Monthly Archives: September 2010
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 econom
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’
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 tr
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
China Set on Forcing Drop in Property Prices
Andrew Batson of the Wall Street Journal reports on official plans to bring down property prices: A series of official comments in recent days have sh
Resentment Simmers in Western Chinese Region
The New York Times reports on continuing ethnic rifts in Xinjiang: Beneath the gloss and mercantile buzz of Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region
Art & Politics a Potent Mix
The Sydney Morning Herald reports on “The Big Bang,” the White Rabbit Gallery‘s exhibition on contemporary Chinese art: Wang Zhiyuan
Photo: The Works Dog
Outside of a machinery shop in Jiangsu, from Rob Shanghai.
How China has Changed: Sidney Rittenberg on China
The Economist interviews Sidney Rittenberg, Mao’s translator. Via Oliver Kronos at the Shanghaiist: The Economist has posted an interview with &
“Buried” Yet Committed to Memory
Film critic Wei Xidi looks at Wang Libo’s latest documentary, “Buried,” which documents the cover-up behind the 1976 Tangshan earthq
Penniless Pensioners
Global Times reports on the declining state of elderly care and support in China: In traditional Chinese society, elders command respect from their c
All the Propaganda That’s Fit to Print
A Newsweek article looks at Xinhua as a well-funded propaganda organ which has a major advantage over other global media corporations: money:With a
Tax Case against Xu Zhiyong/OCI Dismissed
The Chinese Law Prof Blog translates a blog post by Xu Zhiyong which announces that the case against his Open Constitution Initiative on tax evasion c
Photo: Waiting for the bus, by Jeremy Barwick
Waiting for the bus, by Jeremy Barwick
