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China state media under fire for arguing benefits of smog

The most interesting part of this is the power of Social Media in China.

The Social Media in the US has had a similar power, where Dan Rather lost his job due to pushback on an investigative report.

China state media under fire for arguing benefits of smog - Reuters

Chinese State Media Looks For Smog’s Silver Lining - Via Media

Labels: china's future, chinese pollution, social media

Social Media Impact in China - Adoption

The story went viral due to Social Media in China.

Orphans pictured chained up in China - The Telegraph
Authorities have suspended the director of an orphanage in eastern China after photographs showing two mentally disabled children shackled to furniture with metal chains were posted online.

A lot of my customers for Learning Chinese Material have adopted children from China.,

Labels: chinese Adoption, social media

The anatomy of a coup rumour

Fascinating who did what, when, and how the rumour grew.

And the reaction of the Chinese Leadership to the rumour.

The anatomy of a coup rumour - The Economist

Labels: china's future, social media

Sinhua Update - Improper handling of Train Crash

It seems the high speed train that crashed, the cars were buried immediately after the crash!

And in Xinhua, the train crash accident was not properly investigated. Keep in mind that if its in Xinhua, its pretty much the official position of the central government.

An explanation I heard on the radio, was the railroad ministry is held in such low esteem by the general public, that its a useful distraction/scapegoat. This is why criticism is being allowed in the official press of what happened. An alternate explanation is that the Chinese twitter equivalent has forced the Chinese government to be more open about the issue due to the speed of the public response, which prevented a cover up of what happened. My opinion is its a mixture of both.

Improper handling of train crash accident criticized - Xinhua

Labels: china's future, made in china, social media

Tuesday, December 10, 2013