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Watch Living with Dead Hearts Now (It’s Free) 29 Jul 2013 | 06:30 am
We’ve finally released our film, online and for free. Here you go. (You’re gonna want to watch this in fullscreen mode, obviously). Go here to purchase a DRM-free download or PAL DVD if you want one.
Carried Off: Abduction, Adoption, and Two Families’ Search for Answers 25 Jul 2013 | 04:32 am
I’ve written a long feature piece for the Asia Society’s blog ChinaFile about abduction and adoption in China and how it relates to the US. Here’s the first paragraph; you can read the rest here. In ...
Translation: Guixi Orphanage Implicated in Re-Selling of Babies 13 Feb 2013 | 03:02 am
The following is a translation of this article from Rights-Defender Online and republished on Shenzhen Information Online (as well as elsewhere). This obviously relates somewhat to our film (which you...
The Government’s Solution to the Bijie Boys 21 Dec 2012 | 12:24 am
I rarely if ever do posts like this, but if you haven’t come across this news already, you should read this post from Offbeat China. For the lazy, here’s the short version: dumpsters painted with this...
2NON.ORG X-POST: The Real Danger in China’s Mines 18 Dec 2012 | 09:00 am
This is an article from our new nonprofit reporting site, 2non.org. We have done several other articles like this, and want to continue doing reporting and making films, but we need your support to do...
Translation: ‘How to Break the Cycle of Black Jails’ 11 Dec 2012 | 09:15 am
Caixin’s recent package of stories (which I came across via the indispensable Sinocism) includes this opinion piece by professor Yu Jianrong. He’s a bit light on actual solutions aside from the usual ...
The Struggle of 15-Year-Old Hukou Protester Zhan Haite 10 Dec 2012 | 03:14 am
A 15-year-old girl has made waves in the Chinese press recently for her fight against Shanghai authorities after she was banned from taking the college entrance examination because she does not hold a...
Translation: “Inexplicably Made Happy” 30 Nov 2012 | 04:42 am
Here are the results of a recent survey that has been passed around in China; “The Happiest Professions in the Eyes of the People.” (It’s not clear how many people participated.) Public servants Gover...
Red Dawn Really Brings Out the Idiots 28 Nov 2012 | 11:43 am
Well, the Red Dawn remake has finally been released1, and it’s fucking terrible. Seriously, at just 11% on Rotten Tomatos, it apparently ranks among the worst films in recent memory. I say “apparently...
In Brief: Who’s Really Disappearing Reporters 24 Nov 2012 | 12:23 am
At this point probably everyone is familiar with the “Bijie Boys” and most of you are probably also aware of how that turned out for the reporter who broke the story. The fact that a reporter would be...
