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About Robert Woo

5 posts · joined 2009-08-1

I am a college student coming from Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. I am studying economics, political sciences and international relations and a whole bunch of other stuff at Macalester College in Minnesota. During my spare time I am interested in astronomy, science news, history, cycling, street-walking, hiking, camping and others' lives.

China, a chaos of 1.3 billion types of phenomena; China, caught between now and then, right and left, east and west, power and rights, interests and conscience, stability and unrest, “harmony” and progress; China, my own motherland — is the single biggest mystery that I still struggles to understand. I wish writing at Global Voices Online could help me move closer to some kind of comprehension.

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I also run this signature-collecting website www.yangguangchina.com for supporting public official asset disclosure in China. Check it out!

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October 28th, 2009

China's Dark Satanic Mills

Robert Woo · 02:39 · East Asia
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On Oct. 14th, Chinese photographer Lu Guang won this year's $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his photos on China’s environment. The Fund’s website posts the following paragraph describing Lu Guang’s project: Lu Guang has been documenting the ecological disasters in China resulting from the rapid growth of ... 4 comments  · read »

October 9th, 2009

China: The Founding of a Republic! Propaganda, or a commercial success with some irony?

Robert Woo · 20:49 · East Asia
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Only 3 weeks after hitting the screen, The Founding of a Republic has already taken in nearly $ 60 million. Naturally, it has created a huge stir in China’s online community. A simple indication is Google China’s hot trend list, where this movie has remained on top since release. In ... 5 comments  · read »

September 21st, 2009

China: Mainland Blogger’s ironic review of shabby government buildings in Taiwan

Robert Woo · 02:34 · East Asia
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Blogger Lv Se De Shou Cang recently ran a photo journal titled 'A look at some of the administrative buildings in Taiwan', which has also generated interesting comments. 4 comments  · read »

September 11th, 2009

China: Why Zhu Rongji remains popular

Robert Woo · 09:27, September 11th, 2009 · East Asia
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A new book of transcripts of major press meetings attended by China’s former Premier, Zhu Rongji (朱镕基), (the second-ranking leader) has immediately become a best-seller. As a statesman, he was popular for his relative openness and frankness. 5 comments  · read »

September 3rd, 2009

China: PetroChina's “Group Purchase Gate” created an online stir

Robert Woo · 14:59 · East Asia
Some employees of PetroChina, the state-owned oil giant and the current no. 2 on the FT 500 List, are going to be allowed to ‘group purchase’ eight apartment buildings near Beijing’s CBD at only about thirty per cent of the actual price. 0 comments  · read »