http://www.zonaeuropa.com/weblog.htm Global Media, Culture and Politics en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080509_1.htm The crowds were enthusiastic as shown in these photos, which also exposed the poor civic quality of some Chinese citizens. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080507_1.htm Scott Savitt publishes an opinion piece in the Duke University Chronicle about the matter of Chinese student Grace Wang, and promptly gets tripped up in a minor detail over who picked up Grace Wang when she first arrived. Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080507_1.htm Scott Savitt publishes an opinion piece in the Duke University Chronicle about the matter of Chinese student Grace Wang, and promptly gets tripped up in a minor detail over who picked up Grace Wang when she first arrived. Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080501_1.htm The 9,000 plus word essay by Huangfu Ping is translated here in full. Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080430_1.htm A Chinese blogger reacts to the New York Times article about Chinese students in the United States. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080428_1.htm Translation of a China Business report on the thirteen days of public relations crisis management at Carrefour. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080426_1.htm Photos of the demonstration outside the Carrefour store in Hefei city (Anhui province) on April 19, 2008. Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080425_1.htm Chinese blogger Yang Hengjun analyzes the background, history and strategies over Jack Cafferty's gaffe over at CNN about the Chinese 'goons and thugs.' Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080424_1.htm Free market in operation: In Hong Kong, senior citizens earn extra money by picking up the free newspapers and selling them for recycling. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080423_1.htm A Chinese blogger gives a detailed reading of the essay by Duke University student Grace Wang published in the Washington Post. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080415_1.htm Translation of a Southern Metropolis Daily story on the brewing boycott of Carrefour. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080410_1.htm A public relations disaster for whom? Read the story about Olympic torch bearer Jin Jing in Paris. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080408_1.htm Translation of an interview of German writer/film producer Frank Sieren by Freitag magazine. The title of the interview is "The West has ceased to impress China a long time ago." Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/culture/c20080407_1.htm This is the story about the publication of the newly discovered Eileen Chang travelogue about her visit to Taiwan and Hong Kong in 1961. Previously, this was published in English but now an expanded Chinese version has just been published. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080406_1.htm An opinion column about Tibet in Southern Metropolis Daily drew condemnations from nationalistic populists about high treason. Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080405_1.htm A Chinese blogger declines to equate the Tibet uprising with the struggle for freedom and democracy. Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080404_1.htm Western media reported more disturbances in Lhasa, but there is the local report by a Han blogger. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080403_1.htm A Chinese overseas student reports on an encounter with a German co-worker. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080330_1.htm A tourist takes a photo of the Lhasa distrubance and now this has become proof of a Chinese Communist plot to stage a riot and defame the Dalai Lama. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080326_1.htm The Chinese netizens rise up against the western media for their coverage of the events in Tibet through a slideshow on YouTube. What do I think? Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080323_1.htm A Han woman from Shenzhen working at a Lhasa eyeglass store blogs about her experiences on March 14. Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080322_2.htm The Lhasa public security bureau issued photos of the most wanted criminal suspects taken from surveillance videos. Should websites publish those photos and should civilian photographers publish their photos? Sun, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:15 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080322_1.htm Phoenix TV reporter Chen Lin was dispatched to Lhasa after the March 14 disturbance and she blogged about what she saw and heard. Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080321_2.htm Translation of an article by Lung Ying-tai about the kind of president that the Taiwan people want. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080321_1.htm This page collects the works by The Economist's James Miles. For ten days, Miles was the king of the journalists by being the lone foreign reporter in Lhasa during the disturbances. This page also contains an analysis of a Miles report by a Chinese blogger. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080320_1.htm Veteran Chinese photographs dig out their archives and explained on their personal blogs how they had directed and altered their previous works. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:05 +0800 http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080315_1.htm Translation of the observations of a Han Chinese blogger during the March 14, 2008 disturbances in Lhasa, Tibet. Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:05 +0800