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[Link] Fight Club author praises Chinese cut of film: ‘Super wonderful!’
Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
The author of Fight Club has praised the “happy ending” afforded to David Fincher’s film of his book for a new Chinese cut of the movie. Chuck Palahniuk described the change, in which the police successfully foil an anarchist plot and the heroes are incarcerated, as “SUPER wonderful”.
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[Link] China Calls This ‘Democracy.’ Hong Kongers Don’t Buy It.
Read: 20/12/2021 www.vice.com
Only 30.2 percent of Hong Kong’s 4.4 million voters cast a ballot on Sunday, a record low turnout for any citywide elections, even as the government tried to encourage voting by offering free subway rides and text message reminders.
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[Link] JPMorgan CEO Joked About Outlasting China’s Communist Party. The Fun Didn’t Last Long.
Read: 25/11/2021 www.vice.com
America’s most powerful banker has had his fair share of controversial opinions, but rarely has he walked back something as quickly as he did after he joked about the world’s second-most powerful country.
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[Link] Missing tennis star Peng Shuai says she 'wants her privacy respected' in video call with IOC president
Read: 21/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The International Olympic Committee says Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has called its president to tell him she is safe and well.
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[Link] China's COVID death rate is curiously low. An anonymous Beijing doctor told us how they’re doing it
Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
If accurate, the official figures highlight the benefits of the world's strictest zero-tolerance policy, which involved keeping borders closed and moving quickly to suppress small outbreaks.
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[Link] Chinese Censorship in Overdrive After Tennis Star Accuses Ex-Top Leader of Sexual Assault
Read: 3/11/2021 www.vice.com
Peng Shuai, a former Wimbledon doubles champion, alleged on Tuesday night she was coerced into having sex with ex-Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli three years ago. The claims, which have not been corroborated, were posted on her verified account on the microblogging site Weibo.
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