Monthly Archives: July 2010

China’s Dalian Port Resumes Operations at Two Oil Berths

July 25, 2010 6:55 PM

The Dalian port is slowly resuming business after the oil spill last week, MarketWatch reports:Dalian Port Co. (2880.HK) said Sunday it resumed oper

Protesters Gather in Guangzhou to Protect Cantonese Language

July 25, 2010 6:44 PM

The Guardian reports:Up to a thousand protesters gathered in the centre of Guangzhou shouting slogans, before police dispersed them peacefully. A wi

China’s Money and Migrants Pour Into Tibet and Stir Unrest

July 24, 2010 6:38 PM

The New York Times reports from Tibet on the impact the surge of Han Chinese migrants is having on the region:…If the influx of money and peop

Chinese Philanthropist Donates It All

July 24, 2010 9:01 AM

The Globe and Mail profiles Chinese billionaire Yu Pengnian who donated the bulk of his wealth to a foundation for philanthropic purposes:In a stunn

Pornography Freed from Great Chinese Firewall

July 24, 2010 8:39 AM

AP reports on the reemergence of porn sites on the Chinese Internet:Word leaked out slowly, spread by web-savvy folks on Twitter: Internet porn that

Offering to Aid Talks, U.S. Challenges China on Disputed Islands

July 24, 2010 8:33 AM

From the New York Times:Opening a new source of potential friction with China, the Obama administration said Friday that it would step into a tangle

Photo: Li River

July 23, 2010 11:34 PM

The Li River in Guilin, from still92.

A Chinese Official Praises a Taboo: Democracy

July 23, 2010 6:33 PM

The New York Times’ Saturday Profile is of scholar Yu Keping:A closer look at Mr. Yu provides a small window into the role of those few public

A Grim Chapter in History Kept Closed

July 23, 2010 6:22 PM

The New York Times’ Letter from China is on the Cultural Revolution: While the Cultural Revolution is not a taboo subject per se, to this day re

China’s Star Blogger Treads Fine Line

July 23, 2010 6:20 PM

The AFP profiles blogger/race car driver/magazine publisher Han Han:Han, famous for his witty, scathing critiques of China’s corrupt official

Top Official Sentenced to Death for Corruption

July 23, 2010 6:11 PM

A Guangdong official has been sentenced to death with two-year reprieve. From Xinhua: Chen Shaoji, former top political advisor of south China’s

China Sentences Uighur Writer to 15 Years in Jail

July 23, 2010 5:59 PM

According to an Associated Press report, a Uighur journalist has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for “endangering national security”: A

Verna Yu: Cantonese, Please

July 23, 2010 11:13 AM

An op-ed in the New York Times looks at the decline of Cantonese in Hong Kong:More and more, ambitious parents in Hong Kong are giving their childre

First Details on China Oil Spill’s Cause Emerge

July 23, 2010 11:06 AM

AP has the latest on the massive oil spill off the Dalian coast:Chinese authorities gave no update Friday on the size of the oil spill, which had sp

Steven Clemons: Beijing’s Fragile Swagger

July 23, 2010 1:04 AM

Steven Clemons writes on U.S.-China relations for the New America Foundation. In this piece, Clemons discusses the vacillating power dynamic of the Un

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