Shanghai saw some hope of easing a six weeks of strict lockdown, then authorities are again tightening Covid-19 restrictions ⁦Cao Li⁩ wsj.com/articles/shang…

Shanghai residents say that they can’t get daily necessities delivery during the lockdown while the local TV reports that the fresh food supply is ample. Netizens comment: “I wouldn’t follow the Pulitzer Prize anymore if this photo wasn’t awarded this year.” #ZeroCovid

Ma Xue'e, an employee at Yikang pharmacy in Xi'An, fruit shop owner in Xi'an and director of Gedangdian Hospital in Henan talked to state media about her experience during the latest Omicron outbreak. Comment from Chinese internet: 'a magical and mysterious woman' #zerocovid

The Mung-Hitters of South Korea need to organize a bilateral zone out with the Lying-Flatters of mainland China

#멍때리기 #躺平 solidarity!

h/t Elsie Chen

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A performance art piece created by a student of the Beijing Film Academy went viral on Weibo but disappeared quickly. In the piece, a student is trapped in a cage with a mask covering his eyes, and a card above the cage reads 'Don't get out of the cage unless necessary'.

His weekend broadsheet laid the groundwork for a golden era of Chinese journalism in the 1990s and 2000s, when the government somewhat loosened its tight control over the news media. nyti.ms/3n58jMS

左方帮助创办了中国改革开放时代最具影响力的这份报纸，他和《南方周末》被视为“一个时代的象征”。
《南方周末》曾主导国内辩论，也曾向当权者问责，以犀利的调查报道和打动人心的特写闻名。左方认为，报章有责任用科学和民主的思想启发民众。他于近日去世，享年86岁。nyti.ms/3HiPyOa

Obituary of a Chinese newspaper man is another elegy of the paper he edited. Why didn't that kind of journalism survive? Will similar journalism still existing do better? #南方周末

您这中文还行啊

Zhang Xinmin is happy that his song got so much attention after my story. An NHK documentary also used his song together with an interview of his favorite writer Liang Wendao.

No lying flat and no slacking off 不躺平，不摸鱼 - metro banners in Shenzhen try to inspire high tech park commuters

Luo Huazhong must be happy to see that the 'lying flat' movement is spreading in America! nytimes.com/2021/08/22/opi…

“A powerful China should also be a fair and just China…China is one of the worst countries in terms of redistribution, despite being a socialist country. Public spending is overly concentrated in cities, elite schools and so on.”
Chris Buckley 儲百亮 Alexandra Stevenson nyti.ms/3l0dSKe

After Gong Lijiao won China’s first gold medal in an Olympic field event on Sunday, a reporter for state news media asked about her “masculine” appearance and her life plans, setting off a heated debate about the restrictive discourse surrounding women. nytimes.com/2021/08/05/spo…

The detention of Kris Wu seemed like a rare victory for China’s fledgling #MeToo movement. But the Chinese government has instead used the case to deliver a stark warning against what it regards as a social ill: celebrity obsession. W/ ⁦Elsie Chen⁩ nytimes.com/2021/08/02/wor…

NEW: Chinese police have detained Kris Wu on suspicion of rape. He is the most prominent figure to be detained over #Metoo allegations in China so far. W/Elsie Chen

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是女孩救了女孩。
感谢所有发声的女孩。
女孩们，说话有用，说下去。
From Chinese social media, people are saying this: “It’s girls that have saved girls. Girls, it’s useful to say it, keep saying it. “

The scale of the flooding disaster in Henan becomes clearer. Devastation is widespread. Scores are still stranded. The death toll has reached 33. Keith Bradsher is on the scene. nytimes.com/2021/07/22/wor…

18-year-old Du Meizhu’s account “has been met with an outpouring of support…Hashtags such as #girlshelpgirls and others calling for Kris Wu to quit show business have been viewed by millions.” Elsie Chen with the latest on China’s #MeToo movement.
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