Tom Spender

Freelance journalist & photographer in Beijing

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Entries Tagged as 'China'

Philippines – Manila

October 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Rest of Asia

A few days in Manila…

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China – integrating offline, diverging online

September 1st, 2011 · No Comments · China, Journalism

Is the Chinese internet more sophisticated than the rest of the web? Thoughts from Bill Dodson, author of the book China inside out.

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Propaganda posters – art that wasn’t about the money

April 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment · China

One of the most interesting places in Shanghai has nothing to do with the city’s roaring commercial energy. It’s the Shanghai Propaganda Art Center, a private collection of Communist Party of China propaganda posters dating from 1949 to 1979.

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Dyslexia in China

March 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · China, Journalism

There is almost zero awareness about dyslexia in mainland China, which leads to great frustration among children, teachers and parents and also means many kids miss out on a proper education. That’s something the Lang Lang school in Beijing is aiming to change. My story.

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US cash for visas scheme targets China

March 6th, 2011 · No Comments · China, Journalism

America is offering Green Cards to rich foreigners in return for interest-free loans. I was asked by the Atlantic Yards Report blog to go to a roadshow event in Beijing, where I saw US officials and company representatives insist to potential Chinese investors that the “EB-5″ scheme was a risk-free deal – but that isn’t true.

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Nipping jasmine in the bud

February 27th, 2011 · No Comments · China, Middle East

Beijing’s authorities moved to squash any attempt at creating a regular Middle East-inspired protest activity outside McDonalds in Wangfujing today, something that perhaps risks becoming a weekly ruck between the police and the foreign media.

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Beijing’s “Jasmine Revolution”

February 20th, 2011 · 6 Comments · China, Middle East, Photography

Beijing’s “Jasmine revolution” – the media and the police showed up, all that was lacking was a mass of Chinese demonstrators. Photos and a description of the event.

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North Korea puts pressure on China

November 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · China, Rest of Asia

Interview with Professor Jia Qingguo of Peking University on why China props up North Korea. Relevant to North Korea’s deadly shelling of Yeonpyeong Island on Nov 23rd.

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CIB stories

November 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · China, Journalism

Stories in China International Business magazine on social networking as well as real estate in Beijing and New York.

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Expoland

October 28th, 2010 · No Comments · China

I visit the Shanghai Expo.

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