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Posted: 27 Jul 2012 08:59 PM PDT

Guo Jinlong (right) and Wang Anshun publicly mourned the flood victims today. (Caijing)

As of July 27, the following search terms are blocked on (not including the "search for user" function):

Wang Anshun and Guo Jinlong: Guo, who resigned as mayor of Beijing on Wednesday, has already taken the post of Municipal Communist Party Secretary as planned earlier this month. He and acting mayor Wang Anshun publicly mourned the flood victims today [zh].

      • Wang (王)
      • An (安)
      • Shun (顺)
      • An: Pinyin romanization.
      • Shun: Pinyin romanization.
      • Guo (郭)
      • Jin (金)
      • Long (龙)
      • Guo: Pinyin romanization.
      • Jin: Pinyin romanization.
      • Long: Pinyin romanization.
      • GuoJL (郭JL)

See related lists of from July 25 and 26.

Note: All Chinese-language words are tested using simplified characters. The same terms in traditional characters occasionally return different results.

CDT Chinese runs a project that crowd-sources filtered keywords on search.  CDT independently tests the keywords before posting them, but some searches later become accessible again. We welcome readers to contribute to this project so that we can include the most up-to-date information. To add words, check out the form at the bottom of CDT Chinese's latest sensitive words post.

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Posted: 27 Jul 2012 08:59 PM PDT

Hongqiao to Beijingnan

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How Shady Agents Get Chinese into US Colleges

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 08:34 PM PDT

While many U.S. colleges see a boom in applications from China, many applicants rely heavily on agents who are sometimes not above using shady tactics to help their clients through the unfamiliar admission process. From Justin Bergman at TIME:

This fall, David Zhu will join an exodus of Chinese students boarding planes for the leafy, beer-soaked campuses of American colleges and universities. Zhu, currently a student at Shanghai's prestigious Fudan University, will be enrolling at Oregon State University to pursue a bachelor's degree in business — a dream his parents have had since they started saving a $157,000 nest egg for his education. But like many Chinese students who don't speak English fluently, Zhu might not have been accepted without a little help. The 21-year-old hired an education agent in China to clean up and "elaborate" on the essay he submitted as part of his application. "Actually, the agency helped my application to some extent," he says.

[…] But many of these students would probably never make it to America without a middleman to pave the way. According to a 2010 report by Zinch China, a consultancy that advises U.S. colleges and universities on China, 8 out of every 10 Chinese undergraduate students use an agent to file their applications. And with such intense competition among agents — not to mention ambitious students and their overzealous parents — cheating is rampant, the group says. It estimates that 90% of recommendation letters from Chinese students are fake, 70% of college application essays are not written by the students, and half of all high school transcripts are falsified. "The world of higher education is becoming extremely competitive, much more so than it was even 10 years ago, and I think the kids are looking for an edge," says Tom Melcher, chairman of Zinch China. "Everyone is looking around and saying, 'Well, everyone else is cheating, why shouldn't I?'"

For more on Chinese students struggling into US colleges, see Two-Way Street: Breaking Bad College Recruiting Habits in China, via CDT

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Sensitive Words: Beijing Flood (2)

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 01:30 PM PDT

(right) and publicly mourned the flood victims today. (Caijing)

As of July 27, the following search terms are blocked on (not including the "search for user" function):

Wang Anshun and Guo Jinlong: Guo, who resigned as mayor of Beijing on Wednesday, has already taken the post of Municipal Communist Party Secretary as planned earlier this month. He and acting mayor Wang Anshun publicly mourned the flood victims today [zh].

      • Wang (王)
      • An (安)
      • Shun (顺)
      • An: Pinyin romanization.
      • Shun: Pinyin romanization.
      • Guo (郭)
      • Jin (金)
      • Long (龙)
      • Guo: Pinyin romanization.
      • Jin: Pinyin romanization.
      • Long: Pinyin romanization.
      • GuoJL (郭JL)

See related lists of from July 25 and 26.

Note: All Chinese-language words are tested using simplified characters. The same terms in traditional characters occasionally return different results.

CDT Chinese runs a project that crowd-sources filtered keywords on search.  CDT independently tests the keywords before posting them, but some searches later become accessible again. We welcome readers to contribute to this project so that we can include the most up-to-date information. To add words, check out the form at the bottom of CDT Chinese's latest sensitive words post.

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‘Pushing Boundaries With Cans of Paint’

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 05:39 PM PDT

While the Olympic themed street- of England's eminent and anonymous pop-cultural delinquent may soon disappear from the walls of London, Voice of America interviews graffiti artist Wang Mo on the chic and seditious sides of Beijing's developing graffiti scene:

"In China when you look for the word in the dictionary it is defined as 'scribble.'  is actually a form of art which came from America to Europe and then to China.  The government and police don't understand it at all," he stated.

