Monthly Archives: July 2009
Photo: A boy eats on the stoop of his home in Shanghai, by Always at Home
A boy eats on the stoop of his home in Shanghai, by Always at Home
Liao Yiwu: Nineteen Days
Writer Liao Yiwu wrote an essay titled 19 days, which briefly recounts his experiences each year on June 4 between 1989 and 2008. This translation, in
Chinese Internet Memes For 2009, Year of the Ox
chinaSMACK translates a post of the most popular Internet memes of 2009 in China. One example: ??? = du?m?om?o Hide and seek. A young prisoner Li Qiaoming
China ‘Stumbling’ in the Pacific
A new report from Australia’s Lowy Institute for International Policy critiques China’s foreign policy in the Pacific region, BBC reports: “China
Beijing’s Peculiar Definition of State Secrets
In the wake of the detention of Rio Tinto employees in China, the Financial Times looks at the nebulous nature of China’s state secrets laws: While
China’s Beijing Auto Says Fails in Bid for GM’s Opel
Beijing Auto has failed in its bid to buy GM’s Opel unit, apparently over intellectual property issues, Reuters reports: General Motors’ European
Twitter Seen As Tool For Social Change In China
As the Chinese government moves to block or shutdown several social media sites, NPR reports on the potential influence of Twitter and other like-minded
Chinese Police Detain Three After Shishou Riot
From Reuters: Police detained the brother and two cousins of a chef whose death last month led to a riot in central China in which angry residents beat
Graying Shanghai Encourages Couples To Have 2 Kids
From AP: Family planning officials in Shanghai are making home visits and slipping leaflets under doorways to encourage certain residents to have a second
Landslides, Floods Plague Quake-hit Southwest China
Four people have died and more than 50 are missing in floods and a landslide that hit the area of Sichuan rocked by last year’s earthquake. From
Chinese Films Withdrawn from Melbourne Festival Over Kadeer Documentary
From Xinhua News Agency: Three Chinese films have been withdrawn from this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival in protest of the inclusion
Photo: Cross-cultural understanding on the beach, by zdzarski.junior
Cross-cultural understanding on the beach, by zdzarski.junior
As Ambassador, Huntsman Promises to Press American Ideals in China
The Salt Lake Tribune reports on Utah Governor Jon Huntsman’s confirmation hearings to become ambassador to China: Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. promised
Report: US, China Must Improve Climate Cooperation
From AP: The United States and China should use high-level meetings next week to work toward improved cooperation in curbing greenhouse gases, according
China Pledges to Stick to ‘Moderately Loose’ Policy
From Bloomberg: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and the Communist Party’s Politburo pledged to maintain a “moderately loose” monetary policy, countering specu
