英媒：网上严打无法阻止探望陈光诚

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BBC Chinese, Oct 28, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... henguangcheng.shtml

Note: The report is based on
(a) Peter Foster, The Activists Shining Light on China’s Dark Corners; China’s 'netizens’ skip censorship and brave beatings to expose the torment of a blind lawyer, Chen Guangcheng. Daily Telegraph, Oct 27, 2011.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ ... s-dark-corners.html

Quote:

After being slapped in the face, Miss Wang Xuezhen "bitterly observed a truth about contemporary China: the country’s lawlessness begins with the law itself")

"What started as a trickle of visitors has become a steady flow, with more than 30 people arriving at the village last weekend alone, despite the almost certain prospect of being greeted by violence.

"Several of the activists trying to visit him [Chen] have been beaten, but the flow of people has not stopped, with one activist saying that they are 'like mosquitoes settling on the hide of an elephant.'

(i) For trainers, see athletic shoe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletic_shoe
(also known as trainers (British English), running shoes, runners, sneakers, tennis shoes (North American English, Australian English))
(ii) Dongshigu  山东省烟台市蓬莱市龙山店镇 东师古 庄村
(iii) cannonade (n): "a heavy fire of artillery"
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(b) Peter Foster, Chen Guangcheng: the 'barefoot lawyer.' Daily Telegraph, Oct 27, 2011.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ ... arefoot-lawyer.html


-----------------------------Separately
(1) 白麦克, 记者来鸿：和居委会大妈聊家常的动机. BBC Chinese, Oct 28, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... uble_shooters.shtml

My comment: I caqn not find the English-language original.
(2) 台国防部赔偿冤死士兵逾亿台币. BBC Chinese, Oct 28, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... _compensation.shtml
(T$103,185,000 or $4.36 million)

(3) 艾未未个展将在台北美术馆举行. VOA Chinese, Oct 28, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... ibit-132791903.html
("这次展览的题目为《艾未未·缺席》，星期六将在台北美术馆正式开幕")

(4) Charles McNulty, Humor Isn't Lost in Translation for 'Chinglish's' David Henry Hwang; The playwright mines the comedy of American-Chinese relations and miscommunications for his new Broadway play. Los Angeles Times, Oct 24, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/entertain ... enry-hwang-20111023,0,5992605.story

Note:
(a) The report said Mr Hwang "makes bright, mischievous sport of the language barrier."

sport (vi, n):
"2a : to mock or ridicule something
b : to speak or act in jest : TRIFLE"

(b)
(i) topicality (n): "the quality or state of being topical"
(ii) topical (adj):
"1a : of, relating to, or arranged by topics  
b: of local or temporary interest <a topical novel> <topical references>"