Monthly Archives: January 2010
Paul R. Gregory and Kate Zhou: How China Won and Russia Lost
A report from Policy Review of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution compares and contrasts agricultural reforms and their outcomes in China
Robert Lawrence Kuhn: In China, Pride Is the Driver
In BusinessWeek, Robert Lawrence Kuhn argues that national pride and a deep desire to be recognized on the global stage is behind the Chinese drive to
An Orthodox View
Global Times has a report about the small but active Russian Orthodox community in Beijing:Set amid the spacious greenery of the embassy, the church
Kong Jiesheng (孔捷生): CCP Media Policy, Soft Power and China’s “Third Affliction”
At China Media Project, David Bandurski translates and discusses and editorial in Apple Daily by Kong Jiesheng (孔捷生), a dissident cultural figure and
Chinese Evade U.S. Sanctions on Iran
While an embargo bans companies who sell arms to Iran from conducting business in the U.S., many Chinese companies are skirting the rules to keep the
China Oil Spill Reaches Key Water Source
VOA gives an update on the recent massive oil spill, which has now reached the Yellow River, which provides drinking water to millions of Chinese:St
Chinese Activists to Opposition: ‘Go, Iranian Friends! Go!’
The Los Angeles Times blog looks at the movement in China to support protesters in Iran: The governments of Iran and China have grown considerably clo
Photo: The Forbidden City in the snow, by shizhao
The Forbidden City in the snow, by shizhao
Heady Web Freedom in China as Great Firewall Falls
The Los Angeles Times reports on the brief outage of the Great Firewall over the weekend:Cautious excitement spread on some social-networking platfo
Film Director Battles For Soul Of Chinese Cinema
NPR profiles Zhang Yimou and his new film, a remake of the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple:Zhang Yimou has undergone a dramatic transformation, fr
Chinese Underground Bishop Yao Dies At 87
From AP: Leon Yao Liang, a bishop in China’s underground church who was imprisoned for more than 28 years under the communists, has died, a U.S.
Human Rights In China Still Need To Be Improved: Report
From China Post:The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD), a nonprofit organization set up by the government to promote democracy around the world,
U.S.-China Relations To Face Strains, Experts Say
From Washington Post:The United States and China are headed for a rough patch in the early months of the new year as the White House appears set to
Chinese Dissident Appeals Subversion Conviction
From AP: An imprisoned Chinese dissident has appealed his conviction on subversion charges tied to his co-writing of a daring call for political refor
Propaganda Struggles Could Intensify
The Guardian looks ahead to possible developments in the media environment in China in 2010:Last year, a new English-language paper and Arabic and