[...]Wang and his friends are now invited by brands and galleries to take part in promotional events. Even the government has allotted some city walls as official public spaces for graffiti art.  But for Wang, these small liberties take away from the meaning of his work.

"This is not real graffiti!  Graffiti should mean that you can paint anywhere you want even if it is illegal.  We want more and more people, whether they are adults or children, to join us," he added. "We want them to go outside instead of painting on a canvas.  They should go out on the street and paint whatever they want."

In a country that limits self-expression, these young Chinese are pushing boundaries with cans of paint.

Earlier this summer, a piece from The Atlantic's Cities website talks more of designer graffiti's popularity among China's stylish. While the VOA report stresses subversion in the works of China's graffiti artists, this piece explains how they must take pains to tread lightly in a society as politically sensitive as is China's:

In China, a place not known for encouraging dissent, graffiti is a little less in your face.

[...]The writer who calls himself Tin points to a carefully painted creation with a black background and stylized Chinese characters in red, orange, and yellow. "It says, 'You see it but you don't know the meaning,'" Tin says in Mandarin translated by his wife, Rity.

Westerners think of graffiti art as actively thumbing its nose at the establishment, but this is about as subversive as it gets inside the People's Republic of China.

[...]What Chinese graffiti writers do shy away from is making political statements in their art or talking politics.[...]
A recent BBC article about how has changed lives in China interviewed a Chengdu based graffiti artist on the efficacy of micro-blogs in the development of a subculture. An older piece from BBC News contains a series of photos sampling the works of 's street artists. The article briefly mentions the historical roots of graffiti in China, and how some modern artists (again represented by Wang Mo) see their artform being recruited into propaganda campaigns:
[...]It began with Mao Zedong in the 1920s who used revolutionary slogans and paintings in public places to galvanise the country's communist revolution.

[...]In a quiet street in north-west Beijing, a 730m-long wall of bungalows is covered by paintings and images that the authorities encourage people to spray on. The local government wants to show it is a city that can showcase different ideas.

But Wang Mo is dismissive. "It is not graffiti, just propaganda paintings," he says. Nowadays, revolutionary slogans have made way for slogans about the importance to China of the Olympics.

In Beijing, American expat Lance Crayon recently debuted Spray Paint Beijing, a documentary about the city's graffiti scene.

Click here to view the embedded video.

For artist profiles and images from China's graffiti scene, see Fatcap's China page. Also see prior CDT coverage of street art, graffiti, and hip-hop.

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China’s New Political Class: The People

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 03:32 PM PDT

In a post for the Council on Foreign Relation's Asia Unbound blog, CFR's director of Asian Studies Elizabeth C. Economy describes current trends in China's civic engagement. By referring to many recent events, Economy explains how the Chinese people are using both the streets and the Internet as venues to express their concern:

Chinese people power has arrived. As China's top officials meet in Beidaihe to finalize their selections for the country's new leadership, they are being overshadowed by a different, and increasingly potent, political class—the Chinese people. From to Jiangsu to Guangdong, Chinese citizens are making their voices heard on the Internet and their actions felt on the streets.

[...]

One of the events that Economy uses to underscore this trend is the flood that continues to wreak havoc on Beijing after last weekend's torrential rains. While the government's manipulation of death tolls and censorship of media and micro-blog coverage of the event led to serious public anger at the offical response to the disaster, the incident allowed citizens an opportunity to effectively stand up for themselves in the relief effort. China Media Project provides an in-depth media survey to show how the government has been trying to mitigate the fallout of negative public opinion by highlighting "positive" stories:

As we approach the critical one-week anniversary of the floods in Beijing last Saturday that claimed at least 77 lives, according to the latest official numbers — and as Chinese continue to heap criticism on the government via social media — China's propaganda leaders are moving aggressively to contain negative coverage.

[...]

While has proven a potent means for civic interaction, it has also become a valuable government tool to survey . An op-ed run in China Daily and the Global Times calls attention to the need to reconcile a discrepancy in digital literacy between officials and the public:

A recent local public servants' selection test highlighted Chinese officials' poor knowledge of Weibo.

[...]The situation of Chinese officials and governmental agencies not being able to keep up with the public's demands needs to be changed. It's worrying that they don't know how to properly use this platform. Learning Weibo and other Internet applications should be a required course for civil servants and governments in the future.
More importantly, a "real life" interaction model between the government and the public also needs to be established. The government should learn to listen to the people rather than merely issue administrative documents. It needs a thorough reform. Perhaps a Weibo post of 140 words is a starting point.

