Can Northern midget grant China access to the Arctic?
- Posted on 21st April 2013
- in China in the World
- by Contributor
By Alexandra Hoegberg Despite being removed from the Arctic Circle by approximately 1,000 kilometer, China has begun promoting itself as a “near-Arctic state”. As the ice caps are thawing—bringing about new threats to the environment as well as new opportunities for shipping routes and the extraction of natural resources—China fancies [...]
Continue reading...Xi Jinping didn’t take a taxi, Xinhua says
- Posted on 18th April 2013
- in China at Home
- by Contributor
by Olivia Rosenman An article published this morning in a Hong Kong-based loyalist newspaper reporting the Chinese president’s unprecedented peak hour journey in a taxi attracted widespread ridicule on Chinese social media. China’s state-owned news agency has reacted denying the report. The article has since been pulled from the paper’s [...]
Continue reading...Shenzhen celebrates its hip-hop culture
- Posted on 18th April 2013
- in Cultural China
- by Contributor
Jeremy Blum (Image from www.shenzhenstuff.com) SHENZHEN, CHINA – With nearly three hours of live shows from local musicians, ten graffiti artists in attendance and two hundred tickets already sold, Shenzhen’s first Hip-Hop Festival will take place this April 20th in F518 Idea Land in the Bao An District. Showcasing [...]
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