Monthly Archives: October 2010
ABC’s Diane Sawyer, ‘World News’ Headed to China
ABC News’ Diane Sawyer will be broadcasting from China next month, AP reports:Sawyer will originate her evening “World News” broad
Edward Steinfeld : Where China Is Headed
From the Wall Street Journal: This is where the upcoming five-year plan comes into play. Citizens now are promised not merely stuff, but a whole new w
Comic Relief: Chinese Netizens Find Humor in the Nobel Peace Prize
The following is a collection of jokes and humorous comments about Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize that have been collected online here. Translat
Russell Leigh Moses: China’s Communist Party Prepares for a Showdown
Beijing-based analyst and professor Russell Leigh Moses writes for the Wall Street Journal about the annual plenum of the Central Committee:Economic
Hu Yong: The Revolt of China’s Twittering Classes
Internet scholar Hu Yong writes about the power of microblogs in China, most recently after Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize was announced:Despi
Chinese Reform Activists Ramp Up Communist Party Pressure in Open Letter Supporting Liu Xiaobo
More than 100 scholars, activists, lawyers, and others in China have written an open letter supporting Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize and callin
China’s Unwanted Nobel Prize
From the New York Times: The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Liu Xiaobo, China’s most prominent dissident, who is currently serving an 11-
Ai Weiwei at the Tate Turbine Hall: Exhibit Closed
On his New Yorker blog, Evan Osnos writes about Ai Weiwei’s new exhibit at London’s Tate Turbine Hall, Sunflower Seeds, which was closed t
Beijing Officials Trained in Social Media: Report
AFP reports that Beijing cadres are going to receive training in how to use microblogs, navigate BBS forums, and read blogs:The city’s Communi
Political Stasis is China’s Achilles Heel
Jonathan Fenby writes in the Financial Times:Since the brutal crackdown on protesters in June 1989, the assumption has been that politics do not mat
Photo: Waiting for customers, by Jeremy Barwick
Waiting for customers, by Jeremy Barwick
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Once a Winner, China Sees Globalization’s Downside
Jeffrey Wasserstrom writes for Yale Global about how Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize impacts China’s soft power efforts:A poster child of
Trade Officials Ponder China’s Rare Earth Stance
After conflicting reports about whether China’s ban on rare earth exports to Japan has been lifted, the New York Times reports that it is still
Life On The Outside
On Monday, The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos linked back to a 2007 article in the magazine by Jianying Zha. This described her brother’s nine-ye
China’s Leaders Prepare to Meet as Elders Slam Censorship of Wen
The Central Committee is meeting in the wake of public condemnation of the party’s track record on freedom of expression by both the Nobel Comm
