Monthly Archives: September 2010
Thomas L. Friedman: Power to the (Blogging) People
Thomas Friedman is visiting from Beijing and writes today about nationalism in China’s blogosphere, and the reaction to a speech by Foreign Mini
Photo: The Changsha riverside, by Steven Webel
The Changsha riverside, by Steven Webel
China’s Passion for Potash
With China rumored to be angling to make a bid on Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan to rival that of BHP Billiton, the Globe and Mail looks at why the mine
Facebook Won’t Prevail in China, Sohu’s Zhang Says
From the Bloomberg News, via BusinessWeek: Facebook Inc., operator of the world’s most-popular social networking site, won’t prevail in China against
China and Japan Press Demands in Sea Dispute
After a week, the dispute between China and Japan over a sea collision in disputed waters shows no sign of easing. From Reuters:The quarrel between
Willy Lam: Ideological Split Surfaces in One of the World’s Most Secret Parties
Willy Lam is a Hong Kong-based China scholar and journalist specializing in Communist Party politics and foreign policy. He writes on East Asia Intel:
China’s Wen to Meet Obama in New York at UN Assembly, Liu Says
Bloomberg reports on an upcoming meeting in New York between President Obama and Premier Wen Jiabao:The two leaders will discuss “China-U.S. relati
Amid Trade Tensions, U.S. Creates More Clean Tech Research Partnerships With China
With a lot of talk lately about the heated competition between the U.S. and China over green technology development, the New York Times reports that
Power, Wealth Can Create a Toxic Brew
An article in Global Times warns against the so-called “red clans”:“The red clans are in possession of abundant political resource
Photo: Inside the Foxconn complex, by nako
Inside the Foxconn complex, by nako
The Man Who Makes Your iPhone
Business Week was granted a rare interview with Foxconn chief Terry Gou, as part of the company’s public relations blitz formulated by Burston-M
China’s Great Firewall
Richard MacGregor writes for the Financial Times about having his book, The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers, censored by the
Han Han: Protect Illegal Characters
Blogger extraordinaire Han Han, who has been uncharacteristically quiet in recent weeks, is back with his thoughts about the recent diplomatic tension
Suicide as Protest for the New Generation of Chinese Migrant Workers: Foxconn, Global Capital, and the State (Updated)
Japan Focus has an article looking at the recent spate of worker suicides at the Foxconn plant in Shenzhen as a form of protest against the “glo
China’s Other Billion: A Tale of Two Yao Villages
Following is the latest installment in a series of posts by journalist Rachel Beitarie*, who will be sharing with us dispatches from her journey a
