Monthly Archives: April 2009
Looted Relic to be Auctioned Despite China Protest
The proposed sale of a looted imperial seal from the Summer Palace is stirring up controversy. From AFP: A French auction house said the sale of an 18t
Chinese Biggies Want to Enter Indian Car Market
The Times of India reports that Chinese automobile manufacturers Chery Automobile and Great Wall Motor plan on entering the Indian market: “We ar
Mexico’s Flu Death Toll Rise Terrifies World
As reported on PressTV, health officials around the world are watching the swine flu’s progress carefully: A Chinese virologist has warned of spr
Forced Abortions Shake up China Wombs-for-Rent Industry
Officials are cracking down on paid surrogate mothers. From James Pomfret for Reuters: In the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, three young surrogate
Corruption Taints China’s Police Heroes
Wu Zhong of the Asia Times reports on the wide reach of corruption in last year’s Gome case: It was inevitable in today’s China that some c
Walking in the US First Lady’s Shoes
From China Daily: Chinese exports may have hit a slump, but a shoe factory in Sichuan province has defied the trend, and it has the first lady of the U
Three Gorges To-Do List: Mudslides to Jobs
Caijing has translated their report on the myriad of challenges facing the Three Gorges Dam, including a slew of “dangerous geological eventsR
Stephanie Flanders: Optimism About China’s Economy
Stephanie Flanders, the BBC’s economics editor writes on her blog: The Chinese authorities have impressed the world before with their response to
China to Let Taiwan Participate in U.N. Body
Taiwan and Beijing are strengthening their economic relationship, and now China is acting more accommodating on the international stage as well. From t
China to Begin Security Crackdown
Aileen McCabe reports in the Vancouver Sun: China will begin a five-month security crackdown later this week in preparation for the nation’s 60th
Ai Weiwei’s Project: The Numbers (Updated)
Ai Weiwei recently published the statistics so far from his investigation into the death toll of children from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. China Geeks
Baidu’s Internal Monitoring and Censorship Document Leaked (3)
The first law of Chinese cyberpolitics is “Where there are River Crabs, there are Grass-Mud Horses (那里有河蟹，那里就有草泥马).” According to this &#
Photo: A despondent young man makes a final cell phone call before jumping off the Liujiang Bridge, by Expatriate Games
Photo: A despondent young man makes a final cell phone call before jumping off the Liujiang Bridge, by Expatriate Games
China Has 100 Million People with Mental Illness
Huang Yueqin, the director of the National Centre for Mental Health, has said that 100 million people, or 7% of the population, suffer from some degree
A Citizen Campaign to Reveal the Forgotten Dead (1)
Bob Chen of Global Voices looks back on individual citizens’ efforts to uncover the reasons for school collapses: According to an official announ
