Daily Archives: September 5, 2010
China to Have 200 Million Vehicles by 2020
China’s recent marathon traffic jams may be a sign of things to come. From AFP:The number of vehicles on China’s roads will more than double
In China, Even Small Cities Spend Big
The Wall Street Journal China Real Time blog reports that it’s not just consumers in Beijing and Shanghai who spend big in China, but their Tier
Southern Daily: County-level City Buys Social Stability at a High Price
While economic growth has often been cited as the key to social stability, officials of Lianjiang, Guangdong say social stability is the key to economic
Mao’s Great Famine by Frank Dikötter
The Guardian reviews Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962 by Frank Dikötter:The book’s
The Other Side of the Reform Divide
China Media Project has been tracking recent debates in the Chinese media and blogosphere over political reform (see here, here, and here), and now translates
Chinese Author Xie Chaoping Detained After Book Criticizes Dam Project
Xie Chaoping (谢朝平) has been detained for nearly two weeks on charges of “illegal business activities.” Xie had collected information regar
