Monthly Archives: July 2009

Liao Yiwu: Who Sings Sadly in the Deep Forest on a Moonlit Night? (Music Video)

July 29, 2009 9:53 PM

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

July 29, 2009 9:39 PM

Two boys in a village in Rongshui County, Guangxi, by Expatriate Games

China Green: Big Tree Country (Video)

July 29, 2009 8:43 PM

China Green, a project of Asia Society, has produced another documentary about China’s environmental devastation:Da Shu Xian, or Big Tree Coun

Authorities Raid Office Of Chinese Health Activist

July 29, 2009 8:01 PM

From AP: Chinese authorities seized dozens of newsletters from a nonprofit group that fights discrimination against people with hepatitis B, a campaig

Taiwan Leader Calls For China Trade Pact But No Rush To Meet Hu

July 29, 2009 7:34 PM

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 counter

China Central Bank To Keep ‘Moderately Loose’ Policy Stance

July 29, 2009 7:30 PM

From Bloomberg: China’s central bank said it will maintain a “moderately loose monetary policy” and aims to consolidate the nation’s economic recovery

Zhu Huaxin (祝华新): Ten Suggestions on How to Deal with Internet Opinion for Local Governments

July 29, 2009 6:59 PM

Danwei translates a commentary by Zhu Huaxin (祝华新), Secretary of the “sentiments monitoring office” of State owned People’s Net Onli

Street Peddler Beaten & Paralyzed By Shanghai Chengguan

July 29, 2009 6:46 PM

chinaSMACK translates a report and netizens’ comments about a watermelon vendor who ended up in the hospital after an altercation with urban man

John H. Makin: China: Bogus Boom?

July 29, 2009 11:45 AM

John H. Makin is a former consultant to the U.S. Treasury Department, the Congressional Budget Office, and the International Monetary Fund. He special

Haiyan Lee: Brought to You by the People’s Republic of The Onion

July 29, 2009 11:07 AM

Haiyan Lee, a professor of Chinese literature and civilization at Stanford University wrote the following essay. Originally published on The China Bea

China Pledges to Reduce Death Sentences

July 29, 2009 9:31 AM

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 capi

U.S., China Pledge to Sustain Stimulus, Rebalance World Growth

July 29, 2009 9:27 AM

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 stimulu

Photo: Construction workers in Zhuhai, by atsitra

July 28, 2009 10:35 PM

Construction workers in Zhuhai take a break, by atsitra

From Chinese Twitterers: Internet Supervision Official’s “Theory of Local Truth.”

July 28, 2009 10:25 PM

Despite the fact that Twitter has been blocked and several similar China-based micro-blogging sites are inaccessible in China, netizens are still find

China Puts Online Games That Glorify Mafia on Its Hit List

July 28, 2009 7:36 PM

From the New York Times: On Monday, the Ministry of Culture issued a notice banning online games that feature Mafioso kingpins, marauding street gangs

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