Finally! I have a chance to let you know what happened with that China Radio International Interview about the Shanghai Pride Festival a few weeks back. (Why keep a blog, James, when you never update it?)… So here’s an update for all four of you who read this. More

Shocked. Then pleased to my toes. I received this email today from my friends at China Radio International, Beijing. More

You don’t ‘hang’ in Tiananmen. There’s nothing to see. A dozen vans patrol tourists. It’s hard to get in; with streets petitioned, the massive square is an island. There’s an eerie dialogue between Mao’s eyes and his mausoleum; he watches over his own dead body. I feel like I’m trespassing on a grave. In Tiananmen, you walk through the shadow of China’s struggle for order. More

Check it out: my video response to the rebuilding efforts in south-western China, almost a year after the devastating earthquake. I’ve mashed my triple j hack report with  photos and video to produce this video postcard from the affected areas, Guangji, and Luoshui. Enjoy – and you can always share and leave comments, too. More

Part One: Guangji Community Kindergarten

Principal Kang’s kindergarten class was taking an afternoon nap when the magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck last year. ‘We quickly grabbed the kids and ran out the door,’ she says. ‘We herded them outside into the fields’. More