Monthly Archives: May 2009
Photo: College graduates at a job market in Shenzhen, by *LJ*
College graduates at a job market in Shenzhen, by *LJ*
Wary of U.S. Debt, China Shifts Gears on Investment
Reuters reports on the shifting economic relationship between China and the U.S.:Beijing has been far and away the single biggest foreign buyer of T
New China News Agency: Guardian of Media Ethics
From the Wall Street Journal’s China Journal blog:China’s Xinhua News Agency is lecturing Western media outlets for ignoring risks, covering u
Reactions to Huntsman’s Nomination for China Envoy
More media coverage of Jon Huntsman’s ambassadorship to China, including this report from AP about his own feelings about the job:President Ba
Sophie Beach: Blocked By The GFW With China Digital Times
Kai Pan at CNReviews recently interviewed me about the past and future of CDT:CNR: So how has CDT grown and changed since then? Have your goals chan
New Strategies for China’s Energy Quest
From Caijing Magazine: This has been the busiest spring ever for the international affairs department at China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), where
China Jobs Slump Makes Graduates Swap Dreams for Civil Service
From Bloomberg: Sun Yizhen considered her university degree in international trade the ticket to a prestigious career with a state-owned enterprise li
China Releases Last Tiananmen ‘Hooligan’
From AFP: The last known prisoner incarcerated for “hooliganism” during China’s 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement has been released
Zhao Ziyang Speaks to Students on Tiananmen Square: “We Came Too Late”
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China, and the subsequent June 4th military crackdown in Bei
Brazil Turns to China to Help Finance Oil Projects
The Wall Street Journal reports on Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s visit to Beijing and prospects for China-Brazilian relations:
Photo: An intersection in Nanjing, by Let Ideas Compete
An intersection in Nanjing, by Let Ideas Compete
The Democracy Movement since 1989
Global Voices translates excerpts of presentations by intellectuals who gathered in Beijing to discuss the past twenty years of the democracy movement
Podcast: Can the Internet Bring Democracy to China?
From the Council on Foreign Relations: Xiao Qiang, director of the China Internet Project and an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Journalis
Lawyers Beaten in Chongqing; Colleagues Protest in Beijing
A group of lawyers gathered in Beijing for a legal seminar held a protest against the beating of two of their colleagues in Chongqing, according to th
A Revolutionary Song: “In The Name Of The Father Remix”
A music video created by a group of netizens called 搬运9课 has recently been widely circulated online due to its very thundering (雷人) effect. In the v
