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January 5, 2013

Kina og bilisme: En kjærlighetshistorie

Kina er blitt verdens største marked for bilprodusentene. Tusener av nye kjøretøyer kommer på veiene hver dag, og rikfolket går ikke av veien for å kjøpe både Posche og Ferrari. De som ikke har råd til å anskaffe seg bil, er ikke fullt å så lykkelige. Og bilkøene og forurensningen blir bare verre og verre. Les mer
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Published on January 05, 2013 22:24

Why China learns its lessons off by heart

Given that functional literacy in China requires a knowledge of 3,000-4,000 characters, it is easy to see why repeating and remembering is so important. Read more

I only recently arrived to study in China, but it doesn't take long to observe that here memorisation is paramount.
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Published on January 05, 2013 22:18

One child policy leads to baby selling

 One consequence of China's 'One Child' policy is baby selling. A family
planning official in Fujian province has been found involved in such business.
She sold a baby to a couple who then resold the infant. After that, the boy
exchanged hands twice more before local police intervened. Read more
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Published on January 05, 2013 22:10

Another Day, Another Protest on China’s Edges

Driving both the Taipei and the Hong Kong protests are worries about the loss of freedoms in the face of an increasingly wealthy yet authoritarian China, while local events were the immediate catalyst. In Taipei, concerns focused on the construction of media monopolies and in Hong Kong on the trustworthiness and independence of the city’s political leader. Read more
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Published on January 05, 2013 02:15

"I wish I could have saved her"

The male friend of the Delhi gang-rape victim - the only witness in the case - on Friday spoke for the first time. Read more
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Published on January 05, 2013 02:02

January 4, 2013

The Road Ahead for India's Women

Every person who has visited India departs
with colorful pictures embedded on their retina, of sari dressed women, for
example. The textile artist Shantipriya Kurada writes: “The beauty of the sari
has never ceased fascinating me. There is something magical about it and it
symbolizes the romantic aspect of India’s women – their
vulnerability, their evasive mannerism and their astounding beauty.”
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Published on January 04, 2013 03:50

January 3, 2013

Narkotika er OK, men ikke farlige tanker

- Er det ikke rart? spør den erfarne Kina-korrespondenten Nicholas D. Kristof. - I Kina er det helt i orden å kjøpe metaamfetamin, ecstacy eller kokain på Internett, og varene blir levert på døren i løpet av noen timer. Men de farlige tankene som sirkulerer på Facebook eller i New York Times, er forbudt. Les mer
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Published on January 03, 2013 23:09

A Letter to the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China

The Chinese Embassy in Canberra, Australia, objected to the title and content of the yearbook (China Story Yearbook 2012: Red Rising, Red Eclipse) of the China Centre at the Australian National University - and got a firm reponse from the head of the Centre, the distinguished sinologist Geremie R. Barmé. " ..there has been no acknowledgement of the letter [to the Embassy], nor a response to it.
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Published on January 03, 2013 21:51

Skrev brev til statsministeren, ble arrestert

En kvinne ved navn Ge Zhihui skrev brev til Kinas statsminister for å svar på om hans familie var så rik som avisene i Hongkong og Vesten hevdet. Svaret uteble, i stedet ble hun arrestert. Les mer
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Published on January 03, 2013 07:33

Krisen mellom Norge og Kina rammer forskere

Forskningen i Kina peker mot himmelen, men det anstrengte forholdet mellom Norge og Kina forpurrer forskningssamarbeidet. Samtidig velger mange norske forskere å gå på tev for ikke å støte kinesiske myndigheter. - Hvis akademikere ikke kan si sannheten, hvem skal da kunne si den? spør Torbjørn Færøvik i et intervju med Forskerforum. Les saken
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Published on January 03, 2013 04:53

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