China at the World’s Fairs
2009-07-22 00:00:00
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Five Things to Know about China's Links to World's Fairs and International Expositions
By Susan Fernsebner
The city of Shanghai will be the official host to Expo 2010, an international event celebrati...
China Beatniks Around the Web
2009-07-21 00:00:00
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After a few weeks of vacation, China Beat is back to posting (though we considered making an 8 percent reduction in our future posts in honor of the UC furlough, we’ll just be back to business as usual). Even ...
Shanghai Expo: The US Pavilion is On
2009-07-20 00:00:00
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Last November, we ran a little preview of the 2010 Shanghai Expo, pointing you to a few readings about this big “coming distraction.” Last week the US finally committed to attend the Expo, prompting a new rou...
Self-Promotion Saturday
2009-07-20 00:00:00
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By Ken Pomeranz
“Self-promotion Saturday?” My mother would be appalled, but times (and media cultures) change, and I do have a few things that might be of interest to China Beat readers. In addition to...
Reading Round-Up
2009-07-15 00:00:00
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To start, a few pieces not related to the events in Xinjiang:
1. “Edge of the American West,” a history/philosophy academic group blog, ran a piece today by David Silbey titled, “Death Preparatory to Re...
A New Website
2009-08-24 00:00:00
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The China Beat is moving!
Please update your bookmarks for our new website: http://www.thechinabeat.org/.
Our new feed can be found at http://www.thechinabeat.org/?feed=rss2.
This website wi...
Readings: Expo Preparation, Food, Music, and Fashion
2009-08-23 00:00:00
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A variety of readings that piqued our interest this week:
1. In a New York Times story, Howard French takes a look at the ongoing preparations in Shanghai as next year’s World Expo grows closer. In additi...
Siaolin Stands Up
2009-08-20 00:00:00
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Bouncing over ruined roads washed out by Typhoon Morakot (some roadbeds have been transformed into river beds), a group of scholars (including myself) drove to the township of Chia-hsien 甲仙 (Kaohsiung County)...
Readings
2009-08-16 00:00:00
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There are several recent pieces on China's internet controls that are worth reading if you haven't already looked at them. First, "How China Polices the Internet" at Financial Times, gives an interesting accoun...