Katherine Danks
Katherine Danks is an Australian journalist working in Beijing, China. She grew up in Bonnet Bay, in Sydney’s southern suburbs and studied communications at University of Technology, Sydney.
She has worked as a reporter at the Sunday Telegraph, Australian Associated Press and the United Kingdom’s Press Association.
She loves to travel and last year spent three months traveling through eastern Europe and central Asia, including the trans-Mongolian railway.
She also has a love-hate relationship with China and is a terrible Mandarin student, so mostly communicates through pantomime.
Articles by Katherine Danks
China’s second generation of spoilt brats
China’s ‘“little emperors”, the adored children born under the country’s one-child policy with a reputation of being pampered and spoiled,…... Read more
Chinese Lunar New Year: a hotbead of pyromania
Chinese Lunar New Year is just three days away and Beijing is once again preparing to become a hotbed of…... Read more
Postcard from Beijing: China’s man drought
Bridget Jones has a generation of Chinese sisters. They are unmarried, aged 30 or above and known as shengnu or…... Read more
Covering news China-style: the day I was bribed
I recently received a bribe in China. The 300 yuan ($52) was a reward for attending a local government press…... Read more
Postcard from Beijing: I think that’s where I am
Anyone in Beijing could not have missed the sticky blanket of smog that clung to the city early Wednesday, when…... Read more
When China pulls the plug on the Internet
On Wednesday night China’s censors temporarily blocked Google and Gmail, an essential part of my communication with friends and family…... Read more
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Would you kill for a job?
Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed…
Friday Dilemma: child cruelty or harmless fun?
Parenting. It’s the new oneupmanship. Ah, how quaint the days now seem when parents could raise…
Hipsters with hip replacements
Someone once told me that when people reach a certain age they begin dressing in the manner they did…
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choice ringside rantings
From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012
marley says:
I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics
Erick says:
Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops
Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more
