Monthly Archives: June 2010
New Regulation Bans Torture Confessions
New rules from China’s Supreme People’s Court prohibit confessions obtained through torture. From Xinhua: China’s highest court has published
Hong Kong Votes to Add Elected Legislative Seats
The Associated Press reports on electoral reform in Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s legislature on Friday agreed to add 10 elected seats, completing a set
Drug Cases Increased 16 percent Last Year in China
Drug trafficking cases increased 16 percent from 2008 to 2009. From the Associated Press: Chinese courts handled more than 50,000 drug trafficking cases
The Renminbi Runaround
In an opinion piece for the New York Times, Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman criticizes China’s currency valuation: Last weekend China
Stanley Lubman: Are Strikes the Beginning of a New Challenge?
Stanley Lubman, long-time specialist on Chinese law, writes on the recent labor strikes and the role of China’s only labor union, All China Federation
Russell Leigh Moses: In Floods, Party’s Default Mode May Not Wash
On the Wall Street Journal blog, Russell Leigh Moses writes about the political response to the recent floods in southern China: No one should doubt that
China’s Export Economy Begins Turning Inward
From the New York Times: For years, Chinese leaders looked to the millions of poor workers from the country’s interior as the engine of a roaring export e
Photo: Namtso Lake, Tibet, by Matthew Winterburn
Namtso Lake, Tibet, by Matthew Winterburn
Production at Toyota Plant in China Halted Through Weekend
While their labor disputes are reportedly “almost resolved,” assembly lines at a Toyota Motor Corp. factory in southern China will remain idle
Zhang Lijia: Treat Human Beings as Humans
On China Beat, writer Zhang Lijia discusses the recent spate of suicides at Foxconn’s Shenzhen plant: It reminds me of the state-owned rocket factory
Reporter Punished for Online Remarks on Hilton Chongqing Raid
From China Media Project: According to a story from China’s Economic Observer, a reporter with the Chongqing Morning Post has been sentenced to labor r
Elections in Hong Kong: Functionally Democratic
Yesterday, Beijing and Hong Kong democrats made headway in discussing political reform by including a compromise in Hong Kong’s legislative reform
China’s Gun Culture Grows
From Asia Times: …Despite harsh penalties, China’s Ministry of Public Safety (MPS) has said it increasingly faces armed suspects. In the most
Chinese Philanthropy Gets Official
Chris Carothers and Kersten Zhang write on the new Beijing Normal University One Foundation Philanthropy Research Institute, the first of its kind in China.
Women Struggle for a Foothold in Chinese Politics
In politics and employment, Chinese women are falling behind. From the New York Times: China’s booming economy has provided some people with opportunities t
