On the way to Mamuchi Village in Yinan County - a small town in East China's Shandong Province - stands a "General Primary School". Amid the shabby cottages, the school stands out with its bright glazed tiles. A careful look at the building reveals an inscription by Chi Haotian, China's former defense minister.
My friend Xiao Wang should have scored a 40,000-yuan ($5,256) a month job as a sales director at a top US company. Instead he became yet another victim of East meets West culture clash.
Tao Wenjuan and Cao Lingyan are rural migrant workers on a mission. The 22-year-old women want equality and respect from China's 577 million city dwellers. As president of a women's association at a rural migrant community in Fenghua, Zhejiang Province, Tao proposed to the city council that it was time to challenge the city dwellers' prejudice against the migrant worker.
Fourteen youngsters are stomping on the wooden floors, yelling. They throw their hands in the air and chant "E-G-G! E-G-G!"
It was wee hours of a winter morning in Beijing in 2002 when Chinese independent filmmaker Wang Liren stepped out of the Lucky Bar after attending a rock show with friends. Still swept up with the energy of rock music and under the influence of a bit of alcohol, Wang sensed nothing beyond the freezing wind and the dim glow of the streetlamps.
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