Monthly Archives: April 2009
U.S. Plans to Accept Several Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo
U.S. officials have said that they will allow up to seven Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay to settle in the United States. The decision is under heat from those
Wife of Abducted Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Requests Urgent Help from U.S. Congress in Open Letter
Geng He, the wife of human rights activist and defense lawyer Gao Zhisheng, has released an open letter address to the U.S. Congress. In it, she urgently
Thousand Year Old Temple to be Destroyed, Luxury ‘Bathhouse’ to Be Built (Updated)
A centuries’ old Buddhist temple in Chongqing is about to become part of a luxury “bathhouse” complex. News of the temple’s fate
Video: Nanking！Nanking！(南京！南京！）
Lu Chuan’s new movie “Nanking Nanking” has been showing in theaters in China now, after four years of hard making, via CCTV.com: With
Energy Retrofitting: The Story of Sohota
The Asia Society’s China Green project has produced a new documentary about an energy retrofitting firm. Watch it below: China’s economic boom h
Isaac Mao, Hu Yong, Liu Xiaobiao: The Internet, the Media and the Public Sphere in China (Photo added)
In a roundtable discussion at the University of California, Berkeley, on March 18th, participants presented their observations and shared their experiences
The Art of Individualism
Ian Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize winner and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, writes on Chinese contemporary artist Qiu Zhijie (邱志傑). Qiu is known for i
Photo: A village in Yunnan Province, by Jake Ji
A village in Yunnan Province, by Jake Ji
India Imposes Anti-Dumping Tax on Some Steel Products
The Wall Street Journal reports that India has imposed another tax on imported goods; steel imported from countries such as China. The punitive
China Hits Out at India’s Decision on Naval Symposium
From the Times of India: India is suspicious of China’s economic growth, a new newspaper close to the Communist Party of China has said in an editorial. T
Robert Barnett: A Way out of Tibet’s Morass
Tibet expert Robert Barnett offers his suggestions of how both sides can work to increase understanding and decrease tensions over Tibet: Western governments
Video: Trailer for Imaginary Enemy
Video: Trailer for Imaginary Enemy From YouTube, a preview of a documentary about sculptor Liao Yibai: Chinese sculpture artist Liao Yibai is preparing
“Crazy” Petitioners and a Broken System
China Elections and Governance website has two articles about the petitioning system, in response to the protests over Professor Sun Dongdong’s controversial
Between Communism and Capitalism: Review of Brothers
The Guardian reviews Yu Hua’s novel Brothers: A Novel: Yu Hua’s ambition here is to create an epic of China’s last four decades: a portrait
More and More, Rural China Is Going to the Polls
Time Magazine looks at the current state of rural elections in China and why they are especially important at this moment in history: China has been experimenting
