Monthly Archives: July 2009
Beijing Has Thing For Puccini Opera Set In China
From Los Angeles Times: Gli enigmi sono tre, una e la vita!li enigmi sono tre, una e la vita! What does the above mean? (“The riddles are three;
Chinese Lesbians Petition For Right To Donate Blood
From AFP: Chinese lesbians are signing onto an online petition asking for the right to donate blood, which is denied them by a society worried about AIDS,
China’s Military Cautiously Tries Out New Openness
From Reuters: The Chinese soldiers shot down targets, overpowered black-clad terrorists and then lined up at attention in front of journalists. “Now
Charles Hill: The New Great Game
Charles Hill, a former U.S. diplomat, is a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, where he is co-director of the Hoover working
Fu Ying: We’ve Made Huge Strides, but China’s Influence Has its Limits
Fu Ying, the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom, wrote an op-ed in the Telegraph which comments on foreign perceptions of China’s rise: …There
Rust-Belt Rumblings
After irate workers beat a company manager to death in riots at a steel plant in Tonghua, Jilin, a planned merger for the firm has been scrapped. From
Child’s Death Sparks Concern
The death of the young son of migrant workers highlights an alarming trend of child abuse in China. Radio Free Asia reports: The death of a two-and-a-half-year-old
Dick Thornburgh: China’s Harassed Lawyers
Former U.S. attorney general Dick Thornburgh writes an op-ed in today’s New York Times about the plight of China’ rights lawyers, who face
China’s Three Biggest Power Firms Emit More Carbon Than Britain, Says Report
From guardian.co.uk: China’s three biggest power firms produced more greenhouse gas emissions last year than the whole of Britain, according to a
China’s Xinjiang Gets Some Phone, Internet Service
From AP: Limited phone messaging and Internet access are now available in China’s Xinjiang region, more than three weeks after the government cut
Photo: Portraits of presidents Obama and Hu in Dafen Oil Painting Village, Shenzhen, by Remko Tanis
Portraits of presidents Obama and Hu in Dafen Oil Painting Village, Shenzhen, by Remko Tanis
A Cautionary Tale from China
The Financial Times tells the story of a raid orchestrated by the German chief executive of Frankfurt-listed Business Media China of the company’s
China Using the Internet to Spy on Germany
The Local reports that the German government believes that Chinese agents are using the internet to spy on Germany: Walter Opfermann from the state office
Teng Biao: The Law On Trial In China
Teng Biao, a rights lawyer who worked with the recently shuttered Open Constitution Initiative, writes an op-ed for the Washington Post about the hazards
Files Vanished, Young Chinese Lose the Future
The New York Times tells the story of a young college graduate from a poor rural area whose academic career and hopes for a promising future were erased
