Archive for February, 2006

Mao paintball man freed

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

It is shocking to imagine spending 16 years in jail for throwing eggshells full of paint at a portrait of a dead political figure, but if that leader is Chairman Mao Zedong and the portrait is the focus of China’s Communist Party iconography, prepare for serious repercussions. This is a horror story of the worst [...]

Steamed bun gets sticky…

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Storm in a Kimono — Geisha gets heave-ho in China

Sunday, February 5th, 2006

Thoughts from a journalist based in Beijing, China.