Monthly Archives: August 2010
China Wants Bureaucrats to Shut Up
The CCP is cracking down on cadres’ speechifying, the Los Angeles Times reports:The problem, Communist Party functionaries say, is that civil
Video: Most Human Dominoes? They’re in China
The city of Ordos in Inner Mongolia helped China set another world record by assembling the largest number of people to create a chain of human domino
General and Scholar Test Reform Waters
Asia Times reports on General Liu Yazhou’s and Professor Hu Xingdou’s call for political reform. General Liu’s words that the secret
Why China Does Green Tech The Right Way
The China Tracker‘s G.E. Anderson looks at China’s investments in green technology:Having emerged from the recent global recession relat
China Mobile Search Engine Eyes Market Share
Xinhua and China Mobile will jointly start a search engine. From Financial Times: Xinhua, China’s official news agency, and China Mobile, China’s larg
Disappearing Shanghai: The Roots of an Urban Tragedy, Pt. I
Shanghai Scrap has interviewed Amy L. Sommers, an American lawyer who tried to buy a pre-War home in Shanghai and became intimately familiar with the
China Model: Does China Offer a Better Development Model Than the West?
The Economist debates whether China has a better development model than the West. Stefan Halper, Senior Fellow of Politics and International Studies a
‘Naked Officials’ Must Bare All to Public Scrutiny
People Online’s Strong Country (qiangguo) forum interviewed Gao Xinmin, a professor with the Party School of the CPC Central Committee,
Yushu’s 5 Billion Yuan Abyss
Recent regulations require the Red Cross, China Charity Federation and 13 other national funds to direct their Yushu earthquake donation funds to the
China Starts Biggest Relocation Since 3 Gorges
AP reports on the massive relocation of residents for the south-to-north water diversion project:The first group of 499 villagers was moved Wednesda
China Mudslides Were Predicted 13 Years Ago
Peter Ford writes on geologists’ warnings that deforestation could trigger landslides, thirteen years ago. From the Christian Science Monitor: M
Chinese Hospitals Are Battlegrounds of Discontent
The New York Times reports on hostility between patients’ families and doctors in Chinese hospitals, and a plan to install police officers in ho
Photo: Mudslide rescue efforts in Zhouqu County, Gansu, by zhuangmu
Mudslide rescue efforts in Zhouqu County, Gansu, by zhuangmu
