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China is changing incredibly quickly. From reading about the migrant workers and disgruntled villagers, as well as the issues with the media censorship and false reporting, it is clear that China faces many legal and ethical problems. However, this is not something new. Corruption is, again, part of the history of China. It is […]
RE: Get Your Head (And Heart) Ready for China’s Contradictions
Book Review: The Search for Modern China
Book: The Search for Modern China
Author: Jonathan D. Spence (Ph.D. in History, Yale 1965)
ISBN: 0-393-30780-8
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Pub. Date: October 2001
Pages: 876pp
Review by: Simeon Trieu
Synopsis
The Search for Modern China is about the journey the Chinese have taken throughout history. Although Chinese history spans thousands of years and ranks among some of the oldest […]
Now is Not the Time to Screw Up
Original Article: Beijing Reorganizes Olympic Ticket Sales
Original Article: Olympics Ticketing Director Is Replaced
Unfortunately for Mr. Rong Jun, the director of Beijing’s ticketing operations, the ticketing system that was supposed to distribute 1.8 million tickets for the Beijing Olympic Committee (Bocog) sales event crashed before even processing 9,000. It was reported that the system was only […]
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