Monthly Archives: June 2010
Learning Chinese in Mexico: Children Prepare for the Future
Mexico is the latest country to offer Mandarin language classes to help its children get a competitive advantage in the business world. From the Los Angeles
Chinese Aids Group Feels Government Pressure
BBC reports on political pressure felt by AIDS activist group Aizhixing, whose founder, Wan Yanhai, fled to the U.S. last month: Along with other non-governmental
China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know
Asian Review of Books reviews China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know by Jeffrey Wasserstrom: The difficulty with “China books”,
After Suicides, Scrutiny of China’s Grim Factories
The New York Times looks at working conditions for China’s migrant laborers in the wake of the the Foxconn suicides: The rash of suicides has intensified
Is Ai Weiwei a Patriot? An Answer from New Yorker Archives
On his blog, New Yorker correspondent Evan Osnos writes about a visit poet Ai Qing, Ai Weiwei’s father, paid to the New Yorker offices in 1981: In
Zhan Jiang: Web Company Listings Must Face Scrutiny
China Media Project translates an article by Zhan Jiang which ran in the Beijing Times about the different standards applied to official and private web
Gates Challenges China
AP reports: Defense Secretary Robert Gates challenged China to deal with the short-term question of how to respond to antagonistic North Korea and the
Amway Exports the American Dream to China
The Los Angeles Times travels with some of Amway’s most successful Chinese sellers on a trip to southern California: Amway broke into the China
Photo: Workers at Foxconn hold an illegal mass service, by Jordan Pouille
Workers at Foxconn hold an illegal mass service, by French correspondent Jordan Pouille
Photo: A rubbish cleaner on a bicycle in Tiananmen Square, by Ox Lee
A rubbish cleaner on a bicycle in Tiananmen Square, by Ox Lee
Tweets from the Morning of May 35th
ChinaGeeks has translated selected tweets about the 21st anniversary of June 4th. The date “June 4th” or 64 has long been a taboo word on
France Losing Africa to China
France is trying to figure out how to compete with China in investment in Africa. From AP: Africa “is not the only place where Europe’s influence
Foursquare Banned in China over Tiananmen Square Check-ins
Foursquare is the latest social networking site to be blocked in China. From the Los Angeles Times blog: Under Foursquare’s process of checking
Deng Is Said to Have Backed Tiananmen Violence; Generals Refused to March
A new memoir purportedly written by former Premier Li Peng describes the events leading up the June 4th military crackdown in Beijing. From the New York
Honda Reports Agreement in China Labor Dispute
Auto workers have ended their strike after Honda agreed to a pay raise, the New York Times reports : The Japanese automaker said the workers, who had
