Monthly Archives: June 2010
Photo: Bicycling through traffic in Foshan, Guangdong, by barbersam
Bicycling through traffic in Foshan, Guangdong, by barbersam
Labor Disputes Spread in China
The New York Times:There were fresh reports on Thursday of strikes at foreign-owned factories in at least five other cities. But all of these strike
The (Limited) Rise of Labor in China
From china/divide:Lots of labor stories in the news these days, the two most popular being Foxconn’s wage hikes and reorganizations, and Honda
Facelift for Old Summer Palace
From Global Times:The 303-year-old Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace, will have a new theme park and a culture square on its periphery, accordi
Ang Yuen Yuen: Made in China Remade
From Project Syndicate:As labor costs continue to climb, is China set to lose its coveted spot as the world’s workshop? Rising labor costs are inevi
More Than Just a Factory Floor Now
From the Economist blog:When Google pulled out of China back in March, it must have hoped that other Western technology heavyweights would show a li
China’s Tobacco Industry Wields Huge Power
From Didi Kirsten Tatlow in the New York Times:China has the world’s largest population, so it easily lends itself to superlatives. Even so, its 350
Senators Question Administration’s China Policy
From the New York Times:Even as both economies struggle to recover from the recession, complaints about China have grown: that China gives unfair su
A New Book on Mao: A Quick Q & A with Author Rebecca Karl
From China Beat:Rebecca Karl, who teaches at New York University and is known in Chinese studies circles as the author of important studies of natio
Beijing Rock Scene Is Inspired by Western Hipster Chic Rather Than the Search for a Deeper Soul
Danwei’s Alice Xin Liu writes on Huffington Post:It was the first day of summer in Beijing. It also happened to be the May holiday, when Chine
He Weifang: Under the Banner of Strict Professional Ethics
ChinaGeeks has translated an essay by legal professor He Weifang. From their introduction:On May 14th the Work Group for Education of the Party Comm
Comic Strip: Birth of a Fifty Cent Party Member
Netizens first coined the term “Fifty Cent Party” to refer to undercover Internet commentators who were paid by the government to sway pub
Honda Set to Resume China Car Output, Labour Unrest Lingers
Reuters reports:Honda, which sold 17 percent of its cars in China last year, has idled its four local factories on and off since May 24, since a fi
Notes on a Conversation: Ian Johnson and Angilee Shah
From China Beat, notes from “a dialogue between Ian Johnson and Angilee Shah. Johnson, formerly of the Wall Street Journal, is author of Wild G
Google Says West Should Press China On Censorship
From NPR:The world’s largest search engine is asking U.S. and European governments to put more pressure on China to stop censoring the Interne
