Jottings from the Granite Studio

Jottings from the Granite Studio has been nominated for the 2007 China Blog Awards. First of all kudos to Chinalyst for organizing the voting and to Ryan at Lost Laowai/Life in Suzhou for designing the cool logo/image.
Now: shameless plug time…if you like the blog, give us your vote. As of the last tally, [...]

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Mao’s “closest comrade in arms” Lin Biao is finding his way back into Chinese history, 36 years after the former defense minister died fleeing from a failed coup attempt against the Chinese leader.
From the IHT:

A portrait of Lin Biao is included in a display of the “Ten Marshals,” a group lauded as founders of China’s [...]

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