by Han Han
France
boycotting businesses and products from, 33–36, 38–40, 42, 73–77
defection of Chinese officials to, 76
demonstrations for Tibetan independence in, 33, 43
incursion by forces from England and, 44
restrictions on immigration from China to, 36
Freedom [more]
pressing for, 245–47
Fujian Province, 145, 165, 167, 183
G
Gansu Province, 125–27
Fifty-centers in, 130
Gasoline, price of, 197–202
General Administration of Press and Publication, 17
Generations, 1–3
Genetically engineered foods, 155
Global Times, 96, 204
Google, 122–23, 162, 224, 237n
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 246
Government officials, 125, 133–35, 141–42
bringing grievances to, 192
corrupt, see Corruption
defection to France of, 76
in Imperial China, 141
jail terms for “slandering” of, 145–49
mannerisms of, 205
public opinion poll on performance of, 137–40
Graft, 80
see also Corruption
Great Relocation, The (Xie Chaoping), 187n
Gross domestic product (GDP), 138, 140, 170, 173
per capita, 162, 163
Gu Changwei, 105
Guinness Book of World Records, 29
H
Half-mast, flying flags at, 21–22, 39
Handan, 82–84
Handicapped children, begging by, 194, 195
Han Feng, 133–35
public opinion poll on, 137–39
Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, 79
Han Zheng, 224
Havel, Vaclav, 236, 240
Heaven on Earth Night Club (Fujian), 167
Hebei Province, 82–83
Hefei, 39
Heilongjiang forest fire, 92
Hengyang, 129
Higher education, principles for institutions of, 165
High-speed trains, collision of, 217–20
Honda, 76
Hong Kong, 95, 97, 98, 147
films made in, 175
Google in, 145, 162n
prices in, 198, 201
rally competition from Beijing to, 249–50
Hope Primary School, 127
Household registration, see Residence registration
Housing market, 197–202
Hua Guofeng, 97n
Huang Ju, 21n
Huangpu River, bridges over, 127
Huang Wanli, 209
Huang Yibo, 203–7
Hu Bing, 105
Hu Jintao, 145n
Hu Jun, 105
Humanitarian ideals, 41
Hunan Satellite TV, 92
Hurricane Katrina, 48
I
India, 28, 30
Indonesia, 43
tsunami in, 48–50
Industrial pollution, 7
Infant formula, melamine contamination of, 67
Insults to China, accusations of, 27–31
Intellectual property rights, 57–59
International Tourism Festival, 160
Internet, 42, 73, 99n, 133, 145–47, 164n, 203n, 229, 234, 237n, 242
conjectures by commentators on, 191
filtered keywords for searches on, 21, 122, 145n, 224
government capability to shut down, 232
hostile comments from Chinese on, 50, 51
lack of access for poor to, 233
payment for posting
pro-government comments
on, 75, 123, 129–31, 252
public opinion poll on, 137–40
surveillance of, in Gansu Province, 125–27
see also Baidu; Google
J
Japan, 29, 30
boycotting products from, 76
car racing in, 4
Diaoyu Islands incident, 181–83, 185–88
Manchuria invaded by, 185n
natural calamities in, 48
occupation of China by, 175
Jet Li, 50, 105
Jiading Expo Forum, 115–16
Jiang Wen, 105
Jiang Wenli, 105
Jiangxi Province, 210–11
Jinshan Petroleum, 119
Judiciary, 143
independent, 163
see also Courts; Legal system
K
Karma, Buddhist concept of, 47, 48
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), 201, 234
Khmer Rouge, 219
Kidnapping, 194
Kim Jong-il, 97, 176
Kindergartens, attacks on, 157–60
Kobe, earthquake in, 50
Korea, 29, 30, 177
see also North Korea; South Korea
Korean War, 176–77
L
Laibin Tobacco Bureau, 133
Land, 163, 196
appropriated for development, compensation for, 6–7, 170, 190
leased from government, 186
see also Real estate, sale of
Lanzhou tragedy, 126–27
Laos, 175
Leadership, Chinese-style, 234
Leqing, 189–91
Letters and Visits Office, 139, 142, 144
Li, Robin, 251
Li Bai, 224
Libya, 235
License fees
