Monthly Archives: August 2010
China’s Yuan Falls Most in Seven Weeks on Slowdown Signs, Dollar Advance
Bloomberg reports:The yuan declined 0.11 percent to 6.7824 per dollar as of 11:30 a.m. in Shanghai, the biggest loss since June 22, according to the
Leading Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Claims Police Attacked Him (Updated with Video)
Contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei claims that he was beaten again, after reporting a previous instance of police brutality. From the Guardian
China: ISP Level Gmail Phishing
Oiwan Lam writes about ISP level phishing attempts, at Global Voices Advocacy: In the past few days, there are many reports from Chinese internet user
Chinese State Media Posts, Then Yanks, Offensive Race-Themed Slideshow
Foreign Policy’s blog looks at the bizarre and offensive slideshow posted on the Xinhua site before being deleted:We’ll probably never k
An Interview with Chinese Underground Rock Musician Zuoxiao Zuzhou (左小祖咒)
On China Beat, Tim Hathaway interviews underground musician Zuoxiao Zuzhou about his recent collaboration with Canadian band The Cowboy Junkies:TH:
Filmmaking in a Climate of Caution
In the New York Times, Richard Bernstein looks at the new IMAX blockbuster by Feng Xiaogang, Aftershock, about the 1976 Tangshan earthquake:Called “
Photo: Overlooking Floods in Chongqing
Overlooking Chongqing floods, by hooliu 2.
Chang Ping: Why Do We Command Such Disrespect?
China Media Project translates a Southern Metropolis Daily opinion piece by Chang Ping on the lack of respect for the journalist’s trade: A rath
Chinese Innovation Solves Traffic Woes?
Damien Ma writes about the company behind the startling Shenzhen “straddling bus” concept. For The Atlantic: In fact, the Shenzhen-based c
Milk Powder Questioned for Causing Precocious Puberty
China Hush translates a story on a possible contaminated milk powder incident. In this case, the milk powder may be responsible for the premature deve
China’s Trade Surplus Reaches $28 Billion
Keith Bradsher from the New York Times reports on China’s trade surplus: The Chinese government announced on Tuesday morning the country’s biggest tra
China Landslide Death Toll Up, Tops 1,100 (Updated)
Xinhua reports on the rising death toll in the northwestern China mudslide area:The death toll from a massive rain-triggered mudslide in Zhouqu Coun
Photo: Rising waters in Nanchong, Sichuan, by Jjackunrau
Rising waters in Nanchong, Sichuan, by Jjackunrau
China Seizes On a Dark Chapter for Tibet
The New York Times revisits the history of the British in Gyantse, Tibet and looks at how the government is trying to shape the narrative:These days
US Engineer Convicted of Selling Secrets to China
A U.S. engineer has been convicted of selling military secrets to China to help the country build a stealth cruise missile. From AP:Noshir Gowadia w
