Absurdity, Allegory and China

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Trains, Water and Migration

May 9th, 2010 · 5 Comments

In case there is anyone left on the planet who actually holds out any hope of substantive ethnic autonomy in western China, you need to take a look at China’s railroad plans, which includes a translation of an interview by the German edition of Spiegel news magazine with a member of the Chinese Academy of [...]

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Tags: climigration · resettlement · Tibet · train · water

Choosing Words Wisely

November 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

From yesterday’s Xinhua, China earmarks 73 mln USD for rural environment protection we read that the Ministry of Environmental Protection is throwing what seems to be a lot of money into the polluted countryside to deal with environmental issues. The fund would help save 600 villages out of severe environment problems and award 100 others [...]

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Tags: Mencius · politics · propaganda · water