The past year has been rife with incidents in which citizens have taken to the streets and to the Net to voice their concerns. For a few examples, see prior CDT coverage of the Wukan uprisings on the ground and in the blogosphere, or the Shifang protests and social media's role within.

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Sensitive Words: Beijing Flood (2)

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 01:22 PM PDT

As of July 27, the following search terms are blocked on (not including the "search for user" function):

 

and : Guo, who resigned as mayor of Beijing on Wednesday, has already taken the post of Municipal Communist Party Secretary as planned earlier this month. He and acting mayor Wang Anshun publicly mourned the flood victims today [zh].

  • Wang (王)
  • An (安)
  • Shun (顺)
  • An: Pinyin romanization.
  • Shun: Pinyin romanization.
  • Guo (郭)
  • Jin (金)
  • Long (龙)
  • Guo: Pinyin romanization.
  • Jin: Pinyin romanization.
  • Long: Pinyin romanization.
  • GuoJL (郭JL)

See related lists of from July 25 and 26.

Note: All Chinese-language words are tested using simplified characters. The same terms in traditional characters occasionally return different results.

CDT Chinese runs a project that crowd-sources filtered keywords on search.  CDT independently tests the keywords before posting them, but some searches later become accessible again. We welcome readers to contribute to this project so that we can include the most up-to-date information. To add words, check out the form at the bottom of CDT Chinese's latest sensitive words post.

 

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Small Victory for Activist Cleared of Fraud

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 12:03 PM PDT

Activist Ni Yulan has been cleared of fraud by a Beijing court, knocking two months off an ongoing 32 month jail sentence imposed in April. Ni's legal battles against led to the destruction of her own home, two earlier prison terms and a police beating in 2002 which left her in a wheelchair. From Reuters' Sui-Lee Wee:

Prosecutors said previously that Ni had swindled a person out of 5,000 yuan ($780) for "fabricating her identity as a lawyer". [Ni's license to practice was revoked in 2002.]

The court ruled that the contributions to Ni were donations, the couple's lawyer Cheng Hai told Reuters by telephone.

"We've won partially," Cheng said. "It wasn't easy. But if everyone persists, there's still hope. The path of the rule of law, no matter how tough it is, is still improving."

Cheng also reported that Ni appears "terribly malnourished". The verdict follows US-China human rights talks in Washington earlier this week, in which Assistant Secretary of State says Ni's case was raised. 's Phelim Kine pointed out on Twitter, however, that while he is "Glad Ni Yulan got fraud charge tossed, [… the] spurious 'disturbance' conviction keeps her in prison until late 2014". The disturbance charges, for which her husband Dong Jiqin is also serving a two year sentence, related to their refusal to check out of a hotel which Ni claims was actually a .

See also Paul Mooney's 2011 profile of Ni Yulan, and more on the activist via CDT.

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iPad Trademark Dispute Addendum: Revenge of the Lawyers

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 07:45 AM PDT

Last week, Grandall Law Firm sued its client, Proview, for failing to pay up the promised 4 percent of Apple's settlement fee, which equates to 2.4 million U.S. dollars.

According to the Beijing Times, lawyers from Grandall Law Firm, along with an advisory team for Proview, submitted a property preservation application to Shenzhen Yantian District Court on Wednesday.

The application, if upheld by the court, may affect the transfer of the iPad trademark. (Caijing)

I was trying to ignore this since it is a silly sideshow that will most likely prove meaningless. However, some folks are now spouting goofy shit about it, so a brief comment is in order.

OK, first off, what's really going on here? Well, Proview is insolvent, but not yet in bankruptcy proceedings, and Grandall is trying to get paid. If they actually fronted costs for this case without figuring how to secure their fees, I have to question that move.

But on to the main event. What is going on with the "IPAD" trademark? If you recall, Proview was paid $60 million, which it sounds like was paid in to the court by Apple. By this time, I also assume that the assignment paperwork has been deposited with the Trademark Office, which will process the transfer from Proview (Shenzhen) to Apple's designated corporate entity. This hasn't happened yet, but it's in process.

Who owns the trademark at this very moment? Tough question. One could argue that until a new certificate in Apple's name is issued by the Trademark Office, it technically still belongs to Proview. On the other hand, Proview signed on to a court-approved (a Provincial High Court!) settlement, accepted their cash, and executed the transfer docs. Looking at this from an equity viewpoint, Apple is the clear owner.

