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Chinese Civil Servants Get Over 60% Pay Raise, Reactions
Chinese government officials and employees at all levels finally receive a long-demanded increase to their basic salaries, to be regularly adjusted yearly. More
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Shanghai NYE: As People Were Dying, Local Officials Feasted
Public outrage and resentment that Shanghai government officials dined at an expensive high-end restaurant as people were being trampled to death on the Bund. More
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Giant Mushroom Over 100cm Wide Found in China, Reactions
Chinese netizens cynically joke about the government claiming and taking its citizens’ rare and valuable discoveries and only giving a token reward in return. More
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Harbin Fire Official Says Expensive Moncler Jacket Was Gift
Chinese government official criticized by netizens for wearing an expensive Moncler down jacket at the scene of the deadly fire says it was a gift from daughter. More
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Taipei Mayor Rides Subway and Moped to Work, Netizen Reactions
From Sina Weibo: @头条新闻: Taipei mayor stood alone at the door riding the subway – Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-Je had just assumed office for a week and two nights ago, […] More
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Harbin Fire Disaster and Building Collapse, Chinese Reactions
Chinese netizens respond critically to a press release that focused on what government leaders did instead of the young firefighters whose lives were lost. More
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Chinese Pay Tribute to Mao Zedong on his 121st Anniversary
From NetEase: People Bow to Mao Zedong’s Statue to Commemorate the 121st Anniversary of his Birth. December 25th is the 121st anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong, people […] More
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Chinese Judge Sacked After Lamenting Government Interference
A judge in Henan has been dismissed and his comments to a reporter about government officials interfering in a civil case declared “untrue and made when drunk”. More
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Yunnan Junior High Schoolgirls “Forced Into Prostitution”
A young Chinese woman lured, coerced, and possibly drugged middle school female students in Yunnan to be raped and sexually assaulted by government officials. More
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Modern China Reimagined in Famous 12th Century Chinese Painting
Chinese artist and photographer Dai Xiang recently exhibited at the 2014 Lianzhoufoto Festival, his reinterpretations of the famous Song Dynasty painting “Along the River During the Qingming Festival”(清明上河图). By inserting […] More
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Manzhouli: China’s Forgotten “Port City” on the Russian Border
Manzhouli, China’s busiest land port bordering Russia is often overlooked as one of the first cities to open up during China’s economic reforms. Labeled as the “Shenzhen of the north”, […] More
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Laoganma Chili Sauce Founder Awarded 8888 License Plate by Govt
Laoganma founder Tao Huabi, often regarded as the godmother of chili sauce in China, was able to build a business empire despite being illiterate and doing so without putting out […] More