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This post also available in:| Español | · Corea del Sur: Sigue la lucha por la construcción de la base naval en Jeju |
| Filipino | · Timog Korea: Kaguluhan sa Pagpapatayo ng Base Militar sa Jeju, Lalong Uminit |
GangJeong, a small rural town in the Jeju island has made headlines for several months with intense conflict going on between the government forging ahead with its construction plan and environmentalists and rights groups struggling to protect the natural resources. A net user posted an English subtitle (not embedded) for a Youtube video [ko] explaining the conflict.
Prominent Chinese Artist Activist Ai Weiwei has released a music video, “Dumbass”, which shows his solitary detention back in April 2011 when Chinese police arrested him for “tax evasion”. Song by Ai Weiwei with music by Zuoxiao Zuzhou. Cinematography by Christopher Doyle. (Explicit Lyrics)
China Digital Times highlighted some discussion on gender gap in China. Even though the overall percentage of working women is not very low, as a result of urbanization, employment rate for working-age women in urban areas fell to a new low of 60.8 percent in 2010, down from 77.4 percent 20 years earlier.
David Bandurski from China Media Project explained the idea of “online social management”, a set of tactics to increase the capacity for channeling online public opinion, put forward by Fu Siming, a professor at the Central Party School.
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