Monthly Archives: July 2009
Liao Yiwu: Who Sings Sadly in the Deep Forest on a Moonlit Night? (Music Video)
Earlier this spring, lawyer Teng Biao (who recently wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post) posted the text of a poem which poet Liao Yiwu performed in
Photo: Two boys in a Miao village in Rongshui County, Guangxi, by Expatriate Games
Two boys in a village in Rongshui County, Guangxi, by Expatriate Games
China Green: Big Tree Country (Video)
China Green, a project of Asia Society, has produced another documentary about China’s environmental devastation: Da Shu Xian, or Big Tree Country,
Authorities Raid Office Of Chinese Health Activist
From AP: Chinese authorities seized dozens of newsletters from a nonprofit group that fights discrimination against people with hepatitis B, a campaigner
Taiwan Leader Calls For China Trade Pact But No Rush To Meet Hu
From AFP: Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday called for a trade pact with China but said he was not likely to meet his Chinese counterpart
China Central Bank To Keep ‘Moderately Loose’ Policy Stance
From Bloomberg: China’s central bank said it will maintain a “moderately loose monetary policy” and aims to consolidate the nation’s economic recovery. “To continue
Zhu Huaxin (祝华新): Ten Suggestions on How to Deal with Internet Opinion for Local Governments
Danwei translates a commentary by Zhu Huaxin (祝华新), Secretary of the “sentiments monitoring office” of State owned People’s Net Onlin
Street Peddler Beaten & Paralyzed By Shanghai Chengguan
chinaSMACK translates a report and netizens’ comments about a watermelon vendor who ended up in the hospital after an altercation with urban management
John H. Makin: China: Bogus Boom?
John H. Makin is a former consultant to the U.S. Treasury Department, the Congressional Budget Office, and the International Monetary Fund. He specializes
Haiyan Lee: Brought to You by the People’s Republic of The Onion
Haiyan Lee, a professor of Chinese literature and civilization at Stanford University wrote the following essay. Originally published on The China Beat
China Pledges to Reduce Death Sentences
The New York Times reports: In a series of interviews, the vice president of the Supreme People’s Court said that China was not ready to abolish capital p
U.S., China Pledge to Sustain Stimulus, Rebalance World Growth
Bloomberg reports on the recently concluded high-level talks between China and the U.S.: U.S. and Chinese economic leaders pledged to keep up stimulus
Photo: Construction workers in Zhuhai, by atsitra
Construction workers in Zhuhai take a break, by atsitra
From Chinese Twitterers: Internet Supervision Official’s “Theory of Local Truth.”
Despite the fact that Twitter has been blocked and several similar China-based micro-blogging sites are inaccessible in China, netizens are still finding
China Puts Online Games That Glorify Mafia on Its Hit List
From the New York Times: On Monday, the Ministry of Culture issued a notice banning online games that feature Mafioso kingpins, marauding street gangs