on cars, 121–22
on e-bikes, 118
Li Changchun, 224n
Lin Miaoke, 61, 62
Li Qiaoming, 99n
Liu Caodong, 250
Liu Xiang, 57–58
Liu Xuan, 105
Liu Yifei, 105
Li Yundi, 105
Loeb, Sébastien, 34
Louis Vuitton, 38, 42, 70, 247
Luo Dayou, 175, 178–79
Lust, Caution (film), 58n
Lu Xun, 24
M
Ma Huateng, 237
Malaysia, 34
Manchuria, Japanese invasion of, 185n
Mao Dun, 53
Mao Zedong, 49, 97n, 165, 187n, 218, 253
Marriage, 1
registration fee, 202
residence registration and, 6
Mawei, 145
McDonald’s, 201
Melamine, 67
Microblogs, 225–29, 232
Milk, melamine contamination of, 67, 160
Mil Mi-26 helicopters, 127
Mission Impossible movies, 27, 28
Motorbikes, 118–20
Motorcycles, 118–19, 234
Mukden Incident, 185n
N
Nanping, 157
National Day, 115
National Environmental Monitoring Center, 190
National People’s Congress, 138, 209
National Political Consultative Conference, 138
National Standards Commission, 117–18
National Youth Work Commission, 206
New Century Weekly, 138
New China News Agency, 9, 42, 92–93, 140
New York Times, 235
North Korea, 97, 175–78, 219
Nuclear weapons, 177
O
Obama, Barack, 116
Oil, 183
Olympics, Beijing, x, 33, 38, 42, 43, 47n, 63–65, 188, 219
intellectual property rights of sponsors of, 57–59
opening ceremony of, 61–62
traffic restrictions during, 121
One-child policy, 1–2, 107, 196
rich and famous and, 9–11
Oriental Pearl TV tower (Shanghai), 28, 127
Orphan of Asia (Wu Zhuoliu), 175
P
Party magazine, 223
Passports, foreign, 106
Patriotism, Chinese, 33–36
nationalism and, 37–40
saving face and, 41–45
sex with underage girls as expression of, 102�
�3
see also Boycotts
Peking opera, 182n
People’s Daily, 92, 93, 204, 205, 235
Personal taste, prohibition of expressions of, 53–55
Peugeot, 38, 42, 76
Pickles, 120
Pirates of the Caribbean (movie), 28
Police brutality, 99n
Politburo Standing Committee, 21n, 224
Politics, caring about, 1, 2
Pollution, 7, 140, 154, 169–70, 190
Population pressures, alleviation of, 10
see also One-child policy
Portugal, 176
Power, 142, 164, 167, 219
absolute, 218
abuses of, 2, 98, 143–44, 195
bringing grievances to pinnacle of, 141, 192
censorship and, 221
class and, 178
cultural, 224
lack of access to, 233
limits on, 163, 178
party in, 187, 242, 247
revolution and, 239–41
struggles for, 204
sucking up to, by Fifty-centers, 123
supreme, transfer in Soviet Union of, 246
tripartite division of, 166, 253
to write slogans, 201
veto, 165
Propaganda, 33–34
censorship and, 221
in Gansu, 126–27
and high-speed train crash, 219
management of, 93
patriotism and, 102
Prostitutes, 81–87, 103
at Beijing Olympics, 65
Protests, mass, 44, 49, 147, 190, 194, 231–32
against France for support of Tibetan independence, 33–36, 41, 73n, 188
against Japan for Diaoyu Island incident, 181n, 185, 187–88
revolutions and, 235–36
Public education, see Education, Chinese system of
Public Security, 123, 194
Beijing, 81, 89
censorship by, 221
Handan, 83
monitoring by, 144
netizens charged with slandering, 145–46, 148
payments to, 84, 85
Shijiazhuang, 83
Yibin, 101–2
Public Security Management Law, 85
Publishing industry, Chinese, 222–24
Q
Qianlong Emperor, 205
Qian Yunhui, 189–92, 252
Qingchun (Youth), x
Qing government, 218
Quotations from Chairman Mao, 93
R
Radio, Film, and Television, Chinese State Administration of, 58n
Real estate, sale of, 152, 183
bribes and, 138
GDP and, 163
government revenue generated, 211
profits on, 107
see also Housing market
Red Cross, 69
Red Scarf (newspaper), 204
Reference News, 204
Reform, 220
cultural, 224
democracy and, 240
economic, 80, 201n
political, 247
revolution versus, 231–33, 237, 239
Renault, 76
Residence registration, urban versus rural, 5–8
