Monthly Archives: September 2010
U.S. House Panel Will Weigh Measure on China’s Yuan as Trade Deficit Grows
From Bloomberg: The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee said it will meet Sept. 24 to consider legislation to push China to raise the value of its currency. The
Ai Weiwei on Contemporary Art and Civil Society in China
Dr Daria Berg and Dr Andreas Fulda from the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK conducted the following interview
Gao Xinmin (高新民): New Media, New Challenges
China Media Project translates an article by Gao Xinmin (高新民) in the official CCP journal Study Times about the impact of new media on China’s polit
Photo: Moon Hill Village in Yangshuo, by duncan wolfe
Moon Hill Village in Yangshuo, by duncan wolfe
Controversial Doctor Detained in Fang Zhouzi Case
China’s Scientific & Academic Integrity Watch reports (h/t Danwei) that an arrest has been made in the attack against scientific fraud investigator
China Tells U.S. to Keep Out of South China Sea Dispute
As world leaders gather in New York for the U.N. General Assembly, tensions between China and Japan continue to escalate over the disputed territory in
The Long View of China’s Currency
The New York Times takes a more in-depth look at what impact a change in China’s exchange rate would really have on the U.S. economy: A big change
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Friedman’s Flawed Beijing Bulletin
On the Huffington Post, Jeffrey Wasserstrom responds to Thomas Friedman’s recent column in the New York Times about the power of nationalist bloggers
Vaclav Havel, Dana Nemcova, & Vaclav Maly: A Nobel Prize for a Chinese Dissident
In the International Herald Tribune, Vaclav Havel, Dana Nemcova, & Vaclav Maly, all signatories of Charter 77 in Czechoslovakia, have called for the
Video: Shanghai in Motion, Episode Four
The fourth episode of Shanghai in Motion, the visual tour of the city produced by Région Rhône-Alpes, has just been released: Shanghai in Motion – E
China Resorts to Blackouts in Pursuit of Energy Efficiency
Despite Thomas Friedman’s general optimism about Beijing’s ability and willingness to reverse decades of environmental degradation, this article
Obama: China Has not Done Enough on Yuan
Following Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s remarks last week, President Obama is also racheting up the rhetoric against China, Reuters reports:
Latest Directives From the Ministry of Truth, September 3-17, 2010
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities,
Winter Woes of China Quake Victims
Al Jazeera visits Yushu, scene of a major earthquake in April, to see how survivors are faring and how they are preparing for winter:
Photo: A Shanghai street scene, by Wolfgang Staudt
A Shanghai street scene, by Wolfgang Staudt
