Monthly Archives: September 2009
One Holiday, Two Systems, and Lots of Book Sales in Hong Kong
The extended holiday in China is giving citizens a chance to visit Hong Kong and stock up on books they can’t buy back home, such as the newly published
Photo: Two Chongqing Cops in One Picture
Recently, Bo Xilai’s crackdown on high level corruption in his Chongqing municipality became the talk of the town in Chinese politics circles. Bo,
China’s Number Two Leader Plans Visit to North Korea
Premier Wen Jiabao plans a trip to Pyongyang next week, VOA reports: Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu says Premier Wen’s visit will reciprocate
Dai Zhiyong (戴志勇): If the People Can Learn to Compromise, Please Learn to Govern Honestly
A signed editorial in Southern Weekend looks at the reasons why a Sunshine Law is not likely to be implemented in China soon, despite widespread public
Video: A Revolution on Screen
The Museum of the Moving Image has posted a two-part documentary about Chinese cinema’s “Seventeen Years” between the founding of the
Chinese Babies Stolen by Officials for Foreign Adoption
The Los Angeles Times reported last week on a sinister side of some foreign adoptions in China: Since the early 1990s, more than 80,000 Chinese children
Photo: Police gather in Beijing during a rehearsal for the October 1 parade, by gadgetdan
Police gather in Beijing during a rehearsal for the October 1 parade, by gadgetdan
Video: African Boots in Beijing
Jeremy Goldkorn, of Danwei, has posted a film he made in 2006 with Luke Mines about Afrika United, a team of Africans playing in a football championship
The Frankfurt Book Mess
On China Beat, Nicolai Volland reviews and analyzes the controversy over Chinese invitees to the Frankfurt Book Fair: By revoking the invitation to Dai
Al Jazeera: China’s Long March
Al Jazeera begins a series of special reports in the run-up to October 1: One of the key episodes of the war was the so-called Long March, when Mao led
No Detail Overlooked in China’s Celebration
The New York Times writes about the elaborate preparations for Thursday’s massive National Day celebrations and the reasons why many Beijingers are
Rebecca MacKinnon: China’s Censorship Arms Race Escalates
On CircleID, Rebecca MacKinnon gives on overview of the current status of Internet censorship, with information about the current status of various VPNs
Richest Village in China a Capitalist Commune
During the years of the Cultural Revolution, then Party Secretary Wu Renbao led Jiangsu Province’s Huaxi village towards urbanization. Today, Huaxi
Created in China: Part I
In honor of the 60th birthday of the PRC, The World is starting a five-part series “exploring the roots of China’s creative past, and what’s bei
Targeted Malware Attack on Foreign Correspondents based in China
Infowar Monitor has posted a report by Internet security experts Nart Villeneuve and Greg Walton about recent malware attacks on journalists in China working
