Monthly Archives: March 2009
Google to Offer Free Downloads in China
To compete with dominant search engine Baidu, Google will begin offering a downloads search in China. From David Barboza of the New York Times: Google
Gallup Survey: Americans’ Most and Least Favored Nations
From Gallup.com: Ten countries are viewed unfavorably by at least half of Americans. Of these, Iran, North Korea, the Palestinian Authority, Iraq, Afgh
With Explosions of Color, Tibetan Art Flourishes
For the New York Times, Edward Wong reports from Sengeshong, Qinghai Province, on the Tibetan Buddhist art of thangka painting:The monasteries in thi
Wang Qishan: G20 Must Look Beyond the Needs of the Top 20
“China believes the developing world should have a stronger say in how the international financial system is run,” Chinese vice-premier Wan
Photo: Happy Buddha Statue in Leshan, Sichuan, by johey24
Happy Buddha in Leshan, by johey24
Zachary Karabell: Look to Beijing
An op-ed in the Washington Post argues that this year’s G20 meeting should have been held in Beijing:The first G20 meeting, last fall, appropri
Book Stokes Nationalism in China
Reviews of the new nationalist tome, Unhappy China, are coming in. From the Wall Street Journal:Several reviews in the Chinese media have ridiculed &
China and the Dollar
From the Wall Street Journal: As if the dollar didn’t have enough problems, Timothy Geithner took China’s bait yesterday and said he was &#
Soldier Stabbed at Barracks in Leshan
As the Chinese government celebrates “Serf Liberation Day” to mark the 50th anniversary of its takeover of Tibet, two violent incidents in
Australia Defends Ties with Beijing, Calls Critics ‘Absurd’
Opposition politicians in Australia are questioning the propriety of the government’s ties to Beijing. From the AP and AFP via Taipei Times: Aus
The Global Recession in China: There’s Plenty of Blame for All
China’s economy has slowed its breakneck growth under the weight of the global recession. Now the Chinese people’s resentment seems split
David Bandurski: Musings on a CCP Buzzword that has Everyone Stumped
From the China Media Project: For those who have not discovered it yet, China’s leading business and finance magazine, Caijing, has now launched its ow
Ai Weiwei: Q&A On Earthquake Toll Accounting Efforts
Artist, activist, and blogger Ai Weiwei is leading an effort to publish the names of those who died in the May 12 Sichuan earthquake. The action has in
China’s NonCommunist Cadres
Mary Hennock of Newsweek reports on a new generation of non-Communist, Western-educated leaders. One of them is Chen Zhu, China’s Minister of Hea
