Monthly Archives: September 2010
Dam Expose Author Released on Bail After Public Pressure
Writer Xie Chaoping has been released on bail. From South China Morning Post: A writer was released yesterday after 29 days in detention for publishin
Golden Cow
Forbes profiles dairy company Mengniu, which shot to national prominence after a successful branding effort, but then was turned upside down following
Photo: A Hakka girl in Fujian, by Caro Spark
A Hakka girl in Fujian, by Caro Spark
Apple, at Long Last, Launches iPad in China
People waited in line overnight to be the first to buy an iPad in China, AP reports:Apple stores in Beijing and Shanghai as well as authorised retai
A System Afraid of Its Own History
In the New York Times, Didi Kirsten Tatlow interviews Fan Meizhong, the teacher who has encountered many difficulties due to his unorthodox views, and
China’s Wealthy Ponder Whether to Help Others
The Washington Post reports that a few of China’s billionaires got cold feet and backed out of a dinner with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, duri
Three Ways of Looking at the PRC’s Latest Campaigns
Jeffrey Wasserstrom argues that recent campaigns by the CCP may owe as much to Chiang Kai-shek and Lee Kuan Yew as to Mao Zedong:There’s no question
Cartoonist Kuang Biao Punished for Cartoon About Chang Ping
The Southern Metropolis Daily reprimanded cartoonist Kuang Biao in August for his depiction of journalist Chang Ping bound in an ominous stranglehold:
Photo: A view of Dongguan, Guangdong, by lexa_lotus
A view of Dongguan, Guangdong, by lexa_lotus
U.S. Adopts Tougher Stance on China
In congressional hearings, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner plans to say that China has not lived up to its promises to let its currency rate rise.
Fighting Eviction: The Videogame
A new videogame pits feisty “nailhouse” owners, or property owners who refuse to be forcibly evicted, against property developers. From th
China Shifts From Emphasis on Low-Cost Factories (with Video)
The New York Times reports:For years, factories here in the Pearl River Delta region have served as the low-cost workshops for global brands, turnin
Will China Dominate the Green Economy? And if They Do, Should We Worry?
After a New York Times article looked at how government subsidies are giving the green tech industry a leg up in China, several responses have questio
In China, Labor Disputes Overwhelming Courts
The New York Times covers a China Daily report on the growing number of labor disputes in China’s courts:China Daily reported Wednesday that s
Booming China, Migrant Misery
On the New York Review of Books blog, Richard Bernstein writes about the documentary film Last Train Home:There are an estimated 130 million nung-go
