June 3, 2007
Bend over and be happy: the sequel (to my last post):
Before our class began in 2003, all of them came from other parts of China and probably without privileged back-door job connections in the capital. That means, if Chinese stereotypes of out-of-towners are true, these students probably expected to work hard for their gains in competitive Beijing.
La-laoshi, still keeping it real. My first job in Shanghai put me in contact with a few out of towners, some of who I still keep in touch with. These folks are real.
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June 20, 2007
Some academics say that the rise of a moneyed class in China won't necessarily lead to democracy. Here's something to toss into the mix:
中国更有可能采纳托克维尔模型的公民社会？
(BTW, can you guess who 托克维尔 is? I got it right :)
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June 24, 2007
Over time this weblog has taken on the function of serving up micro-recommendation of over weblogs covering China and/or Shanghai, which is as fine a purpose as any other. So with not further ado...
Lately I've been looking forward to new posts on Shanghai Scrap, a weblog by a news correspondent working out of Shanghai, one which has been focusing recently on Christianity in China: religion and the state's use of its property, the Vatican's relationship with the State-overseen Catholic church, the printing of Bibles abroad for distribution within China... The picture above was taken from the post on property, and shows Shanghai's St Ignatius Cathedral during the Cultural Revolution when it was repurposed as a grain storage space.
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