Monthly Archives: March 2010
Debate over China’s Future Takes Flight on Internet
An “e-congress” website set up to parallel the annual National People’s Congress meetings now underway in Beijing gives citizens a rare
China’s Cyberposse
The New York Times Magazine takes a look at China’s “human flesh search engines”: AT THE BEIJING headquarters of Mop, Ben Du, the site’s h
Richard Baum: China Watcher
In his new book, China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom, Richard Baum, professor of political science at UCLA recounts his personal experiences over
China’s Hacker Army
Foreign Policy takes an in-depth look at the “chaotic” and dispersed world of Chinese hackers. The report argues that much of the western reporting
China: Resilient, Sophisticated Authoritarianism
This essay (PDF) is the China section of the report: Undermining Democracy: Strategies and Methods of 21st Century Authoritarians, written by Joshua Kurlantzick
Growing Calls for Reform in China
The “two sessions” meetings of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference have opened
Study: Google-China Attack Driven by Amateurs
From CNN: The computer attack which led Google to threaten leaving China and created a firestorm between Washington and Beijing appears to have been deployed
Chinese Officials Dealing With New Pesticide Tainted Food Crop
The use of the illegal pesticide isocarbophos has contaminated cowpeas in Hainan: Ignorance is being blamed for Hainan farmers’ use of the pesticide on
China Fans Ask, Will Yao Ming’s Baby be American?
From USA Today: Yao’s personal life is closely followed by his many fans at home, from his 2007 Shanghai wedding to fellow basketball player Ye Li
China Artist Sues Government Over Right to Know
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has filed a lawsuit against the government, demanding that they release information on how they handled the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake: Ai
Cyber-Warriors
In the Atlantic, James Fallows evaluates China’s military threat to the U.S.: The cynical view of warnings about a mounting Chinese threat is that
Photo: A man beats a drum mounted to an old Flying Pigeon bicycle as part of a Chinese New Year procession in Zhangbi, Shanxi, by hunxue-er
A man beats a drum mounted to an old Flying Pigeon bicycle as part of a Chinese New Year procession in Zhangbi, Shanxi, by hunxue-er
Google Wants U.S. to Weigh Challenging China in WTO
The Obama administration is considering taking China to the World Trade Organization for Internet censorship, calling it an “unfair barrier to trade.”
Global Times: Profile of Uli Sigg
Global Times English profiles Uli Sigg, the Swiss art collector who has one of the world’s most extensive collections of Chinese contemporary art: With
Officials in China at Odds Over Food Scandal
The New York Times reports on a food safety scandal which has caused a rare public tussle between officials in Wuhan and Hainan: Since late February,
