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   conjectures by commentators on,
191

   filtered keywords for searches on,
21
,
122
,
145
n
,
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

Japan,
29
,
30

   boycotting products from,
76

   car racing in,
4

   Diaoyu Islands incident,
181
–83,
185
–88

   Manchuria invaded by,
185
n

   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

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

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,
224
n

Lin Miaoke,
61
,
62

Li Qiaoming,
99
n

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),
58
n

Lu Xun,
24

Ma Huateng,
237

Malaysia,
34

Manchuria, Japanese invasion of,
185
n

Mao Dun,
53

Mao Zedong,
49
,
97
n
,
165
,
187
n
,
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,
185
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

Obama, Barack,
116

Oil,
183

Olympics, Beijing,
x
,
33
,
38
,
42
,
43
,
47
n
,
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

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,
182
n

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,
99
n

Politburo Standing Committee,
21
n
,
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
,
73
n
,
188

   against Japan for Diaoyu Island incident,
181
n
,
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

Qianlong Emperor,
205

Qian Yunhui,
189
–92,
252

Qingchun
(Youth),
x

Qing government,
218

Quotations from Chairman Mao,
93

Radio, Film, and Television, Chinese State Administration of,
58
n

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
,
201
n

   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,
187
n
,
209
–11

   pollution of,
7
,
140
,
190

Rural registration,
5
–8

Russia,
127

Rwanda,
240

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
,
133
n
,
134
,
135

   with prostitutes,
81
–87

   sports and,
63
–65

Shanghai,
ix
-x,
21
,
97
n
,
116
,
121
–22,
127
,
190

   cars in,
121
–22,
153

   commuters around,
119

   construction in,
121
,
127
,
213
–16

   Expo,
115
n
,
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,
28
n
,
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,
47
n
,
49
,
50
,
69
–72