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William on Stifled Laughter: How the Communist Party Killed Chinese Humor

Light Lord on Linda Jaivin on Sexy Beijing

David Ever on CCTV underpants and hemorrhoids in the Shanghai press

David D on Subway trains to shelter Sichuan homeless

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A brief history of Shanghai's future: An essay by Jeffrey Wasserstrom, author of Global Shanghai, 1850-2010.

Carl Crow's 400 Million Customers: An excerpt from Carl Crow's classic 400 Million Customers and an introduction by Paul French.

Tom Carter: Portrait of a People: Tom Carter is a photographer who spent two years backpacking around China, taking photographs of people in every province. The result is a book called China: Portrait of a People, recently published by Blacksmith Books.

+ A Joint Approach to History (2005.06): The joint Korean-Japanese-Chinese history textbook, 东亚三国的近现代史, published by Social Sciences Academic Press, is reviewed by Danwei.

+ People: Chen Daming, director (2004.06): Chen's own life story could be rich material for a feature film. After being rusticated from the Henan Opera School, he was forced to move away from Kaifeng to look for work. The Film Academy is the most prestigious film school in China, counting the directors Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige among its alumni, and competition for place to study there is fierce. Chen Daming came to Beijing for an audition, and was accepted after three auditions.

+ One Country, Two Versions (2005.02): CEPA eases co-productions between the mainland and Hong Kong, but does it undermine creativity?

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