Monthly Archives: March 2009
India, China to Hold Talks to Normalize Trade Relations
From the Economic Times: China and India will meet next week to discuss trade agreements between the two countries. The representatives will include
Documentary: China’s New Faces – Give Me back the Natural Scenery
From Youtube: Thirty years of reform and opening up brings to China as much prosperity as pollution resulted from industrial development. Industrial wastewater
Thousands of Chinese Athletes Faking Ages in Guangdong
As a follow-up to reporting on the Olympics about questions over gymnasts’ true ages, it has now been reported that Guangdong Province has found
China’s Loggers Down Chainsaws in Attempt to Regrow Forests
Jonathan Watts, who is now the Guardian’s Asia environment correspondent, reports for the paper on deforestation in China. He begins the report by
Despite Ship Incident, China Calls for Cooperative Ties with US (Update 2)
Following tensions over the incident involving the U.S. navy ship The Impeccable, both sides are now cooling their rhetoric. At a regular press briefing,
China’s SARS Hero Demands Apology for Detention
Military surgeon Jiang Yanyong has written an open letter to President Hu Jintao asking for an official apology for his mistreatment. Jiang gained international
China Worries Too Few Foreigners Learning Chinese
China considers foreigners learning Chinese language one of the ways to raise China’s soft power, via Reuters: There has been a big rise in the number
Reform-Oriented National Print Media Join Netizens’ Battle Against Censorship (Updated with Photos)
While the army of the “Grass-Mud Horse” continues to grow, reform-oriented Southern Group publications such as Southern Metropolis News and
Photo: Copper Recycling in Dalian
Copper recycling in Dalian, from Gemma Kate Thorpe.
Upset China Petitioners Stage Risky Protests
As discontentment and disillusionment grows, petitioners are taking to dangerous direct protest. From AP, via MSNBC: “We are the government’s
China’s Big Recycling Market Is Sagging
China’s recycling industry has taken a hit from the global economic crisis, as commodity prices sharply decrease. From Dan Levin of the New York
Documentary: China’s New Faces Marrying into Her Family
This documentary film investigates a Chinese tradition’s change in Zhejiang province – men from other provinces marrying into women’s
Dalai Lama Is Harshly Critical of China’s Rule of Tibet (Videos Added)
From the Wall Street Journal: Fifty years after the Dalai Lama fled Tibet, the spiritual leader said his people’s culture, religion and identity
Leading Dissident ‘Exiled’ to Chinese Northwest
He Weifang, Beijing University law professor and signatory of the Charter 08 petition, has transferred to Shihezi University in Xinjiang as “pressure
James Fallows: China’s Way Forward (with Video)
For the Atlantic, James Fallows discusses what the financial crisis means for China’s future – and that of the U.S.: Idle factories, moored
