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The problem of residence permitsPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, August 11, 2006 12:15 PM
Southern Weekend investigates • This week's Southern Weekend's top story is about a tragedy caused by China's residence permit or hukou (户口) system. A man who killed his newly born baby after failing to get a Beijing residence permit for the child. The article does not directly say that the residence permit should change, but points out that there are many problems caused by it (link - in Chinese). UPDATE: ESWN has translated the article: The Death of the Hukou-less Baby
Of course, the panel of pompous experts decided that E gao is bad for society, and declared that websites should be held responsible for stoppping e gao content. The Beijing News has a short article about the declaration here (Chinese). • The China Daily reports that Saomai, the strongest typhoon to strike China for half a century, has killed at least 111 people and left many others missing (link). • After two local governments ordered mass killings of dogs following a rabies outbreak, a heated debate has emerged; there are stories about this in the China Daily and the New York Times. • The history blog Frog in a Well has an interesting post about buying used books online in China (link). • ESWN has a note about former Freezing Point (冰点) editor Li Datong's new book, just published in Hong Kong (link).  DVD storeThe "DVD version" refers to a pirate disk that has been copied from a DVD and is therefore of higher quality than earlier pirate disks that have been filmed in a cinema or copied from another, lower quality source. • In The Independent, Clifford Coonan reports: Kung fu has now been made compulsory in secondary schools in central China (link) • The Economist reports on the problems of China's education policy, which is "torn between the market and the state" (link). • The Shanghai Daily reports on an adult toy and reproductive health exhibition (link): Saving China's ancient sex culture and promoting more effective sex education were under discussion yesterday by experts at a summit ahead of an adult products exhibition. The Shanghai sex expo's website is here. Danwei is a long time supporter of China's ancient and modern sex culture as you can see from two of the most popular pages on this website: |
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Comments on The problem of residence permits
"Danwei is a long-time supporter of China's ancient and modern sex culture."
Sometimes, however, I think that Danwei conflates sexual exposure with feminist empowerment. More nudity and more sex should not be mistaken as straightforward sexual empowerment.
Sometimes I get the feeling of being in a boy's locker room on this site. Please keep in mind what your blog's perspective looks like to women readers. It will contribute to Danwei's professionalism and future success.