Monthly Archives: July 2009
Fear Grips Shaoguan’s Uighurs
Back to Shaoguan: When the local government in Xinjiang province dispatched more than 800 Uighur workers to a toy factory here in May, they couldn’t h
Jayadeva Ranade: It Takes Two To Tango
Jayadeva Ranade is a former additional secretary in the cabinet secretariat. He writes on the Indian Times: The global geopolitical order has been undergoing
James Lamont and Amy Kazmin: Fear of Influence
The Financial Times published the following analysis: Hambantota, in southern Sri Lanka, was a sleepy seaside village devastated by the 2004 tsunami. Famous
Wang Lixiong: The 23 Behaviors of Illegal Religious Activity
The following text is from the 3rd Possibility (另一种可能) blog, translated by CDT: Thursday, July 9, 2009 王力雄：非法宗教活动二十三种表现 Wang Lixiong: The 23 Behaviors of Illegal Reli
American and China Pledge to Study Energy-Efficient Building Practices
The New York Times reports on the recently-concluded visit to China by U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke: The United
Evelyn Leopold: China Mounts Defense of Myanmar after Junta Pledges to Free Some Political Prisoners
From the Huffington Post blog: Beijing broke from its usual uncontroversial statements on Myanmar (Burma) and told the West to stop “picking”
Photo: A view of Urumqi from an airplane, by neil banas
A view of Urumqi from an airplane, by neil banas
Evan Osnos, Letter from China, “The Forbidden Zone”
Evan Osnos writes the following profile of Hu Shuli: Hu Shuli, the founding editor of the biweekly magazine Caijing, has made her name divining the boundaries
Li Puman: Fanfou, Fanfou, Can We See Fanfou?
This post is from Li Puman’s blog (???), translated by CDT. Fanfou is a Chinese site similar to Twitter: Fanfou, Fanfou, can we see Fanfou? 07/11/2009
Intellectuals Support Uighur Economist as Beijing Tries to Stop Film Screening
Beijing has reportedly called on fim festival organizers in Australia not to show a documentary about Rebiya Kadeer, the exiled Uighur leader whom the
Wu Chaofan: Urumqi Riots Part of Plan to Help Al-Qaida
This essay is published on the China Daily: Earlier this month, US and allied troops launched a fresh offensive in south Afghanistan as part of a new strategy
China Unrest Tied To Labor Program
As the government raises the official death toll in last week’s violence in Urumqi to 192, the Washington Post reports that the origins of the unrest
The Collected Ingredients of a Beijing Life
Holland Cotter of the New York Times reviews an unusual exhibit at MoMA, in which the full contents of the home of the artists’ mother are on display: For
Global Businesses Respond to Rio Tinto Allegations
Reports are coming in on the aftermath of the investigation into Rio Tinto staff in China on suspicion of “stealing state secrets.” Reuters
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