Monthly Archives: August 2009
Bowing to Protests, China Halts Sale of Steel Mill
Following protests in which workers took a government official hostage, managers of a steel plant in Henan have canceled plans to privatize. From the
Richard V. Allen: The Next Step in the Taiwan-China Dance
Written by Richard V. Allen, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, from Wall Street Journal: When Richard Nixon conceived the strategy in 1967 to o
Brush and Ink Paintings of Grass Mud Horses
Chinese bloggers have been posting the following series of traditional-style paintings of Grass-Mud Horses and River Crabs: From PC World: Pro-China and pro-Muslim hackers have clashed online in a series of attacks on Web sites triggered by deadly ethnic riots in China̵ Hackers Clash Over China’s Rule in Muslim Province
Reform in the Air for Chinese Broadcasters
From Caijing Magazine: A spate of new television programs is likely to appear soon on CCTV’s finance and sports channels following the introduct
Hot Money Returns to China
From Economic Observer Online:Short-term speculative funds, also known as hot money, have started flowing into China at an unprecedented rate as the
Pratap Bhanu Mehta: The Dragon’s Rumble
From The India Express: Despite the commitment of Manmohan Singh and President Hu Jintao to keep the India-China relationship on track, there is a wid
Patron Saints of Africa
The Washington Post reviews China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing’s Expansion in Africa, by Serge Michel and Michel Beuret, about China’s
Alice Xin Liu: Green Dam About-face Inspires Hope
Danwei’s Alice Xin Liu opines in the Guardian about the government backing down over the Green Dam filtering software and what it means for Inte
Shanghai Is Sprucing Up Its Image
Howard French, the former Shanghai bureau chief for the New York Times, revisits the city to see how it is preparing for the World Expo:History has
The Case of the Chinese Mayor Who Wasn’t There
The Financial Times writes about Xu Zongheng, the maor of Shenzhen who was recently toppled in a corruption probe, and other officials who disappear f
China Fires Nuclear Power Head after Investigation
The AP gives an update on the case against Kang Rixin, the head of the government’s nuclear power project, who has been investigated for corrupt
Steel Workers In China Protest Plant Purchase
From AP: Hundreds of steel workers in central China trapped a government official in their factory’s office compound for four days, angry at the
China Sets Date For CO2 Cut
From Financial Times: China’s carbon emissions will start falling by 2050, its top climate change policymaker said, the first time the worldR
Slideshow: Flood in Liuzhou, Guangxi, July 2009
Flood in Liuzhou, Guangxi, July 2009, by Expatriate Games
