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An angry-youth asks who you're calling brainwashed

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:50 AM by will
Two or three weeks ago the New Yorker carried a good article by Evan Osnos on the phenomenon of China's "angry youth" ( fenqing ). Much of the article was a profile of one young man in particular. In truth, he sounds more passionate than angry. It's worth Read More...
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Is it OK to sing "Tibet" in a crowded Chinese theater?

Posted Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:24 PM by will
Despite years as a college radio DJ, Imagethief has never had much time for Bjork. I find her pretentious to a degree not entirely compensated for by talent. But, then, I think the future of pop music died when Led Zep broke up, so you may want to control Read More...
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2007 best-of-Imagethief and statistics

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:01 PM by will
There is no such thing as a dull year in China. 2008 is well underway and already looks like another whopper. We're only a month in and we've already had the biggest storms in half a century. The Olympics, the mother of all China events, is now a scant seven months off. God only knows what will happen in between. Read More...
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Notorious MDA: The Singapore government raps

Posted Sunday, November 25, 2007 3:35 AM by will
From time to time someone will ask me why I left Singapore for China. This is a fair question. I lived there for nearly a decade, Mrs. Imagethief is Singaporean, and I have great affection for the place. Usually I give some longish explanation about various Read More...
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