Monthly Archives: November 2009
Farmers Selling Blood to Make Ends Meet
In Hubei’s Yunxian County, some come to sell their blood plasma — 600 cc for 168 yuan — to make ends meet. From China Youth Daily [C
Western Fenqing?
ChinaGeeks has a post responding to a piece by Bob Page of Mercury Brief, which in turn is responding to the widely-cited talk by Kaiser Kuo at the Un
China Bans Physical Punishment for Internet Addicts
The Chinese government has banned the use of any physical punishment in Chinese internet addiction clinics: Many of the camps are imbued with a milita
Chinese Activist Risks Jail with Letter to Obama
Released dissident Yang Zili has written a letter to US president Obama asking for his assistance in gaining medical parole for two other prisoners:
The Petitioning Experience of a Letters and Visits Director
Wu Zongming, former director of the Letters and Visits office in Guiping of Guangxi Province, found himself resorting to petitioning channels when a p
Photo: A traditional cave dwelling in Luoyang, Shaanxi, by Kevin Poh
A traditional cave dwelling in Luoyang, Shaanxi, by Kevin Poh
Forbes: China’s 400 Richest
Forbes has published its latest list of China’s 400 richest people:A quick comparison of our new Forbes China Rich List with that of the Forbe
TimeOut New York: Carsick Cars + P.K.14
With several Beijing bands on the Maybe Mars label about to begin a U.S. tour, the Chinese punk scene is getting a lot of press. Time Out New York tel
Bloggers Put China’s Pollution on the Map
Ellen Zhu at the Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report writes about a collaborative Google Maps project to document China’s heavily
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Some Expo-Disney Connections
On China Beat, Jeffrey Wasserstrom ponders the connections between the World Expo, to be held in Shanghai in 2010, and Disney, which is slated to open
Uighur Detainees Face Culture Shock in Palau
The Uighur detainees at Guantanamo Bay who were recently released to the Pacific island nation of Palau will likely have a difficult time adjusting, V
Vijay Sakhuja: Maritime Multilateralism: China’s Strategy for the Indian Ocean
Vijay Sakhuja, Director (Research) at the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi, writes for the Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief:The Ch
Photo: A market in Chongqing, by monkeyking
A market in Chongqing, by monkeyking
Headlines from Global Times
Chinese Twitterers have been passing around a list of recent headlines from Global Times, which give a little insight into the reportage of the best-s
“.中国” to be Global Top Level Domain Name
From People’s Daily Online: ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) announced recently in South Korea that Chinese, Arab
