Monthly Archives: November 2009
China Tightens Supervision of Online Games
According to a statement released yesterday, the Ministry of Culture has set some standards [CN] to regulate online games. From AFP: China has vowed t
White House Correspondents Take on China
Evan Osnos writes about the history of White House correspondents accompanying U.S. presidents to China, and how the current cropped fared last week:
China Holds, Mistreats US Geologist
AP reports on Xue Feng, a U.S. geologist who has spent two years in Chinese jail with no-one publicly raising his case, against his own wishes:Two y
Global Times: Remember US Values When Lobbying There
Global Times interviews Jack Rosen, chairman of the American Jewish Congress (AJC) and the American Council for World Jewry, to get advice on how Chin
More English Needed as China Steps Up Peacekeeping
The People’s Liberation Army has been more active in peacekeeping missions around the world, and is now finding a need for more English training
Southern Weekend Interviews President Obama (Updated)
As mentioned in our previous post, President Obama sat down for an interview with Southern Weekend. Malcolm Moore at the Telegraph has translated the
Photo: Selling candied fruit (糖葫芦) in Shijiazhuang, by Jeremy 白杰瑞
Selling candied fruit (???) in Shijiazhuang, by Jeremy ???
1.5M Per Day Getting Swine Flu Vaccine in China
According to Chen Zhu, China’s health minister, 1.5 million Chinese are getting vaccinated against the H1N1 flu each day. From Will Weissert for
Why Doesn’t Bo Xilai Publicly Back Up the Defense Attorneys Too?
Innocent until proven guilty? That is the question some are asking during the Chongqing corruption trial, given the public’s treatment of the de
Going Green in China, Case by Case
Ordos, Inner Mongolia, has been getting its share of attention in recent weeks with several articles mentioning it in the international media. The New
Chinese Court Rules Against Microsoft
According to a Chinese court decision, Microsoft has infringed a Chinese company’s copyright, the Financial Times reports:Microsoft’s use of t
Beijing’s Poor Visit Illegal Clinics
The BBC reports on illegal medical clinics set up on the outskirts of Beijing set up to serve migrant workers and the poor:The clinic we visited, in
Lee Davidson: Huntsman Pleased with Obama in China
From the Deseret news: U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman Jr. said Tuesday that he’s “very, very proud” of how President Barack O
In Obama’s China Trip, a Stark Contrast with the Past (Updated)
Now that President Obama has moved on to South Korea, the reviews of his time in China are in. From the Washington Post:U.S. presidents have been tr
PBS NewsHour: In China, a Struggle for Rights, but Hope for Future (Updated with Video)
Jim Lehrer speaks with a human rights activist and a China expert about the state of the struggle for human rights in China. From PBS NewsHour Online:
