Monthly Archives: June 2009
Martin Jacques: A New Sun Rises in the East
Martin Jacques writes in the New Statesman: Apart from its extraordinary longevity and bursts of efflorescent invention, the most striking feature of
Rebecca MacKinnon: China’s Censorship Blowback
Here is Rebecca MacKinnon’s post on her RConversation blog: So far this week we’ve seen the temporary blocking of Google.com and related se
Atheist China Allows Buddhist Relics Exhibition
The Times of India reports that the Chinese government has returned two Buddhist relics to the Beijing Yunju Temple for display. The relics, believed to
China Shuts Sexual Health Websites to Ordinary Users
In an effort to curb poronography and other illicit web content with the Green Dam filter, the Chinese government has come up against battles with WTO
China Says Construction at Yunnan Dam Halted
From Reuters: China’s environmental ministry has won its latest battle with influential state-owned power firms after forcing two of them to stop
Frank Ching: An Old Idea That Really Would Set China Free
From New Straits Times: The publication of the secretly recorded memoirs of former Chinese party leader Zhao Ziyang, who spent the last 16 years of his
China’s Accelerating Financial Reform
From Financial Times: Since 2006, financial reforms in China have been stuck in a rut. But for a number of reasons – most simply because Beijing
China’s Sinopec Offers $7.22 Billion for Oil Firm
The New York Times reports: The giant Chinese oil company Sinopec has made a $7.22 billion takeover bid for the international oil and gas exploration
Photo: A night food market in Beijing, by Stuck in Customs
A night food market in Beijing, by Stuck in Customs
Google Site Access in China Briefly Disrupted
(Update: this post was previously entitled: Censorship 2.0: China Blocks Google Search, Apps, Gmail, And More.) From TechCrunch: The People’s Republic o
U.S. Trade Officials Say China Web Filter Breaks WTO Rules
From the Wall Street Journal: Senior U.S. trade officials have called on China to revoke an order for all personal computers in China to be shipped with
“Suicide Note” from Shishou Makes Matters More Confusing
Danwei follows up on the riots in Shishou, Hubei by translating a Southern Metropolis Daily report on the suicide note allegedly left by the deceased Tu
Iran’s Chinese Lessons, and China’s Iran Lessons
As events continue to unfold in Tehran, observers continue to draw comparisons between the situation there and Tiananmen Square in 1989. In a commentary
OECD Raises China Growth Forecast to 7.7% on Stimulus Measures
From Bloomberg: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development raised its forecast for China’s economic growth and said stimulus measures m
China, US Say To Work To Avoid Sea Confrontations
From AP: Top U.S. and Chinese military officials said Wednesday the countries will work together to avoid confrontations at sea that have sparked worries
