Monthly Archives: June 2009
Photo: A fisherman on the Yellow River, by mariusv
A fisherman on the Yellow River, by mariusv
A Robust Response
From the Beijing Review, via alibaba.com: With new A/H1N1 flu cases spreading around the world every day, criticism over China’s alleged overrea
The Six Why’s (六个为什么)
China Media Project translates a new initiative by the Hu Jintao administration to answer everyone’s nagging questions about China’s polit
Dams On China’s Yellow River Near Collapse
From AFP:Several dams on China’s mighty Yellow River are close to collapse just a few years after they were built amid concerns that over 40 p
Chinese TV Employees Suspended For Tiananmen Broadcast
From Reuters: Several staff at a Chinese television station were suspended from their jobs after footage of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests slipped
China Permits First IPO Since September; Brokers Gain
From Bloomberg: China approved its first initial public offering since September, triggering gains in brokerage shares on speculation the ending of th
China Orders Google to Suspend Some Search Services
From Wall Street Journal: Chinese regulators have ordered Google Inc. to suspend search services for foreign Web sites via its Chinese Web site, the o
Tehran’s Tiananmen Square?
As protests escalate in Iran, voices in the international media are comparing the scene there to China in 1989 and wondering if Iran is headed toward
Photo: Kizil Crossroads
The intersection of Renmin Lu and Jeifang Lu in Kashgar, via Fusty Box.
New Details for Earning Shanghai Residence Permits
From Shanghai Daily: The Shanghai government released details of its three-year trial plan to make it easier for people from outside the city to becom
Southern Metropolis Daily Interviews Deng Yujiao
Roland Soong of ESWN translates an interview from the Southern Metropolis Daily with Deng Yujiao, the waitress who went on trial for fatally stabbing
Children Forced into Pickpocket Gang Return Home
From Xinhua: Police said 20 children who had been abducted and forced into pickpocket gangs in southern China, where some had been held as long as fou
Headlights at Noon, Yet Officials Give All-Clear on Beijing Smog
Jonathan Watts posts to the Environment Blog at the Guardian: The need for a new air pollution index in Beijing was gloomily apparent today as visibil
Flaws in China’s Digital Dissidents
Alice Liu writes her opinion for Asia Times: Despite having a reputation in the West as trailblazing citizen journalists, many of Ch
New Dinosaur Gives Bird Wing Clue
A new fossil discovered in northwest China’s Junggar Basin may be a key link in how modern-day birds evolved from ancient dinosaurs. From BBC:
