Monthly Archives: April 2010
Pirates Rewrite Script for Apple’s China iPad Launch
Reuters visits sellers of pirated iPads that are a hot commodity in China, three weeks after the real thing was launched in the U.S.: Hard-working Chinese
Shanghai World Expo Showcases China’s Soft Power
The Shanghai World Expo opens May 1. AP reports: Just as the Beijing Olympics showed China’s growing economic and geopolitical influence for a few
After a Coup, Niger Resumes Business as Usual With China
The New York Times reports that the junta who took control of Niger after a coup against Mamadou Tandja is picking up where he left off in his relationship
Photo: A family in Xinjiang along the Karakorum Highway, by sum1akaJ
A family in Xinjiang along the Karakorum Highway, by sum1akaJ
China Pledges to Repair Quake-damaged Monasteries
AP has the latest death toll in the Qinghai earthquake: The death toll from the April 14 earthquake centered in Yushu county of western China’s
Jail Terms For Shanghai Collapse
From BBC News: Two men have been jailed in China for corruption linked to the collapse of a building that left one worker dead. Que Jingde and Zhang Zhiqin
China Replaces Party Chief Of Riot-hit Xinjiang
From Reuters: China has replaced the top official in energy-rich Western Xinjiang region, hit last year by deadly rioting and a scare over syringe stabbings,
Lunch with the FT: Ai Weiwei
The Financial Times interviews artist and activist Ai Weiwei during a trip to Hong Kong: As our soup – a vivid orange colour worthy of splattering on c
Photo: A street in Beijing, by Zhao Hua Xi Shi
A street in Beijing, by Zhao Hua Xi Shi
Anand Giridharadas: Challenging the Limits of Open Society
In the New York Times, columnist Anand Giridharadas writes about changing views of China’s political system and what he sees as a global shift away
China Asks Buddhist Monks to Leave Quake Area
The New York Times has more on the order for Buddhist monks to cease disaster relief work near the Yushu earthquake site and to return to their monasteries: In
Huang Guangyu, Formerly China’s Richest Man, On Trial for Bribery
The Guardian reports on the trial of former GOME Electronics chairman Huang Guangyu, who is on trial on bribery charges: Chinese media have said that
Web, Religious Freedom on Agenda as US-China Rights Dialogue Resumes
The Obama Administration will engage in its first human rights dialogue with China next month in Beijing. The Christian Science Monitor reports: The meeting
China Quake Killed 207 Schoolchildren: State Media
The government has announced that 207 school children died in the Qinghai earthquake and the total official death toll is now 2187, AFP reports: The collapse
Publicity Department Official Showered With Fifty Cent Bills
ESWN translates a report about a propaganda official from Yunnan who was welcomed to a talk at a university with a shower of fifty-cent notes: This afternoon,
