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I read a couple of specialized news blogs written mostly by people out of Hong Kong about things going on in China. It's pretty amazing story involving 1/6th o
by narrator 16y ago
I read a couple of specialized news blogs written mostly by people out of Hong Kong about things going on in China. It's pretty amazing story involving 1/6th of humanity.
Here's some good blogs if you want to follow along:
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/weblog.htm http://www.zonaeuropa.com/weblog.htm
http://www.chinahush.com/ http://www.chinahush.com/
http://www.danwei.org/ http://www.danwei.org/
There are many others. A good movie to watch is "Manufactured Landscapes" if you want to see the dark side of all this.
Also, "Dwelling Narrowness" is a good mainland Chinese drama. Some versions on the Internet are available with fan contributed English subtitles. It does a pretty good job IMHO of talking about a lot of the apolitical transformations that are going on in Chinese society.
- lotusleaf1987 16y agoI agree that Manufacture Landscapes is an incredibly fascinating documentary, I recommend it to anyone interested in seeing where their consumer goods come from and inevitably end up. And thanks for the links! I'm currently checking them out.
- tlack 16y agoIt's quite a coincidence that you both mention Manufactured Landscapes and I happen to be currently watching it on Sundance. I'm a fan of Burtynsky but had never heard of the movie before. Synchronicity.
- alexqgb 16y agoOne more vote for Manufactured Landscapes. The forever shot in the iron factory is a major revelation.