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 Coun
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 campaig
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 counter
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
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 Onli
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 man
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 special
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 Bea
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 capi
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 stimulu
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 find
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
