Monthly Archives: July 2009
Silence After China Blogger Amoiist Tweets Arrest SOS
From guardian.co.uk: The hundreds following amoiist on Twitter were used to his stream of messages. But they ended abruptly with two terse updates early
Taiwan’s Tourism Chief Heads for China for Talks on Upgrading Service
As reported in the Taiwan News, Taiwan’s Tourism Bureau Director-General Janice Lai is currently in Beijing discussing issues regarding PRC tourists
Intel Centres to Keep Tabs on China’s Missiles, Navy
From the Times of India: Stung by China’s aggressive posturing, including its deployment of missiles in Delingha near Tibet, and other increasingly
Shaq’s Balls Spark China Row
Reuters reports that American basketball star Shaquille O’Neal‘s gift of signed basketballs to four survivors of last year’s Sichuan
Judge Dismissed For Handcuffing Lawyer To Hoop
From Shanghai Daily: A judge who handcuffed a lawyer to a basketball hoop under the scorching sun for 40 minutes was removed from the bench yesterday in
Chinese Activist, Daughter ‘Sentenced To Labour Camp’
From AFP: A Chinese environmental activist and his daughter have been sentenced to re-education through labour without a trial on charges of passing state
China Shuts Down Legal Center, Revokes Licenses
From AP: Beijing officials shut down a legal research center led by activist lawyers Friday, while China revoked the licenses of more than 50 lawyers,
Beijing, in Snub to Taipei, Boycotts a Sports Ceremony
From New York Times: China boycotted the opening of the 2009 World Games on Thursday night, apparently as a snub of the host, Taiwan. Taiwan is hosting
China’s Economy Accelerates With Help Of Stimulus
From AP: China has bought a rebound in economic growth with a flood of government spending and bank loans, averting a surge in politically dangerous unemployment
China’s Internet Users Surpass US Population
From guardian.co.uk: China has more internet users that the entire population of the United States, according to new research by the government-sanctioned
Media Strategy in Xinjiang
From the Radio Free Asia: Meanwhile, a Han Chinese Web publisher who declined to be named said his privately owned news Web site had mostly engaged in
Photo: Two women sunbathe on a Chinese beach, by zdzarski.junior
Two women sunbathe on a Chinese beach, by zdzarski.junior
China Issues Security Alert in Algeria After Al-Qaida Threat
The Times of India reports that China has issued a security warning to its citizens living in Algeria after receiving news that Al-Qaida plans to avenge
Syed Fazl-e-Haider: China Eyes Pakistan Steel Sector
Syed Fazl-e-Haider reports from Quetta, Pakistan for the Asia Times: China Metallurgical Construction Corporation (MCC), which already runs a copper mine
Chinese-born Engineer Guilty of Economic Espionage
From AP: A Chinese-born engineer was convicted Thursday of stealing trade secrets critical to the U.S. space program in the nation’s first economic
