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This week, one of China’s Princesses (female children of China’s old Party members, similar to Princelings), Li Xiaolin, revealed that her biggest regret in life was that she didn’t have a second child. This is nothing new. This is a sentiment that many mothers in China have been feeling for decades and is only one Read More

China Joy in Shanghai is the largest anime/gaming convention in China. But China Joy also hosts smaller conventions around the country in preparation for the big one in Shanghai. This weekend was Changsha’s China Joy. Changsha’s China Joy is always held at the exhibition center at the Sanhe Hotel near Martyr’s Park. The event is Read More

Tang Hui had another day in court this week. On Tuesday about 200 people gathered outside the Provincial High Court in Changsha for her latest hearing. According to the Global Times, Tang received an apology from the chief of police who sent her to a labor camp back in August of 2012. However, the court Read More

I’ve written before about how much the gaokao, China’s college entrance exam, is archaic, unfair, and even sexist. However, at this time in China, if one wants to go to college, one must take the gaokao. While one can hope for improvement in the future, in the meantime one must simply take the test. But Read More

Here is a list no one wants to be on. A teacher in Changsha, surnamed Xu, has been arrested for molesting children whom he tutored after class hours. The name of school has not been released. In the last month, this brings the number of molestation or rape charges brought about by students against teachers Read More

While Shanghai made headlines worldwide this winter after farmers dumped over 16,000 dead pigs into the local rivers, a farm in Changsha has decided to create it’s own pig-dumping scandal by dumping chemically dissolved pigs into the Xiangjiang river, Hunan’s largest river and main water supply. According to the farm, it’s practices do no damage Read More

Next week will be the dreaded gaokao, the nation-wide test administered to high school seniors which will determine their future. 10 years of schooling has lead to this moment and kids will do anything to do well from cheating to taking birth control to prevent any added stress from an ill-timed period. It’s the time Read More

Interviewing Tang Hui is something I have been wanting to do for months but my translator isn’t around right now. So I’m glad somebody at AFP finally saw the value in interviewing Tang Hui and getting her story out there. I’ve been writing about her for months, trying to get more attention on her. In Read More

Changsha’s government is hoping to see Changsha as an international vacation destination by 2020. The local officials here feel this lofty goal is reasonable after it hit 1,000,000 tourists in 2013 (whether that is so far or a projection for the year is unclear). Mao Zedong’s childhood home I live here. I love living here. Read More

I actually first heard about this guy a few months ago, but it came across as an isolated incident and everyone seemed to think he would just move on so I pretty much ignored it. What happened was a tall, blond Westerner was caught asking people for money. He even had the gall to ask Read More