Monthly Archives: February 2010

It’s Baidu’s Fight to Lose in World of China Search

February 11, 2010 10:58 AM

From the Wall Street Journal: Google, Baidu’s closest rival in the Chinese search-engine market, may not have much more of a future in China. Th

Yes, China Does Protect Intellectual Property

February 11, 2010 10:51 AM

From the Wall Street Journal: Among the most common misperceptions is the notion that patents are useless in China. In reality, patent law is a boomin

Ma Zhaoxu (马朝旭): “There are no Dissidents in China”

February 11, 2010 10:12 AM

Kristie Lu Stout blogged this on Boing Boing: “There are no dissidents in China.” That’s a direct quote from China’s Ministry

China Academy of Social Sciences: 2009 China Internet Public Opinion Analysis Report

February 11, 2010 9:23 AM

The Chinese government’s censorship of the media and the Internet has been widely reported, and CDT has been closely tracking netizens’ re

Online Video Stars Changing the Face of China’s Media

February 11, 2010 7:29 AM

CNN looks at how video-sharing sites are changing the lives of a few talented individuals in China:While the bulk of the content on popular Chinese

Chinese Police Chief Boasts of Recruiting One in 33 Residents as Informants

February 11, 2010 12:10 AM

The Guardian reports on the recent interview with a police chief about the use of informants:The director of an inner Mongolian public security bure

Gady Epstein: China’s Porn Trick

February 10, 2010 10:54 PM

From Forbes: On Jan. 5, 2009, a year before Google and Hillary Clinton publicly challenged Chinese Internet controls, China’s central government

Photo: A street in Shanghai, by Tom Spender

February 10, 2010 10:21 PM

A street in Shanghai, by Tom Spender

Northeast China Branches Out in Flushing

February 10, 2010 9:41 PM

Derided in many parts of China, cooking from the northeast Dongbei region is featured at an increasing number of restaurants in Flushing, Queens, whic

China’s Social Networks Bloom Without Twitter, Facebook

February 10, 2010 9:40 PM

Francois Bougon reports for AFP: The 384 million people now online in China, where the need to build connections (guanxi) has always been vital, have

US Faces Diplomatic Slog to Get China to Back Sanctions Against Iran

February 10, 2010 9:36 PM

From the Guardian: The US was today spearheading a diplomatic campaign to overcome ­Chinese opposition to further sanctions aimed at Iran and its Revo

Chinese factory Worker Jailed for Joining Political Party

February 10, 2010 9:31 PM

A 20-year old factory worker named Xue Mingkai has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for joining the US-based China Democracy Party: Human righ

Joel Kotkin: America On The Rise

February 10, 2010 9:23 PM

For Forbes, Joel Kotkin writes that both liberal and conservative pundits who assume the rise of China and accompanying demise of America are missing

China Upholds Sentence of Dissident Liu Xiaobo

February 10, 2010 9:02 PM

Liu Xiaobo’s 11-year sentence has been upheld on appeal, Reuters reports:Liu’s lawyer, Shang Baojun, told reporters his client’s a

China Finds 71 Liable for Fire at CCTV Headquarters

February 10, 2010 11:32 AM

From the Wall Street Journal: Seventy-one people have been found responsible for the fireworks-fueled blaze that engulfed a building in the new headqu

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