Monthly Archives: May 2010
Hon Hai Group Says Worker in China Found Dead After Fall
A worker for Hon Hai manufacturing has fallen to his death, just days after another worker killed herself, becoming the sixth suicide among Hon Hai workers
US, China Set 2011 Rights Meeting in “Candid” Talks
Reuters sums up the recently concluded human rights dialogue between the U.S. and China: While Assistant Secretary Mike Posner said he valued the “candid
Xu Hui (许晖): Twitter, the Symbolic Association of Grass Mud Horses
Xu Hui (??), independent author, publisher, blogger and Twitterer, was born in the 1960s and currently lives in Beijing. He wrote the following post on
Emily Parker: Censors Without Borders
In the New York Times, Emily Parker writes about the willingness of foreigners who work with China to censor themselves rather than offend the regime.
Scott Simon: Suffer The Little Children Of A Brutal Machine
National Public Radio host Scott Simon wrote a commentary about the recent attacks on children in China: The death of any child is impossible for a parent
Yu Jian: “Education Without Heart”
ChinaGeeks translates an article from Southern Weekend critiquing the Chinese education system: The objective of this contemporary education system is
Han Han (韩寒): Those Onions Which Never Get Clean
China Elections and Governance has translated Han Han’s latest blog post, in which he tackles higher education, brain-washing, and self-censorship: News
Ancient Wisdom of Confucius Reverberates in Modern China
Confucianism is making a comeback among China’s elite. From the Washington Post: A revival of interest in Confucius and other aspects of what Mao
Making Themselves Heard
The Age has an in-depth report on the investigation of faulty vaccines and the journalists, including reporter Wang Keqin and editor Bao Yueyang, who risked
Tax Man Knocking at China’s Homeowner Doors
Caixin reports on new tax measures in Chongqing that are seeking to tamp down property prices: In April, the Chongqing municipal government announced
Video: Deadly Floods in China
The Wall Street Journal posted a video report from Reuters about the floods in Hunan: Heavy rains and flooding in China’s Hunan province leave 12
After Long Ban, Western China Is Back Online
As CDT noted yesterday, Internet access was restored in Xinjiang after a ten-month blackout. The New York Times reports: The announcement was made in
China’s Premier Discusses School Attacks
Despite a ban in the domestic media on discussion of the recent attacks on children in China, Premier Wen Jiabao has acknowledged that larger societal
Sometimes An Earthquake Is Just an Earthquake
Almost a month after the devastating earthquake hit Yushu, Qinghai, Foreign Policy notes that the ethnic tensions between the area’s Tibetan residents
