Monthly Archives: August 2010
Chinese General Backs the American Dream
John Garnaut reports from Beijing: A Chinese general has warned his conservative Communist Party masters and People’s Liberation Army colleagues
China Tightens Grip on Tibet’s Business Class
Time Magazine looks at the implications of the recent arrests of prominent Tibetan businessmen Karma Samdrup and Dorje Tashi: As one of China’s
More Missing in New China Landslide
Another deadly landslide, this one in Yunnan. From Al Jazeera: At least 67 people have been reported missing after new mudslides hit a town in southwest
Foxconn Rallies China Workers amid Suicide Concerns (With Photos)
Foxconn, the manufacturing giant which was the scene of 13 worker suicides this spring and summer, has held company-sponsored rallies in support of its
North Korean Plane Crash in China is Shrouded in Mystery
A plane on an apparently illicit flight from North Korean into China has crashed and killed the pilot. The Christian Science Monitor reports: The South’s Y
Golf in Xinjiang: An Elite Sport in a Poor Province
Dan Washburn, among others, has written about the social, environmental and economic implications of the increasing popularity of golf in China. Far West
Stanley Lubman: Citizen Rights and Police Conduct
Stanley Lubman, long-time specialist on Chinese law, writes on police illegality for the Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report: The manifestations
China’s Economy as No. 2: How It’s Playing in Japan
Following the news that China’s economy has overtaken Japan’s to officially become the second largest in the world, the Christian Science Monitor
Taking the High Road, With 1,200 Aboard
The New York Times reports on a new public transport design created by a Shenzhen company to fight traffic congestion: In a bid to address the country’s p
China’s Fight Against Disposable Chopsticks
The Los Angeles Times finds the link between disposable chopsticks and China’s deadly landslides: With summer floods devastating southern, western
Photo: Going for a swim in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, by le niners
Going for a swim in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, by le niners
Chinese TV Host Yang Lan Stays True to Self to Build Empire
Fast Company profiles celebrity TV host Yang Lan: Yang has created new programming for TV — including one of the first shows targeting women —
China’s $200,000 Harvard-Prep Program
Forbes reports on a program to prepare the children of China’s wealthy elite for an education in the Ivy League: Gu and Gao, both 16, are little
China’s Other Billion: Women of the Cold Mountains
Following is the latest installment in a series of posts by journalist Rachel Beitarie*, who will be sharing with us dispatches from her journey across