Moreover, we never saw the settlement agreement, so who knows what the two parties agreed on. Perhaps Proview acknowledged that it had already sold the mark to Apple. I have no idea, but that document might have an effect on the status of the title.

Interesting, if rather esoteric, legal issue. Ultimately not very important though.

What is Proview trying to do? Nothing special. It's suing Proview for money owed, and it has applied to the court to attach the only asset it can think of which is worth any money — the iPad trademark. Same procedure that any plaintiff uses to preserve assets for trial, which prevents the defendant from selling or otherwise transferring that asset to a third party before the case is finished. Usually this involves something like a house, car, equipment or even a bank account. If you've ever had a lien put on your house because of a court judgment, you know what I'm talking about.

Apparently this is confusing some folks, like this guy writing for Forbes:

Things are always complicated when the lawyers get involved but this saga of Apple, Proview and the rights to the iPad name in China seems to have one more twist left in it. For the lawyers are suing to have the trademark delivered to them rather than to Apple that has just paid for it.

[ . . . ]

So, what the law firm has done is tried to have the IPAD trademark assigned to itself until it gets paid. Quite how much Proview cares about this I'm not sure. As they're bankrupt there's not a great deal that anyone can do to get the $60 million back from them. And quite what the law firm's end game is I'm not sure either. If the trademark is assigned to them what happens next? Do they sue Apple again for violating the trademark owned now by the law firm? Hope Apple will help them out by coughing up the fees?

Good God. Wrong! Again, what Grandall is attempting is called an asset preservation — the same kind of thing goes on in civil suits in most countries, including the U.S. Even if it succeeded (and I don't think it will), the trademark would not be assigned to Grandall. It would be held/frozen by the court pending the resolution of the dispute.

I'm not a litigator (and neither, by the way, are any of the folks out there talking about this), so I can't wade into an analysis of competing rights over the asset and when title is deemed to pass during a trademark transfer like this. I suspect the answer isn't at all obvious.

However, all this talk is probably a waste of time. There is just no way that a judge in a Shenzhen district court is going to be able to fuck around with a high-profile settlement brokered by the High Court, particularly when money has already changed hands and the paperwork is already with the Trademark Office. It boggles the mind.

A much more reasonable possibility for Grandall is that their fees are taken out of that $60 million settlement amount before it goes to Proview. I wouldn't bet on that either, though; it's not the (High) court's business to get in between Proview and its lawyers.

I think Grandall, like Apple, simply got screwed by Proview here. When your client is insolvent, that tends to happen. Never say never, but I would guess that this little wrinkle won't amount to anything.

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The Daily Twit – 7/27/12: Fewer Jobs, Stimulus in Changsha, and More Rain

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 06:49 AM PDT

Some economic news to get you all thoroughly depressed for the weekend:

Forbes: China's Slowdown In Coastal Provinces Forces Migrant Workers To Go Home– We've seen this before, most recently in 2008/9. Not something the government wants to see, for a variety of reasons.

Associated Press: China steps up stimulus spending at local level– Details on the estimated $130 billion spending in Changsha, which were unveiled on Wednesday, got a lot of press attention for some reason, including this article.

And as we enjoy another rainstorm here in Beijing, the commentary over the government's handling of the last one still trickles in:

Global Times: Anger over non-local denied relief goods– Have flood victims been refused assistance because they don't have a Beijing residence permit?

WantChinaTimes: Netizens brainstorm survival skills after Beijing's deadly flood — Some harrowing tales and how folks are preparing for the next disaster, which usually involves hoarding things that may/may not be useful for survival.

Latest Sinica Podcast: A Torrential Rainstorm– Kaiser Kuo and pals address the flooding in this week's show.
Etc., Miscellany, and Leftovers:

The Interview: Joseph S. Nye | The Diplomat– Interesting chat with Joe "Soft Power" Nye on a variety of topics, including China's soft power and the U.S. "Asia Pivot" policy.

Bloomberg: China's Biggest Brands Try to Raise Their Profile– Always a favorite topic. The branding strategies of Haier, Huawei, ZTE and other Chinese firms with global ambitions.

Dow Jones: Volkswagen to probe China patent-violation reports — Oops. Looks like VW's local partner here was taking some liberties with their patented technology, a violation of patent law and the underlying license agreement.

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A Luxury Cruise Ship With Chinese Characteristics

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 04:30 AM PDT

Construction began this week on China's first luxury cruise ship. It will take four years to build, cost a few billion RMB, and will be able to carry 2,000 passengers. But a cruise ship with Chinese characteristics? How's that going to work?

