Monthly Archives: February 2010
US in Line of Fire as China Toughens up Foreign Policy
The Guardian reports on comments made by Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at a conference in Germany: The country’s foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, threatened
Photo: A broom maker in Anji, Zhejiang, by Portrait of an LBX
A broom maker in Anji, Zhejiang, by Portrait of an LBX
The ‘State Network Information Center’ Wants to Spy on you. Here’s How to Stop Them…
From the LostLaowai blog: This is a bit sinister: the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) has been dropping digital certificates into the
Google Facing Many Risks in China Standoff
Reuters reports on the challenges facing Google since the company announced it would no longer operate a censored search engine in China: Despite early
China’s Financial System: Red Mist
The Economist provides a Who’s Who of China’s financial system: FROM being a rounding error a decade ago, the financial clout of China now
Eastern Promise
In The National, Howard French reviews The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa: The Chinese are drawn to Africa for the same reason
Beijing Bones up its Cyber-Warfare Capacity
For the Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief, Willy Lam writes about the Chinese government’s recent efforts to increase and expand their cyber
Hush Money Journalism
Caixin, edited by Hu Shuli, reports on media corruption and the recent mining disaster cover-up in Weixian, Hebei: Later last year, a dozen journalists
A Farewell to Charms: Panda Taishan Returns to China
The hottest news in Washington is not rising tensions between China and the U.S., or even the economy, but the return of the beloved panda Taishan from
Slideshow: The Life of Panda Taishan (by the Smithsonian via flickr)
The Life of Panda Taishan (by the Smithsonian via flickr)
China Stays Silent on Missing Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
The whereabouts of lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who went missing one year ago, are unknown and government officials have failed to provide any details, the BBC
Blogger Describes Xinjiang as an ‘Internet Prison’
Josh of the Far West China blog has written a short piece for the BBC on the current situation with Internet access in Xinjiang, where he lives: Finally
Han Han’s Speech At Xiamen University: “The So-called Grand Cultural Nation”
Author, race-car driver and blogger Han Han’s most recent speech at Xiamen University, translated on the EastSouthWestNorth blog: This is my second
Jiao Xiang (焦翔): “Google, Don’t Become a Tool of Hegemony”
China Media Project reports that comments showing support for Google in China have all but disappeared from the media and online forums in China, and been
Changing China Tied to Rough Ride with U.S.
While some observers say too much is being made in the media of recent tensions between China and the U.S., Reuters reports that conflicting pressures
