Monthly Archives: June 2010
The Roles of their Lives: Chinese Actors Play North Korean Football Fans
From Shanghaiist: The spectacle — all those proud, happy faces waving DPRK flags, dressed in red and white — even brought North Korean star
China’s Female Suicide Mystery
From the Daily Beast: In many rural Chinese homes, a jar of pesticide—often a variety banned in Western countries—sits in the family outhouse. Even aft
Trade Tensions With China Shadow G-20 Meeting
From the New York Times: Anger toward China’s currency, trade and industrial policies has been steadily mounting in Congress, adding pressure on President O
Photo: Dragon Boat Festival
Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival in Toronto, from SaDDuL.
Technology Aiding Labor in China (Updated)
In the New York Times, David Barboza and Keith Bradsher write about the role of technology in the Honda Lock factory strike: It is labor revolt by text
Emboldened Chinese Workers Press For Change
From NPR: Labor experts point out that the younger workers lack their parents’ mental toughness. They cite this as one factor behind the 10 suicides
U.S. Seeks Details on China-Pakistan Nuclear Deal
From Reuters: The United States was seeking clarification from China on its deal earlier this year to build two new civilian nuclear reactors for Pakistan,
US Companies Slam China’s Innovation Policies
From the Washington Post: U.S. business groups on Tuesday criticized China’s government for recent proposals that could discriminate against U.S.
Chinese Screen Reaches Out for More Foreign Actors
From the Washington Post: Along with men in fedoras and 1930s cars, the costume drama “Grassroots King” has a feature that nearly every Chinese
Trainee Workers at Issue in China
From the Wall Street Journal: Recent strikes in China are highlighting a technique widely used by foreign companies to keep costs down: hiring large numbers
Rebecca MacKinnon: China’s Internet White Paper: Networked Authoritarianism in Action
From Rebecca MacKinnon’s RConversation blog: The release of the Chinese government’s first-ever White Paper on the Internet in China provoked
In China, an Attempt at a Hollywood-Style Movie
From the New York Times: The movie has ancient Greek warriors, pirates, underwater kingdoms, a villain called the Demon Mage and mermaids that kill men
China Changes Rules on Evidence Obtained by Torture
From Chinese law specialist Stanley Lubman, for the Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time blog: A tragic but true story has been used to support
Border Ills Are Cost of Chinese Alliance With North Korea
From Bloomberg: More than 70 million Chinese who live in provinces on the 1,415- kilometer, or 880-mile, border with North Korea are paying a price for
