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From China Daily:

A new subway line will start operation in Beijing just before China’s National Day on October 1. But the exact date remains unannounced.

With a total length of 28.2…

In The China Daily:

Tian’anmen closes as countdown begins

The Forbidden City and other popular tourist venues will begin closing to visitors from Tuesday, just two days out from National Day…

Michael Rank wrote an article for the Asia Times in August about the loneliest grave in North Korea. On his blog he posts more photos, a letter, and additional information on Flight Lieutenant…

The Founding of a Republic: Zhang Guoli, Han Sanping, Tang Guoqiang

Most Chinese cinema-goers are buzzing about one film right now: Founding of a Republic (建国大业), which opened to…

Beijing Morning Post
September 28, 2009

The Beijing News
September 28, 2009

The portrait of Mao Zedong that hangs in the center of Tiananmen Gate was replaced…

Kirk Semple writes for the New York Times about Ghost Town by Zhao Dayong, an independent film-maker. The film is set to appear at the New York Film Festival:

Over the course of six years Zhao…

Chris Reitermann is President of OgilvyOne, the direct response and digital advertising agency owned by WPP. In this video, shot and edited by Eric Mu, Reitermann talks to…

I gave the gifts below to my good friend Balticninja (not his real name) on his birthday many moons ago.

He left them at my house and has never returned to collect the booty, so I’ve taken out an…

Fair Trade practices were created to help small farmers. But they may have hit their limits

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs thumps Surrogates and becomes the year’s seventh film, and the first animated feature, to top the box office two weekends in a row.