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Amazing bravery. Mum talked down Woolwich terrorists who said 'We want to start a war in London' via @Telegraph soa.li/0aocBAe
American Indians descended from Hunanese: Global Times."The history textbooks in the world should be rewritten."
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American Indians descend from Hunan, says expert
globaltimes.cn — Some people in Central China's Hunan Province may be the ancestors of American Indians, according to the dean of Hunan University Law School.
RT @xinwenxiaojie: it's official. next week's print edition of trailblazing isunaffairs magazine will be the last isunaffairs.com/?p=17903
陽光時務週刊 · iSunAffairs Weekly
isunaffairs.com — 我們生活在一個前人無法想像的時代，這個時代最本質的特徵就是人的主體意識全面覺醒。無論在個人層面，在族群層面還是在整個人類的層面，這種覺醒都帶來了對未來的巨大焦慮。消除這種焦慮的一個重要途徑，就是讓人們有機會參與對未來的設計，在主動創造未來的合作過程中，共同把握自己的命運。漢語和漢字傳媒在建構人類新的合作秩序中將扮演一個非常重要的角色，這不僅因為漢字文明曾經的輝煌對人類今天的進步有獨特的貢獻，...
NK opens Sinuiju: "This came about because China stopped all Chinese tours to North Korea due to tensions" cnn.com/2013/05/21/tra…
North Korean border town opens to Western tourists
cnn.com — (CNN) -- "Warmly welcome Simon Cockerell David." The colorful, electric sign was something of an unusual and unexpected greeting for Briton Simon Cockerell, 35, who this week embarked on a landmark visit to Sinuiju, North Korea's largest border town.
Chongqing charges six with using sex videos to blackmail officials scmp.com/news/china/art…
Chongqing charges six with using sex videos to blackmail officials
scmp.com — A court in Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, Xinhua reported yesterday....
Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang Is "Key Person," Barred Hotel Entrance - China Digital Times (CDT): chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/05/pu-zhi…
Pu Zhiqiang Is "Key Person," Barred Hotel Entrance
chinadigitaltimes.net — The story below is translated from a Yanzhao Metropolis Daily report. It is currently unavailable on the newspaper's website . Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang Says He Is a "Key Person," Refused Admittance to Hotel Last night, prominent lawyer Pu Zhiqiang posted on Weibo about a "rather shocking" event-he has been classified as a "key person" and barred entrance to a hotel in Beijing.
"My project is very simple," @aiww tells @nprnews, "It's freedom." On Dumbass, nightmares and more. n.pr/10TARoy
China's Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy Metal
npr.org — In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he's released a song that's turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.
"My project is simple. Its freedom." Via @nprnews: China's Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy Metal n.pr/10TARoy
China's Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy Metal
npr.org — In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he's released a song that's turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.
File under Department of Totally Irrelevant but Highly Covetable Objects: the knitted tardis, courtesy of @owlbird pic.twitter.com/YwpqgaT0rf
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RT @mcgregorrichard: Traffic in Taiyuan (home of the coal barons) is this bad. Mayor tells people to get back on thr bikes @DunneCarsAsia h…
Taiyuan’s Traffic is This Bad
chinacartimes.com — Taiyuan is the sort of city that is lost in name to the much larger Beijing that is situated to its north, but Taiyuan is no slouch when it comes to economic development.Sign up to discover more journalists who cover World and more.
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