Truly a sign of the times from modern China (Changchun). Well, it's either farmers or workman's attire they don't like.
They have a point, though: Every farmer I know is always wanting to pop into the local Emporio Armani!
via Danwei
Saturday, June 27, 2009
'No Farmers Allowed'
Truly a sign of the times from modern China (Changchun). Well, it's either farmers or workman's attire they don't like.
They have a point, though: Every farmer I know is always wanting to pop into the local Emporio Armani!
via Danwei
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Two videos for 6/4
Former Communist Party official Bao Tong has been exiled by the Chinese authorities for the part he played in smuggling out the secret memoirs of ousted Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang.
Zhao was a reformer on the side of the student protesters who was in favour of democracy for China. His smuggled memoirs have just been published in a book, 'Prisoner of the State', which lifts the lid on the inner workings of the Communist Party. It certainly looks like an interesting read. The Telegraph as published some extracts.
Secondly, a profile of Chai Ling, a Tiananmen Square student activist now forging a career in the West:
Zhao was a reformer on the side of the student protesters who was in favour of democracy for China. His smuggled memoirs have just been published in a book, 'Prisoner of the State', which lifts the lid on the inner workings of the Communist Party. It certainly looks like an interesting read. The Telegraph as published some extracts.
Secondly, a profile of Chai Ling, a Tiananmen Square student activist now forging a career in the West:
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