Monthly Archives: June 2010
18 Domestic Firms Get Nod for Net Mapping
After tightening control over online mapping last month, Chinese authorities have announced that 18 domestic firms have been approved to provide the service.
US Lawmakers Renew Focus on China after Yuan Stalls
Despite Beijing’s announcement that it would raise the rate of its currency, several U.S. lawmakers are still calling for a bill that treats “undervalied”
China Says Breaks up Terrorist Plot in Xinjiang
From Reuters: China said on Thursday that it had broken up a terrorist cell operating in the restive far western region of Xinjiang, close to a year since
Tibetan Environmentalist Karma Samdrup Gets 15 Years in Prison (Updated)
The New York Times reports on the trial of Tibetan businessman Karma Samdrup, as part of a broader crackdown on prominent members of the Tibetan community
Phelim Kine: China’s Public Health Whitewash
In the Guardian, Human Rights Watch researcher Phelim Kine critiques a new book by the Chinese government, the World Health Organization and the International
China’s High-Tech Underclass
A photo essay in Newsweek by Mark Leong looks at the growing numbers of young, urban, white collar workers in China’s IT industry: The number of
China’s Hu Heads to G20 Amid Pressure over Yuan, N.Korea
From AFP: China’s President Hu Jintao left Wednesday for the Group of 20 summit in Canada where he could face new pressure over Beijing’s
Robert Reich: Why China’s Currency Announcement is Hokum
On his blog (via the Christian Science Monitor), Robert Reich takes a more pessimistic view of the recent announcement that China is going to raise it’s
Li Baozhu (李宝柱): Deleting Internet Posts with a Wave of His Hand
“With a wave of my hand, tens of millions of posts about the Deng Yujiao incident were all deleted.” (???????????????????
Photo: Construction in Yiwu
Running towards a construction site in Yiwu, via zhujmu.
Wu Guoguang (吴国光): Power Politics, Institutions and Historical Tragedy: Reading Li Peng’s Tiananmen Diary
The following analysis is by Wu Guoguang, a former assistant to Bao Tong and now a Political Science Professor at the University of Victoria. Portions
Rains Burst Levee in Southern China, 88,000 Flee
Storms in southern China have grown more severe, according to the Associated Press: Torrential rains burst a dike in southern China, sending 88,000 people
With One Eye on China, India Moves into Africa
From Global Post: When Sunil Mittal, the 52-year-old chairman of Bharti Enterprises, recently announced the Indian mobile company’s successful acquisition
Special Report: Thirty Years of the One-Child Policy
Via China Beat: Scott Tong of Marketplace is concluding his three years as the program’s Shanghai bureau chief by taking an in-depth look at the One-Child P
Coal Mine Explosion in China Kills at Least 46
From the Irish Times: AT LEAST 46 miners were killed yesterday when an explosion ripped through an illegally operated coal mine in central China in the
