Monthly Archives: December 2009
China Awards Top 10 International Friends
In commemoration of the PRC’s 60th anniversary, China Radio International held an online poll August 31-October 10 where over 56 million eligible
Fast-Growing Christian Churches Crushed in China
AP reports on the closure of China’s first mega-church: LINFEN, China – Towering eight stories over wheat fields, the Golden Lamp Church was built t
Willy Lam: China’s New Security State
In the Wall Street Journal, Willy Lam reports that, “On December 2, senior state-security personnel met in Tianjin to fine-tune a new nationwide
China’s Economic Power Unsettles the Neighbors
China’s global status is making some of its neighbors in East and Southeast Asia uneasy. From Michael Wines for the New York Times: China has long
China, U.S. Trade Barbs at Climate Talks
The Copenhagen climate change conference is being hampered by a war of words between China and the U.S., AP reports: U.S. chief negotiator Todd Stern
David Bandurski: Fake Measures to Deal with Real Problems
David Bandurski writes that press accreditation will not solve “the fundamental issue driving media corruption in China.” From China Media
Photo: Autumn leaves in Lushan, Jiangxi, by shenxy
Autumn leaves in Lushan, Jiangxi, by shenxy
China Activist in for Long Haul at Tokyo Airport
The BBC’s Tokyo correspondent went to visit Feng Zhenghu, who has spent over a month at Narita airport after the Chinese government banned him from
Evan Osnos: Top Ten China Myths of 2009
On his New Yorker blog, Evan Osnos parses out ten myths about China that were in circulation this year, including: Chinese Web users have no impact on
New Arrests over China’s Xinjiang Ethnic Riots
The crackdown over the summer’s violence in Xinjiang are continuing with 94 more arrests, BBC reports: Those detained are said to have fled following
China Gently Hints Ready To Rein In Growth Policies
From Reuters: China used its most important economic planning meeting of the year to drop hints that it will wind down ultra-loose pro-growth policies,
American Woman Seeks Justice, Chinese Style
From NPR: Despite more than a quarter century of legal reforms and institution building, China still has holdovers from centuries of its own unique legal
Case Against Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Sent To Prosecutors
From guardian.co.uk: Chinese police have presented the case against one of the country’s most prominent dissidents to prosecutors, after detaining
First Lawsuit In China Milk Scandal Delayed
From AFP: China’s first civil lawsuit seeking compensation over last year’s tainted milk scandal has been delayed for further investigation,
Photo: The Beijing train station, by Tom Spender
The Beijing train station, by Tom Spender
