Monthly Archives: July 2009
Is China’s One-Child Policy Heading for a Revision?
Time Magazine reports on apparent confusion over potential changes to China’s one-child policy, as reported last week: The one-child policy is such
Obama Stresses Cooperation Between U.S. and China
From the Washington Post: President Obama opened a high-level meeting with Chinese officials today declaring that the United States and China share a joint
Temtsel Hao: Xinjiang, Tibet, Beyond: China’s Ethnic Relations
The interplay between local identity, state policy, and economic change is at the core of the violent events in Tibet in 2008 and Xinjiang in 2009. The
CCP To Publish Party Ideology Internationally
From Shanghaiist: Thought China’s international media expansions are over? Think again – it seems that they’re at it again. The South
IPhone Maker in China Is Under Fire After a Suicide
More on the suicide of the employee of Apple supplier Foxconn who was suspected of stealing an iPhone prototype, from the New York Times: Apple and Foxconn,
Qin Gang: “Stand Your Ground Firmly. Your Bottom Decides Where Your Brain Is”
New quotes from Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Qin Gang to add to the collection. From the July 27, 2009 Beijing Daily, via netease.cn.com,
“Guo Baofeng, Your Mother is Calling You Home for Dinner!” (With Slideshow)
Almost every Chinese kid has been summoned while outside playing with their playmates: “Your mother is calling you home for dinner!” Recently, a
Photo: A wall sign in Tonghua, Jilin reads “Abundant district, wealthy people,” by kevsunblush
“Abundant district, wealthy people,” Tonghua, Jilin, by kevsunblush
Photo: Traditional buildings in Wuzhen, Zhejiang, by HKmPUA
Traditional buildings in Wuzhen, Zhejiang, by HKmPUA
Taiwan’s Ma Takes Party Post, Boosting China Summit Prospects
From Bloomberg: Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou was voted chairman of the ruling Kuomintang party, an appointment that may pave the way for a historic s
Rally Around Flag, China Tells Diaspora
John Garnaut, the Sydney Morning Herald’s correspondent in Beijing reports: Beijing has called on the Chinese diaspora to unite around the Communist
In France, Chinese Swoop In To Buy Stake in Savoir-Faire
Chinese investors are buying up historic French chateaus, renovating one into a destination for wealthy Chinese wedding parties. The most recent purchase
Heyrat Niyaz on the July 5 Riots in Urumchi
On Siweiluozi’s blog, he translates an interview with Heyrat Niyaz (海莱特·尼亚孜), a Uyghur journalist, blogger, and AIDS activist in the Hong Kong ne
3,000 Villagers Protest in Eastern China
The AP reports of a protest over a government land seizure in Zhejiang: More than 3,000 villagers in eastern China blocked a highway and clashed with
One Killed in China Steel Riot
The BBC reports that workers beat a manager to death during the riot at a steel plant in Tonghua: About 100 people were hurt in violence in the north-eastern
