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The CCTV Olympic extravaganza

(via www.danwei.org) 2 days ago

The CCTV Olympic extravaganza

The essay is by Ann Condi who has extensive experience working inside Chinese state media. You can read a previous essay by Condi on Danwei: Self-censorship: the 2,000 pound rhinoceros on the dining table.

Tags: china, new, people, chinese, world, us, song, 2008, love, show, group, beijing, single, tv, life, media, popular, singer, english, live, party, free, games, foreign, performance, festival, military, style, olympic, olympics, cute, director, leader, drama, culture, sexy, commercial, development, workers, spring, army, teacher, fake, river, singers, jackie chan, struggle


Yodogawa hanabi

(via japundit.com) 4 days ago

Yodogawa hanabi

If you are planning to visit Japan during the summer season, something I actually do not recommend, I advise you to visit some of the many matsuri (чен). These festivals are celebrated with drinking, a lot of different foods...

Tags: japan, japanese, people, show, visit, popular, food, games, summer, festival, rain, osaka, river


The Tanabata Festival

(via xorsyst.com) 4 days ago

The Tanabata Festival

On August 7th, Asagaya Tokyo held its annual Tanabata festival. Tanabata means "Evening of the seventh" and is one of the Japanese star festivals. Pingmag was there to capture all of the great floats that filled the streets.

Tags: japanese, tokyo, us, anime, star, school, festival, children, river


Flash flood in Kobe

(via www.japanprobe.com) 16 days ago

Flash flood in Kobe

Video camera footage from a recent flood in Kobe provides a scary reminder of the fact that urban rivers can be very dangerous...

Tags: people, video, children, water, river, flood


Three dead in Japan flooding: police

(via news.yahoo.com) 21 days ago

Three dead in Japan flooding: police

At least three people were killed when a river overflowed on Monday in the western Japanese city of Kobe, a police official told AFP.

Tags: japan, japanese, people, police, river


Four killed in Kobe flash flood

(via search.japantimes.co.jp) 21 days ago

KOBE (Kyodo) Four people were killed Monday afternoon when they were washed away by a swollen river in Kobe as heavy rain and thunderstorms hit an extensive area of western Japan, police and firefighters said.

Tags: japan, people, police, rain, river, flood


Up the Yangtze : A Moving Documentary Film by Yung Chang

(via www.oneinchpunch.net) 24 days ago

Up the Yangtze : A Moving Documentary Film by Yung Chang

Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang displays a remarkable sense of cinematic storytelling in his first feature-length documentary, Up the Yangtze, in which the contested Three Gorges Dam forms an unsettling backdrop to a...

Tags: china, chinese, life, film, family, woman, history, modern, river, documentary, luxury