Is there room for democracy in China’s “parallel universe”?

… CMP co-director Qian Gang (钱钢) wrote in Hong Kong’s Yazhou Zhoukan that liberalization in the area of expression in China is a critical precursor to political reforms.

The circuit board bakers of Guiyu

Here’s the trailer:

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• A woman bakes a circuit board on a coal-fired stove in a pool of melted tin, so as to more easily sort out its components.
• A woman burns the corner of a piece of plastic with a cigarette lighter, hoping to discern the grade of plastic by its smell.
• A man stirs a soup of circuit boards and acid in a large tub that gushes red smoke, separating out traces of gold.