Monthly Archives: March 2009
China as an Innovator, Not Just an Imitator
Der Spiegel looks at the future of innovation in China and suggests that may be the country’s only way out of the current economic mess: The evidence
China Gains Key Assets In Spate of Purchases
China is on an asset buying spree. From The Washington Post: The deals have allowed China to lock up supplies of oil, minerals, metals and other strategic
China Wants Importers to Cover Some Emission Costs
The price tag of Chinese goods may soon include the hidden costs of pollution. From Reuters: Countries that buy Chinese goods should be held responsible
Beijing to Boost Spending in Africa Fund
China is planning to spend $2 billion more on its Africa investment fund, according to the Financial Times: Since its launch in late 2006, the China-African
Gady Epstein: Chinese Credit
This is the cover story of Forbes Magazine on March 16, 2009: Anyone who thinks China has avoided the kind of creative financing that got the Western financial
China’s Middle Class Derails New Link
Following protests by residents concerned over its environmental impact, Shanghai has canceled plans to extend the maglev train line to Hangzhou. The Australian
Shanghaiist: More Ballads to the Grass Mud Horse (with Video)
The grass-mud horse (???) meme has been spreading like wildfire over the Internet in China and shows no signs of banking. Shanghaiist has collected three
Shanghai’s Four Hot Tables
The Wall Street Journal profiles a restaurant in Shanghai that is the hottest meal ticket in town with only four tables: The dinner I had there recently
Capitalism Finds Voice in China TV (Updated with Video)
The International Herald Tribune profiles CCTV anchor Rui Chenggang, who made waves a couple of years ago when he protested Starbucks operating in the
Dalai Lama Welcomes China Openness to Talks
The International Herald Tribune reports on cautious moves to restart negotiations between Beijing and the Tibetan government-in-exile: The Tibetan government-in-exile
China Sends Patrol Ship to South China Sea
Tensions continue to rachet up from the March 9 naval standoff between five Chinese ships and the US surveillance vessel Impeccable in the South China
Music Series: Chinese Erhu Music – Dance to the Moon (月舞)
The erhu music below, accompanied on the Chinese lute by Zhao Cong, is one of Yu Hongmei’s works, who is a well-known contemporary erhu player in
Ying Ma: Finding China, in Far-Flung Lands
Ms. Ma is a New York-based lawyer. She writes on The Wall Street Journal: The nationalist frenzy arrived quickly. As soon as Chinese art collector Cai
Photos: The Case of the Disappearing Lake
A Boxun.com user posted photos of the gradually diminishing Lake Baiyangdian, the largest lake in Northern China. About thirty years ago, the lake was
Persian Xiaozhao: The “Grey Crowd” That Suddenly Became Interested in Democracy
Shanghai-based blogger Persian Xiaozhao published this post on March 10, 2009 on her second Sohu blog (the first one was censored on Jan. 13, 2009, after