Revolution, 231–43
Rights activists, jail sentences for, 145–49
Rivers
damming of, 127, 209–11, 187n, 209–11
pollution of, 7, 140, 190
Rural registration, 5–8
Russia, 127
Rwanda, 240
S
Sarcasm, x, 39
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 74
Scandals, 228
Schools, 127, 214
attacks on, 157–60
student leadership in, 203–4
see also Education, Chinese system of
Self, focus on, 1
Self-image, Chinese, 43–44
Senkaku Islands, see Diaoyu Islands
Service industry, 95–96
“Seven Don’ts,” 97
Sexual activity
advice on, 17–20
of government officials, 101, 133n, 134, 135
with prostitutes, 81–87
sports and, 63–65
Shanghai, ix-x, 21, 97n, 116, 121–22, 127, 190
cars in, 121–22, 153
commuters around, 119
construction in, 121, 127, 213–16
Expo, 115n, 121, 151–55, 158–59
factory workers in outskirts of, 169–73
high-speed train between Beijing and, 218
housing market in, 198–200
Oriental Pearl TV tower in, 28n, 127
quality of life in, 115, 154–55
revenge attack on police in, 157
revolution in, 232
Volkswagen 333 team, 75–76
Shanghai High School (newspaper), 204
Shangyu, 79
Shaoxing, 79
Shijiazhuang, 83, 84
Sichuan province, 101
earthquake in, 47n, 49, 50, 69–72
Siqin Gaowa, 105
Soccer, 63–65, 175–76
Social nurturing, 11, 13–15
South Africa, 176
South Korea, 177
Soviet Union, collapse of Communism in, 246
Special Economic Zones, 211
Sports General Bureau, 58
Stalin, Joseph, 218
Stock market, 200–1
Stone, Sharon, 47–51
Sudan, 219
Suicides, factory worker, 171–73
Su Jin, 105
T
Taboos, observing, 224
Taiping Rebellion, 234
Taiwan, 95, 96, 171n
Japanese occupation of, 175
support for independence of, 42
Taixing, 157
Taizhou, 159–60
Tang dynasty, 224
Tang Fuzhen, 187–88
Tangshan, 82
Tang Wei, 58, 105
Taxes, 14–15, 106
agricultural, 6–7, 219
annual revenues, 236
avoidance of, 6, 106
on car purchases, 13
on e-bikes, 118
Television, 86, 218
car races on, 250
in classrooms, 204
Qianlong Emperor series on, 205
top leaders on, 141, 183
see also Chinese Central Television (CCTV)
Tencent, Inc., 237n
Three Gorges Dam, 127, 209–11
“Three Representatives theory,” 97
Tibet, 43, 50
foreign support for independence of, 33, 42, 47, 74
Tobacco consumption, 138
Toll roads, 13–14
Tong Ange, 105
Traffic accident victims, 110, 119
compensation paid out to families of, 5, 6
presentation of murder victims as, 189–92
Trains, high-speed, collision of, 217–20
Tripartite division of powers, 166
Triple Door (Han Han), ix–x, 222
Tsunami, 48–50
“Two Whatevers” policy, 97
U
United States, 51, 93, 251
Chinese belief in military superiority to, 204
and Chinese sensitivity to perceived insults, 27, 31
financial crisis in, 196
natural disasters in, 48
sanctions imposed on North Korea by, 177
University entrance exams, 23
Urban registration, 5–8
V
Vaccines, faulty, 160
Velvet Revolution, 239–40
Volkswagens, 198
W
Wang, 79
Wang Ji, 105
Water pollution, 7, 140, 190
Wenzhou, 189
Weifang, 159
Wei Wei, 105
Wenchuan earthquake, 69, 127
White Lotus uprising, 234
World Cup soccer, 175–76
/> World Rally Championship, 34, 109–13
World War II, 175
Writer’s Association, 246
Wuhan, 207
Wu Junmei, 105
Wu Zhuoliu, 175
X
Xiaoming, 131
Xie Chaoping, 187–88
Xu Fan, 105
Xu Jinglei, 17
Xu Lang, 250
Xu Qing, 105
Y
Yang Jia, 157
Yang Peiyi, 61, 62
Yangtze, dam on, see Three Gorges Dam
Yao Ming, 10
Yellow River, construction of dam across, 187n
Yibin Public Security, 101–2
Young Pioneers, 203, 206, 207
Yuan Tengfei, 167
Yugoslavia, 214
Yunnan, 175
Z
Zhang, 79–80
Zhang Jianyong, 89
Zhang Tielin, 105
Zhang Ziyi, 105
Zhejiang Province, 79
Zhou Qiaorong, 38
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