Monthly Archives: April 2010
Photo: Posing for a photo in Tiananmen Square, by BjørnS
Posing for a photo in Tiananmen Square, by BjørnS
Chinese Protestor Throws Ink at Portrait of Chairman Mao
The Telegraph reports: “At around 13:35pm, April 5 2010, a man was put under control after he threw a plastic bottle of ink towards the Tiananme
Crusading Chinese Lawyer Gives Up Activism
Lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who was missing for a year before turning up two weeks ago in Wutaishan, has now vowed to give up his rights work, in an intervie
China Faces its Biggest Foe
Asia Times reports on China’s battle against Mother Nature:As the nation celebrates the miraculous rescue of 115 miners trapped for eight days
China’s Censors Tackle and Trip Over the Internet
The New York Times looks at the many layers of Internet censorship in China:Since late March, when Google moved its search operations out of mainlan
Photo: Children play outside Linfen, Shanxi, by Bert van Dijk
Children play outside Linfen, Shanxi, by Bert van Dijk
Barack Obama Pressed on China Showdown
Politico looks at the domestic environment President Obama faces as he prepares to meet with President Hu Jintao:A populist backlash against China’s
Behind The Great Firewall
For U.C. Berkeley’s California Magazine, Andrew Moss writes about his visit to Beijing during the 20th anniversary of the 1989 student movement,
美国新核战略：严格核武使用条件
美国奥巴马政府周二公布《核态势评估报告》，对美国核战略作出重大调整。严格了核武使用条件。首次表示不用核武器 对抗那些遵守核不扩散条约的无核国家。 在《核态势评估报告》中，美国还宣布计划大规模削减核武器并停止发展新的核武器。 美国国防部长盖茨对媒体表示，奥巴马政府新的核武器战略将为最终实现“无核世界”
Hawaii Man’s China Military Secrets Trial to Begin
The trial of a stealth bomb engineer in Hawaii who was arrested in 2005 in charges of selling military secrets to China will begin this week, AP repor
Baidu’s Search Results Turning into Pure Advertising
Blogger Marc van der Chijs’ looks at how Baidu is taking advantage of being the only search engine in town now that Google has left for Hong Kon
Video: The Great Firewall Of China
The following video was produced by Hungry Beast, and the Chinese captions are provided by a new volunteer-based Chinese translation service: Translat
Orville Schell: China: Defending its Core Interest in the World – Part I
Yale Global has posted the first in a two-part series, by Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Asia Society’s Center on US China Relation
Rescuers Battle Floods to Save 32 Still Missing in China Mine Disaster
After rescuing 115 miners from the flooded Wangjialing mine, six bodies have been recovered and workers are now searching for the remaining 32 who are
Jancis Robinson: Enter the Flagon: New Wines from China
In the Financial Times, Jancis Robinson reviews Chinese wines and sees hope for the Chinese wine market:My two previous visits had been in 2002 and
