Monthly Archives: September 2009
Southern Weekend: We Must Change the Way We Speak Today
An editorial from Southern Weekend looks at a new media policy in Yunnan that forbids the use of certain phrases in reporting:The propaganda departm
China Tainted Milk Parents Mourn, Seek Support (Updated)
A year after the scandal over contaminated milk broke in China, parents whose children died are being prevented from gathering, AP reports:Zhao Lian
Officials Punished after China Mine Accidents
The ax is falling on local officials in Henan, where two mining accidents this week have killed 57 people, AFP reports:So far, 44 people have died a
An Iron Bar, Three Chords & the Truth
Global Times (English) reports on the work of the New Worker Art Troupe in Beijing, founded by migrant workers in 2002: A few times a year since 2002,
Variety Stores
In an interesting coincidence, two Beijing-based foreign journalists blog about watching neighborhood shops near their homes transform into storefront
China Tip-off ‘Sparked’ Myanmar Fighting
Al Jazeera reports that a tip-off from the Chinese government to Myanmar’s leaders about an illegal arms factory was the spark for the deadly co
Uneasy Silences Punctuate 60th Anniversary Coverage
China Media Project looks at episodes in the history of the PRC that are not being glorified in the propaganda blitz leading up to National Day:Medi
Slideshow: A Visit with Ai Weiwei
Colorful Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei will be traveling across Europe this autumn to participate in various contemporary art exhibitions. Fre
Photo: A street vendor in a Kaifeng night market, by kevinpoh
A street vendor in a Kaifeng night market, by kevinpoh
Lawyers: Uighurs Agree to Go to Palau
AP reports that three Chinese Uighurs imprisoned at Guatanamo Bay have agreed to be sent to Palau:
Thomas Friedman: Our One-Party Democracy
In the New York Times, Thomas Friedman opines about the state of democracy in China and the U.S.:One-party autocracy certainly has its drawbacks. Bu
Arms Laden UAE Plane Gets Nod to Leave
The plane held in China allegedly carrying undeclared arms heading for China from the United Arab Emirates has been released, the Times of India repor
China’s Ring of Power
Foreign Policy writes about China’s strategy to develop its capacity to mine rare earth minerals, and the trade issues that have developed as a
Hong Kong: Journalists Accused of Incitement
From the Global Voices: Last Friday (Sep 4), three Hong Kong journalists were beaten up and detained by Xinjiang armed polices when they were covering
A Han Chinese Student on the Urumqi Violence of Summer 2009
On China Beat, Timothy Weston follows up with an interview he did last year with a Han student who grew up in Urumqi, to discuss his return home this
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