Monthly Archives: February 2010
It’s Baidu’s Fight to Lose in World of China Search
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. That
Yes, China Does Protect Intellectual Property
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 booming
Ma Zhaoxu (马朝旭): “There are no Dissidents in China”
Kristie Lu Stout blogged this on Boing Boing: “There are no dissidents in China.” That’s a direct quote from China’s Ministry of
China Academy of Social Sciences: 2009 China Internet Public Opinion Analysis Report
The Chinese government’s censorship of the media and the Internet has been widely reported, and CDT has been closely tracking netizens’ resistance
Online Video Stars Changing the Face of China’s Media
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 video
Chinese Police Chief Boasts of Recruiting One in 33 Residents as Informants
The Guardian reports on the recent interview with a police chief about the use of informants: The director of an inner Mongolian public security bureau
Gady Epstein: China’s Porn Trick
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
A street in Shanghai, by Tom Spender
Northeast China Branches Out in Flushing
Derided in many parts of China, cooking from the northeast Dongbei region is featured at an increasing number of restaurants in Flushing, Queens, which
China’s Social Networks Bloom Without Twitter, Facebook
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 fostered
US Faces Diplomatic Slog to Get China to Back Sanctions Against Iran
From the Guardian: The US was today spearheading a diplomatic campaign to overcome Chinese opposition to further sanctions aimed at Iran and its Revolutionary G
Chinese factory Worker Jailed for Joining Political Party
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 rights
Joel Kotkin: America On The Rise
For Forbes, Joel Kotkin writes that both liberal and conservative pundits who assume the rise of China and accompanying demise of America are missing several
China Upholds Sentence of Dissident Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo’s 11-year sentence has been upheld on appeal, Reuters reports: Liu’s lawyer, Shang Baojun, told reporters his client’s appeal
China Finds 71 Liable for Fire at CCTV Headquarters
From the Wall Street Journal: Seventy-one people have been found responsible for the fireworks-fueled blaze that engulfed a building in the new headquarters
