Hindustan Times
The private affairs of China’s officials — moral, material, marital and extra-marital — are increasingly going public.
A county in one of China’s wealthiest provinces has taken its morality campaign so seriously that its officials can forget promotion if they indulge in secret liaisons or inadvertently annoy their neighbours even. Read more
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Filed under China · Tagged assets, Barbie burger, Barbietini, Central Perk, Chandler, Communist Party, Confucian ideals, Friends, hindustan times, morality campaign, news, Ross, Sino-American ties
Two hours after we left Beijing behind, the six-lane highway gave way to two lanes with a cycle track, and finally just a curving mountain road. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Filed under China · Tagged cellphone, chandeliers, cherry orchards, Communist Party, grassroots, hindustan times, mountain road, mountainside, news, six-lane highway, velvet curtains, walnut, Xiwangping village
It was 1.30 am. I had landed at the New Delhi airport after another round of six straight months in China. The immigration official handed over my passport and I reflexively replied xiexie (thank you). Read more
(9 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Chinese tea diet, congee, green tea, hindustan times, Idli, jasmine, masala chai, New Delhi airport, news, roti sabzi, Vero Moda, Zara store
