Some comments about what Tonikenese, who correctly spotted that the video below was from Hotan, might want as a prize. I thought this was a pretty funny exchange. Nice to have a bit of humor after so much angst.
If he is a nationalistic Chinese , he might want you to portray China as a benign rising power that welcomes the world to
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TONKINESE. Grand work. Nailed in half an hour. It was indeed Hotan/Khotan (Hetian) jade market. Very strange atmosphere. Nothing but men of course. All muttering and circulating, proffering bits of jade on their palms. Muted and reverential like a church. We’ll go into the sociology/politics etc another time. And I will definitely post …
Greetings:
I am on the road and have been unable to post for some days now. However I am back within internet uploading range and offer a video. Mystery prize to whoever can nail the location and say what these guys are up to:
There is nothing wrong, in principle, with the sensitive adaptation of a historic building for fresh purposes, but the news that parts of Beijing’s Summer Palace are to be turned into a luxury hotel and club is rather distressing. There can be no doubt that Aman Resorts, the company behind the redevelopment, will handle the …
Given the recent growth of our Chinese readership, we plan to begin offering the occasional Chinese-language translations of our recent stories. This first piece, “Will the Olympic Torch Burn China?”, is by Simon …
At the risk of turning this into the TIME: China and Self-Congratulations Blog, I am compelled to announce that I have reached a journalistic milestone. Is it the Pulitzer? Alas, no. To win one of those you have to work at a U.S.-based newspaper. And be really good. (On that point, congratulations to Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker of the …
Hillary Clinton has called on President Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. The odds of Bush heeding Clinton are about the same as him listening to Nancy Pelosi on this subject, which is to say nil. Clinton’s call has little to do with Sino-U.S. relations or even the Games themselves and everything to do with …
The Olympic Torch arrived in London yesterday. Here’s what the People’s Daily had to say (full story here):
Olympic flame crosses London amid snow
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08:39, April 07, 2008The heavy snow in London exerted slim effect on people’s passion of seeing Beijing Olympic flame as large crowds lined along the street to greet the relay of torch
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I’d like to offer a belated congratulations to Simon for winning a 2007 Human Rights Press Award. His story on China’s justice system was one of two winners in the magazine category. The other winner was also from TIME Asia, Andrew Marshall’s story about last year’s protests in Burma. The awards, which are co-sponsored by Amnesty …
Activist Hu Jia, about whom we have written often (and whose wife Zeng Jinyan–who is under house arrest– we tried to see in February but were impeded by the police) has been found guilty on a charge of “inciting the overthrow of state power” (煽动颠覆国家政权罪). He was given a sentence of three and a half years. Although his …
While in San Francisco recently, I had a chance to check out the new documentary Anna May Wong: Frosted Yellow Willows at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. As an Asian American, I’ve always been interested in Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star who shot to fame …
After a couple weeks here of almost all Tibet, almost all the time, I’d like to take a moment to discuss some different subjects, basketball and beer. OK, mainly just beer. The occasion is the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Each March, 65 U.S. colleges participate in the single-elimination tournament that has a long tradition of …
Just kidding. It’s still all happening in our beloved, smoggy Beijing. Happy April Fools Day.
