Nao's blog

Nào (闹) is unrest, noise, uproar. It stands for the proletarian troublemakers, for the revolts of peasants, workers and the unemployed against expropriation, exploitation and exclusion. Chāi (拆) is the character of the regime. The state's demolition squads paint it on houses to tell the inhabitants to move out. It stands for the destruction not only of houses but of the preexisting social fabric. This destruction and these revolts lead to the formation of a new social power. Investigations and analysis of this dual process will be the focus of this multilingual blog, Nào. We will irregularly post translations, reports and comments on China-related news, books, films, etc., along with reposts of sources we recommend. For background on China, please see our lists of recommended articles, books, films, and websites here. (Updated October 21, 2014.) Featured posts on Nào blog: * The poetry and brief life of a Foxconn worker: Xu Lizhi (1990-2014) * Twenty-five years since the Tiananmen protests: Legacies of the student-worker divide * The new strikes in China * New foundations for struggle and solidarity: The culmination of development and privatization on a Guangzhou Island * Black vs. Yellow: Class Antagonism and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement * The student parliament: reflections on the Sunflower movement * Chinese peasant struggles from 1959 to 2013 naochina@gmx.com