Monthly Archives: October 2009
What Lies Between Chinese Writers and the Nobel Prize
Berlin from Fools Mountain shares his thoughts on “what lies between” Chinese writers and the Nobel Prize for Literature. Nobel Prize for
China Web Users Debate North Korea Ties
Al Jazeera took a look at Chinese netizens’ reactions to Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to North Korea: The visit by Wen Jiabao, the Chinese p
Ai Weiwei: “Grass Mud Horse, Motherland”
Charles Custer from ChinaGeeks shares a video from Ai Weiwei called “Grass Mud Horse [F*ck Your Mother], Motherland” and some reactions fr
China Launches Crackdown On Online Gaming
From AFP:China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally and featuring content deemed to be unhealthy, state media r
Beijing Hires a Media Guru
Asia Times profiles Dong Guanpeng, the CCP’s media policy consultant who recently gave a talk to foreign reporters at the Foreign Correspondents
Internet Human Rights Declaration
From Global Voices Advocacy: 2009 is a political sensitive year in China. Apart from the 60th anniversary of PRC, it is also the 20th anniversary of T
Taiwan Court Upholds Ex-president’s Detention
From AP: Taiwan’s High Court on Friday upheld its earlier decision to keep former President Chen Shui-bian in detention after the Supreme Court
China Mine Lift Collapse Kills 26
From BBC News:The collapse of two lift cages in a mine in central China has killed 26 men and injured five others. The accident occurred in Lengshui
Murdoch Urges China to Open Up to Media
From Wall Street Journal:News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch urged China’s government to allow its media companies to take advantage of
A Spirit of Enduring Optimism
For last week’s National Day celebrations, the The New York Times published an interview with 103-year-old who gives a firsthand account of the
Taiwan Offers China Model
From Radio Free Asia: Taiwan, which marks its own National Day nine days after a lavish display of communist military power by rival Beijing, should p
Prepare to Fight China, Qaeda Figure Tells Uighurs
Abu Yahya al-Libi has called on Uighurs to prepare for a jihad against China. From the Washington Post: A prominent al Qaeda militant urged Uighurs in
China’s New Cultural Revolution
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair writes in the Wall Street Journal about China’s great strides in recent history: A few weeks ago, when
Stopping People’s Grievances from Visiting Beijing
Andy Yee from Global Voices Online shares netizen reactions to the August 2009 document from the Central Commission on Political and Legal Affairs of
