Monthly Archives: November 2009
Obama’s Warming to China Is Seen as Slight in India
With President Obama having completed his first visit to China, and getting ready to host the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Washington, the
Chinese Drywall Linked to Corrosion in Homes
Reports in the spring claimed that drywall made in China was causing health problems and corrosion on new buildings in Florida. A federal investigatio
Official: China Mine that Exploded was Too Crowded
AP reports that more than 500 miners were underground when the mine in Heilongjiang exploded, killing 104, and a government official told Xinhua that
High School Musical Going to China
From the CBC:The Walt Disney Co. plans to adapt, rather than translate, the film for the Chinese market, working with Shanghai Media Group and Huayi
Jason Ng (伍嘉贤): What Has Twitter Changed?
Jason Ng (???) is a Beijing based well-known technology blogger and founder of kenenba.com. He wrote following post on his blog, translated by CDT: Wh
Up Against the Great Wall of China
Analysis of President Obama’s China visit, and the media coverage it received, continues. Howard French, former New York Times Shanghai bureau c
Feng Zhenghu at Narita Airport (Updated)
Oiwan Lam from Global Voices has translated updates from Feng Zhenghu, an activist who has been living in Japan’s Narita Airport for nearly thre
China Legislator Seeks to Criminalize Banquets
Zhao Linzhong, National People’s Congress delegate, is proposing an interesting piece of legislation. From AFP: “Public spending on eating
China’s Coal-Mine Explosion Death Toll Rises to 104
The death toll in this weekend’s Heilongjiang mining disaster has been raised to 104, making it the worst mining accident in two years in China,
Photo: Protest sticker on a cop car in Panyu: “Oppose the garbage incinerator; Protect a green Panyu,” by [BLT]FQX
Protest sticker on a cop van: “Oppose the incinerator; Protect a green Panyu,” by [BLT]FQX
China Quake Dissident Jailed for 3 Years
Huang Qi, an activist who investigated shoddy school construction after the 5.12 Sichuan earthquake in 2008, has been sentenced to three years in jail
Residents Protest Garbage Incinerator in Guangdong (Updated with Videos)
Residents of Panyu, Guangdong, are protesting plans to build a garbage incinerator in their city, and the actions are being tweeted live at the hashta
Did The Chinese Watch Obama’s Town Hall?
Take a look at the number of Internet viewers of Obama’s townhall-style meeting in Shanghai, via Marc Ambinder’s at The Atlantic‘s P
Asylum for Activist Guo Feixiong’s Family
From Radio Free Asia:The wife and two children of a jailed Chinese rights lawyer have been granted political asylum in the United States. Zhang Qing
Obama’s China Interview Mystery (Updated)
From the Wall Street Journal Blog: President Barack Obama’s first attempt to speak directly to China’s people during his trip this week was marred by
