like swallow a sword, or force a live snake through the mouth and out the nose. Such performances, related to martial arts, have been going…
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Reading the recent review of the April 8 Rolling Stones concert in Shanghai by New York Times writer Howard French, I decided to see if I could find some online photos or reviews of the concert. First stop: Flickr. Perhaps there aren’t any Chinese Flickr users who could afford the tickets to the show in Shanghai, but…
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Via ChinaVisual.
Date: 3/29/06
Place: Law School of Renmin University
Event: The official ceremony for the establishment of Creative Commons in China.
Guest of Honor: Lawrence Lessig
Question: Will someone tell me why there is an iPod ad on the screen?
To celebrate this event, iMagine, a record label in Hong Kong, has…
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