Monthly Archives: May 2009
Gorbachev Backs Away From Protest ‘Hotheads’
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China, and the subsequent June 4th military crackdown in
Ai Weiwei: The Numbers, Updated
Ai Weiwei continues to blog about “The Numbers,” his project to record the names of the students that died during the Sichuan Earthquake. In
Music: The Songs of the People’s Judges, Procurators, and Police
Hear three songs, “The Song of the People’s Judges,” “The Song of the People’s Procurators,” and “The Song of
Why Americans Are Adopting Fewer Kids from China
A look at the changing figures in the adoption of Chinese children, from Kayla Webley for TIME Asia: The stricter guidelines, intended to limit the overwhelming
Microsoft, China’s Hangzhou Set ‘Model City’ Pact
Microsoft is partnering with the city of Hangzhou to strengthen intellectual property rights. From Elaine Kurtenbach of the Associated Press: Microsoft
Sympathy for Waitress who Stabbed Official
Deng Yujiao (???), a waitress in Badong County of Hubei Province, stabbed an official after he made unsolicited sexual advances toward her. The official
Will China Still Bankroll Us?
David Leonhardt writes on Timothy Geithner and U.S.-China economic relations for the New York Times: In the five months since Barack Obama introduced him
Gorbachev Meets Deng in Beijing; Protests Grow
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China, and the subsequent June 4th military crackdown in
Republican Governor of Utah Selected to Be Envoy to China (Updated)
The Washington Post reports on President Obama’s new pick to be ambassador to China: Utah Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. (R) will be introduced today
Uproar at HK Chief Executive Donald Tsang’s June 4th Remarks
Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang is coming under heat after he made remarks that “Hong Kong people will make an objective assessment of the
China Soul Searches its Obsession with Internet Addiction
David Bandurski of China Media Project has pulled together a number of comments on the highly criticized treatment methods used by Yang Yongxin in a Chinese
Paul Krugman: Empire of Carbon
From the New York Times: Like every visitor to China, I was awed by the scale of the country’s development. Even the annoying aspects — much of my tim
Setting Up International Nonprofit Organizations in China
From the China Business Review: In light of China’s encounter with the current global economic crisis, the types of services that international nonprofit
