Asia Sentinel

My translation of Han Han’s June 10 blogpost on the matter:- “Solo Choir is finally going to the press this afternoon. In twenty days it will be on the market. Initially it will appear in book form and will be a bi-monthly ...

Translation of a commentary in Southern Metropolis Daily titled “The Second-Generation Peasants Living an Ostracized Life”. ...

The high-profile snapping up of Australian real estate by Mainland investors has finally galvanized the Australian government to take steps to stem foreign purchases of residential properties. But it seems the new restrictive rules won’t damp...

Mainland writer and blogging icon Han Han wrote a piece about his view on Google’s exit from China, but his post was deleted soon after it appeared. Thanks to a commenter on Hong Kong Economic Journal forum, 凱妮, the post was cop...

A laconic classical Chinese passage entitled “History of the Post-80s” has lately been spreading on the Chinese internet. It is an epitome of the hardships that the post-80 generation in the mainland is facing. ...

When the term “soft power” (軟實力) is becoming more and more popular in the mainland Chinese media language, one wonders how informed the authorities are of the origin of the term and of the implications of its usage....

This post by Hecaitou, a much-loved mainland blogger, is one of those kinds of voices that deserve to be heard, in my humble opinion. If nothing else, his spirit of perseverance in spite of hardships is worth spreading afar. ...

Translation of a blog post by Lipuman (李普曼) about the hidden meanings of (Chinese) diplomatic language. ...

Translation of a blog post by Lipuman (李普曼) entitled “Obama’s Q & A Session - A Mythical Tale”. ...

Translation of a blog post by Yang Hengjun (楊恒均) entitled “A Look at the Relationship between Culture and System from the Rise of Asia”. ...