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August 7th, 2009

China: Prostitutes more trustworthy than government officials

George Sun · 13:38, August 7th, 2009 · East Asia

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A startling result of an online survey of more than 3,376 people published by Insight China magazine reveals that China's prostitutes are considered by some to be more trustworthy than its politicians, teachers and scientists! The survey found that 7.9% of the respondents considered sex workers trustworthy, placing them third behind ... 5 comments · read »

July 28th, 2009

China: One-Child Policy Heading for a Revision

George Sun · 04:17, July 28th, 2009 · East Asia

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According to Time magazine, the one-child policy, a cornerstone of contemporary China, will be changed when word got out late last week that Shanghai was encouraging couples to have additional offspring. For three decades, millions of Chinese parents have raised their only children under the strict prescriptions of China’s family planning ... 6 comments · read »

July 26th, 2009

China: Suspension of Electroshock for “Net Addiction”

George Sun · 03:40, July 26th, 2009 · East Asia

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The Chinese Ministry of Health recently announced that electroshock treatment for "internet addiction" should be suspended. The controversial electroshock therapies have recently been used by some Chinese clinics to cure symptoms of "addiction" to the internet in young people. 2 comments · read »

May 8th, 2008

China: EV71 outbreak in China sparks criticisms

George Sun · 02:19, May 8th, 2008 · East Asia

While not bird flu related, the recent outbreak of HFMD (Hand Foot and Mouth Disease) in China gives us an opportunity to see how the Chinese government responds to an epidemic. During the weekend china issued a countrywide alert to control the disease as it is also ... 8 comments · read »

March 9th, 2008

China: Thoughts on bankruptcy of the last ‘Animal Farm’

George Sun · 05:17 · East Asia

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Nanjie Village, the last "Animal Farm" in China, has been known by the Chinese as the ‘red billionaire village’ and ‘communism village’ until the recent revealment by newspapers that it has arrears around 1 billion yuan although it gradually changed its economic system years ago ... 0 comments · read »

March 2nd, 2008

East Asia

Nanjie Village, a small village in Henan Province and once the so-called ‘red billionaire village’ and ‘Republic of Chairman Mao’, is recently revealed by Chinese media that it is totally a phoney. Changping[zh] compares it with the fake tiger photo last year arguing that it indicates the bankruptcy of planned economic system and the extreme left ideology.