Monthly Archives: December 2009
Live Chat with Evan Osnos on Renewable Energy (Updated)
Evan Osnos of the New Yorker is right now doing a live online chat with readers about renewable energy and his recent article on the topic. Participate
Peng Bo (彭波): “The Main Problems Relating to Internet News Propaganda”
In China, several political bodies are in charge of Internet content control. At the highest level, there is the Central Propaganda Department, which
China Begins Work on World’s Longest Cross-Sea Bridge
Work on a 50 kilometer (30 mile) bridge connecting Hong Kong with Guangdong Province has just been kicked off. From China Daily: Construction of the 50-km
Li Wufeng (李伍峰): “Safeguarding the Orderly Dissemination of Online News”
In China, several political bodies are in charge of Internet content control. At the highest level, there is the Central Propaganda Department, which
Photo: Graffitti in front of the burned out CCTV headquarters, by rudenoon
Graffitti in front of the burned out CCTV headquarters, by rudenoon
Lawyers In Trouble In Chongqing
ESWN translates a story from the China Youth Daily about the ongoing trials in the crackdown on corruption in Chongqing: In late November, the series of
Chinese Team Searches Museums for Art Treasures
From the NYT: For the past two weeks, the delegation of Chinese cultural experts has swept through American institutions, seeking to reclaim items once
Person of the Year: The Chinese Worker
While Time Magazine named U.S. Fed Chief Ben Bernanke Person of the Year, “the Chinese worker” was a runner-up: In China they have a word
China Steps Up Antiporn Campaign
The “anti-vulgarity campaign” for websites in China is being stepped up a notch, according to the Wall Street Journal: Among the latest measures
Policeman’s Binge Drinking Death in China: One Official Banquet too Far?
The Christian Science Monitor reports on the death of a traffic cop in Shenzhen after excessive drinking at an official banquet: Traffic cop Chen Lusheng’s d
China Warns West from Taking up Dissident Case
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explained that the Obama administration is taking an approach of “principled pragmatism” in dealing with
Photo: The frozen Songhua River in Harbin, by Jonas in China
The frozen Songhua River in Harbin, by Jonas in China
Video: The Barefoot Doctors of Rural China
Below, a 1975 documentary on barefoot doctors. From the video’s introduction (H/T China Study Group): Before the establishment of the People’s
Xie Overcame Toxic Spill to Become China’s Top Climate Official
Bloomberg profiles Xie Zhenhua, former head of China’s state environmental protection agency and now the country’s chief negotiator in Copenhagen: Xie,
Chinese Dissident Living in Legal Limbo in Japanese Airport
The Times visits activist Feng Zhenghu, who has been living at Narita Airport in Tokyo for six weeks after being denied entry to China: Mr Feng is a dissident,
