Monthly Archives: April 2010
Earthquake Death Toll 1,484; Tibetans Begin Cremating Victims (Updated)
As the death toll from the Qinghai earthquake rose to 1484, Buddhist monks began cremating bodies of the dead, in a break from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition
Ran Yunfei (冉云飞) on Du Daozheng’s “What More Did Zhao Ziyang Have to Say?”
On his blog, Ran Yunfei writes his thoughts about the new book by Du Daozheng, the former CCP official who helped obtain Zhao Ziyang’s memoir that
Video: Footage of Yushu, Qinghai, soon after the earthquake hit, via Yushu Earthquake Relief
Video: Footage of Yushu, Qinghai, soon after the earthquake hit, via Yushu Earthquake Relief
Implications of Kyrgyzstan Revolt on China’s Xinjiang Policy
An article in Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief looks at the relationship between events in Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang: There is little doubt that
Bribery Rife in Rio Tinto China Operation: Court
Court documents in the Rio Tinto case obtained by The Age show rampant bribery by imprisoned executive Stern Hu: …The discussion of bribery is damning.
China Starts New Bureau to Curb Web
The New York Times breaks news of a new bureau quietly launched by the Chinese government to oversee social networking websites: The new bureau marks
China Jails 3 Online Activists; Many Show Support
Three bloggers have been sentenced to prison in Fujian for spreading information relating to the death of a woman whose mother believed she was gang-raped.
China’s Recovery Keeps Focus on Interest Rates and Currency
The New York Times reports: China’s accelerating economic recovery without signs yet of a surge in inflation may give the government some leeway in m
China Earthquake Toll Rises to 1,144 (Updated)
In Yushu, Qinghai, more than 1,000 bodies have been found with the death toll expected to rise. From AP: Tibetan monks prayed Friday over hundreds of
Edward Tian: Google Is China’s Best Tool for Understanding the West
Tian Suning (Edward Tian) is chairman of Media China Corporation Limited. A leader in the IT field who helped bring the Internet to China, Tian co-founded
Photo: Jiegu, epicenter of the earthquake, taken in 2007, by ioldmo
Jiegu, epicenter of the earthquake, taken in 2007, by ioldmo
China’s Economy Expands at Torrid Pace in First Quarter
The Los Angeles Times reports that in the first quarter of 2010, the Chinese GDP grew 11.9% over last year: Analysts say the robust growth could spur
The Rise Of China’s Song Zhuang Art Village
From CNNGo: Gao Huijun is a Chinese oil painter who lives in Song Zhuang, an art village on the outskirts of Beijing. He has a big house behind a tall,
A Sympathetic Hearing
A Newsweek report takes a look at how the Qinghai earthquake is inspiring a rare feeling of empathy and solidarity among Han Chinese toward Tibetans: For
Historic China Trade Deal Possible In June: Taiwan President
From AFP: President Ma Ying-jeou said Thursday Taiwan could sign an historic trade deal with China as early as June and that it would bring major benefits
