Monthly Archives: July 2009
Sanjin, Wanma Halted in Shenzhen After Surging on Trading Debut
From Bloomberg: China’s first two companies to go public in nine months surged on their trading debuts, triggering stock suspensions under a new syste
The Net Revolution: Chinese Netizens vs. Green Dam
Written by Willy Lam, Senior Fellow at The Jamestown Foundation, from China Brief:Celebrations that Beijing has bowed to global pressure and scrappe
China Sees Protest Surge By Workers
From Wall Street Journal:Labor disputes in China have surged over the past year as workers have taken to the streets to demand better working condit
China’s Xinjiang Braces for Muslim Day of Prayer
As Friday, the Muslim day of prayer dawns, tensions in Urumqi are still high. From Reuters:Security forces have imposed control over Urumqi, but the
Earthquake in China’s Southwestern Yunnan Province Injures 300
Bloomberg reports on an earthquake that hit Yunnan Province today:An earthquake in China’s southwestern Yunnan province toppled 10,000 homes and inj
Music Across the Ages, in the Hands of a Virtuosa
The Denver Post profiles pipa player Wu Man, who will be performing in Boulder tonight:Wu Man — whose two recent Grammy Award nominations follow her
Government Order to Filter Search Results: July 8, 2009
The following list contains keywords that propaganda authorities, in one day, reportedly ordered search engines to block, filter, or promote. In searc
Chinese Economist Missing, Apparently Detained
A Uighur economist in Beijing is missing after a website he ran was blamed for “inciting violence” leading to the Urumqi riots. From AP:
Beijing University Students Collectively Protest Compulsive Summer Training
From Boxun News: Boxun reports that Beijing authorities initially issued a letter to the families of college students in the capital, requesting that
Riots Expose China’s Ethnic Divisions, Uneven Growth
In the aftermath of this week’s violence in Urumqi, observers are looking at Beijing’s policies toward minorities, and the “Go West&
Slideshow: Images of Unrest in Urumqi Being Spread in Chinese Cyberspace （2）
Images of Urumqi unrest taken by foreign journalists and being spread by Chinese netizens
Mary Hennock: Bad Press
From Newsweek: Another tried-and-true technique follows the script used in Tibet: Beijing has blamed exiled businesswoman Rebiya Kadeer for the violen
BBS Posts: The Current Situation in Urumqi
Following the weekend’s unrest in Xinjiang, the current censorship and blocking of websites appears to be the most severe in history. Neverthele
Poor Migrants Describe Grief From China’s Ethnic Strife
From the New York Times: As Muslim Uighurs rampaged through the streets of this western provincial capital on Sunday, Zhang Aiying rushed home and sta
Jian Junbo: Ghost of Marx Haunts China’s Riots
Dr Jian Junbo is assistant professor of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University, Shanghai, China. From the Asia Times Online: As th