Things to Love About China's First Cruise Ship:

1. Planned name "Xiamen" will be deemed too boring, so something famous-ish will be chosen. Like "Titanache."

2. VIP passengers guaranteed not to be bothered by commoners, who will be locked away in steerage. VIP buffet dining accessible only via Real ID electronic security system.

3. Passengers will be treated to world-class entertainment in the lounge every night, acts like Jay Chou, Eason Chan or the best lip-sync equivalents that can be found.

4. Ship will only stop in Chinese territorial waters. Planned itinerary includes Xiamen, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Sansha and, time permitting, Okinawa.

5. Emergency lifeboats will be provided to all passengers (additional fee required).

6. Passengers will be kept up to date 24/7 on all storm and iceberg developments via SMS.

7. Free Taiji lessons every morning on the Lido Deck, followed by foot massages.

8. All Platinum Card passengers allotted additional cabins on the "Pleasure Deck" for their mistresses.

9. Free-flow karaoke and cigarettes.

10. Celebrity spokesman: James Cameron!

I'm sure all will go well with the cruise ship, but if the worst happens and there is an accident some day in the future, some PR prep might be a good idea.

Top Five Reasons Why the PRC TITANACHE Went Down After Hitting an Iceberg

1. Japanese anti-iceberg technology.

2. No one had seen an iceberg that big in the past 60 years.

3. Too many passengers queued for starboard-side all-seafood buffet destabilized the ship.

4. Pilot error, and anyway, he was just temporary (临时工) and has already been dismissed.

5. The official investigation is still pending. A public announcement will be made. Sometime. Maybe.

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Your Daily Dose of CNOOC-Nexen Political Hijinks

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 01:05 AM PDT

I've been talking about the CNOOC-Nexen energy deal all week, with an emphasis on the political spin from U.S. legislators. For the most part, the fun and games have come from Republicans, either China bashers or oil and gas industry shills. But now the Democrats have smelled an opportunity and are also piling on.

First up, Senator Chuck Schumer, who has been riding the RMB valuation issue for years and is not exactly pro-China:

In a draft letter obtained by Reuters, Charles Schumer, the Senate's No. 3 Democrat and a frequent critic of China's trade and currency policy, said the powerful Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States should not approve the deal until China makes "tangible, enforceable commitments" on market access for U.S. companies.

The U.S. inter-agency committee reviews foreign takeovers of U.S. assets for national security concerns. Nexen owns a U.S. subsidiary that has offshore oil drilling assets in the Gulf of Mexico.

Some bald-faced opportunism here. But don't take my word for it:

Schumer said he believes the proposed deal would benefit the United States and its energy sector, but said Geithner should "not miss this opportunity" to ensure China lives up to promises it has made to provide fair access for U.S. companies into Chinese markets.

Funny thing, I thought that the CFIUS process was all about national security, not as a lever to be used to extract trade concessions from other countries. Well, to be honest, everyone already knew that CFIUS was not immune to political influence. Thanks to Schumer, we don't have to pretend otherwise anymore.

Schumer was joined by his Democratic colleague in the House:

The Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, also called for the committee to "thoroughly review" the CNOOC takeover.

"This deal prompts great concern about the Chinese government's continued attempts to use its state-owned enterprises to acquire global energy resources," Pelosi spokesman Drew Hamill said in a statement.

Pelosi is being eminently fair here, isn't she? If a non-SOE energy company wanted to do this deal, she'd have no problem with it. Plenty of huge, private oil companies in China that could swing a multi-billion dollar acquisition, right?

Of course, the Republicans still see advantage on pressing on with this issue, particularly as it gives them an opportunity to accuse President Obama of inaction:

"I'm concerned because it's really a trend, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico," Louisiana Senator David Vitter said. "I don't know enough about it to know whether it should be blocked through any American, U.S.-based law. But I do think the far better alternative is for us to play offense, and for us to be developing, taking advantage of these energy resources," Vitter, a Republican, told Reuters.

And our old friend Senator Hoeven, from his comfortable position inside the pocket of Big Oil, is still pushing this:

Senator John Hoeven, whose home state of North Dakota has become the nation's second-largest oil producer, said the United States should do more to develop its resources.

"Do we really want to be buying our oil or Canadian oil back from the Chinese? If we don't take action to develop our resources and work with our closest friend and ally Canada, that's exactly what's going to happen," Hoeven said at a news conference.

Even Hoeven doesn't really get how the oil market works or the role played by private companies. Then again, given his corporate benefactors, it makes sense that he'd find it difficult to separate the government and the public from American oil companies. "We" indeed.

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