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China to let Indian experts monitor Brahmaputra in Tibet (The Hindu) China has for the first time formally agreed to allow Indian hydrological experts to conduct study tours in Tibet to monitor the flows on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra, according to a new agreement signed here on Monday...

Ξάφρισμα από Sinocism: Η είδηση απασχόλησε και τα ελληνικά ΜΜΕ. Εδώ, μια ανάλυσή της: Xi Bags High-Level Military “Tiger” Amid Deepening Corruption Crackdown Instead of highlighting the usual litany of “personal failings” typically associated with such graft cases, the official announcement...

Μαρτυρίες ανδρών και γυναικών από τα δύσκολα χρόνια της Κατοχής και του Εμφυλίου με κοινό εφόδιο το λόγο κοινών ανθρώπων που θα ερμηνεύσουν μοναδικά η Ελένη Ουζουνίδου, και οι νεότεροι Ειρήνη Μακρή (στην αφήγηση της αρραβωνιαστικιάς του Ναπολέοντα Σουκατζίδη) και ο Στέργιος Κοντακιώτης σε...

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People’s Daily Takes Firm Stance Against Urine Consumption By CHRIS BUCKLEY / NYT If imbibing urine is not your cup of tea, People’s Daily — the solemn voice of the Chinese Communist Party — is with you on that one. On Friday, the newspaper took time off from its usual encomiums to party...

Άντε και μια άλλη εκτέλεση, φωνή (Julie London) - κιθάρα (του Barney Kessell σύμφωνα μ' έναν σχολιαστή· υπέροχη πάντως):

Φανταστικές οι δύο εκτελέσεις του Sister Midnight, δαεμάνε! Με εξαίρεση την ερμηνεία της Μπλόντι ("lead singer of Blondie who is sometimes erroneously referred to by that name"), που τη βρήκα ανέμπνευστη. Η κιθάρα του Φριππ, ηλεκτρική και ηλεκτρίζουσα. --------------- Άκλαυτος πέρασε ο...

Defying Russia, Ukraine Signs E.U. Trade Pact (NYT)

The Debate Over Confucius Institutes (China File) Last week, the American Association of University Professors joined a growing chorus of voices calling on North American universities to rethink their relationship with Confucius Institutes, the state-sponsored Chinese-language programs whose...

Μέσω Sinocism, τέλος: Ο νέος χάρτης της ΛΔΚ, όπου οι διεκδικήσεις της στη Νότια Κινεζική Θάλασσα (με την 9 φορές διακεκομμένη γραμμή) δεν είναι πια σε γωνιακό κουτάκι αλλά κανονικό μέρος του χάρτη, που έτσι μεγάλωσε κατά πολύ. [Την ίδια ώρα οι χάρτες της Ελλάδας έχουν όχι μόνο το Καστελόριζο...

Μέσω Sinocism, συνέχεια: Nightmares uncovered after girl dies at Chinese web addiction rehab school (Games in Asia) (...) Apparently, during a lengthy training session meant as punishment, teachers pulled Ling Ling up by her arms and legs and then dropped her—repeatedly—to the ground. When she...

Μέσω Sinocism: ICANN 50 in London: Lu Wei, Minister of Cyberspace Affairs Administration of China (βίντεο) Προσφώνηση. Το ζουμί (διατυπωμένο μέσα από γενικές αρχές) είναι στο 6.00-9.00 China's 'Sovereign Internet' (By Shannon Tiezzi / The Diplomat) A new report in People’s Daily interviewed...

Ιαπωνία (τα παχιά δικά μου): Publishers fighting back against bestsellers highly critical of China, South Korea (Asahi Shimbun) A growing group of publishing companies are banding together to battle the recent popularity of books and magazines that are disparaging of China and South Korea and...

Αμερικανική, ουσιαστικά, είδηση, αλλά με κινεζικό ενδιαφέρον: Chinese tycoon Chen Guangbiao sparks fury among New York's homeless after 'publicity stunt' Organiser says the event could have been 'planned better' By Andrea Chen and Agence France-Presse in New York City (SCMP) Chinese...

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China Says Hong Kong Online Referendum Illegal as Website Hacked - Bloomberg The voting website, which opened yesterday, suffered “severe” distributed denial-of-service attacks, in which hackers flooded systems with information to shut them down, the organizers of the poll said in a statement...

China Jails Anti-Graft Activists Linked to New Citizens’ Group (Bloomberg) Pay High Attention to Online Ideological Security | China Copyright and Media This article by Lieutenant-General Li Dianren of the National Defence University was published first in the Chinese Journal of Social...

Ενθύμησις επισκέψεως πρωθυπουργού Λι Κετσιάνγκ: China bans unauthorised critical coverage by journalists | Reuters Reporters in China are forbidden from publishing critical reports without the approval of their employer, one of China's top media regulators said on Wednesday. The rule comes as...

As Chinese Leader Takes On Graft, Relatives Are Said to Shed Investments (NYT) As President Xi Jinping of China prepares to tackle what may be the biggest cases of official corruption in more than six decades of Communist Party rule, new evidence suggests that he has been pushing his own family...

Watch The Dying Art Of Neon Sign-Making In Hong Kong The Huffington Post | By Mallika Rao But it was in China that they reached their pinnacle. A neon arms race between Shanghai and Hong Kong meant both cities became major producers of the stuff, so that by the 1980s, when American shop owners...