Monthly Archives: October 2010
Photo: Tea for sale at a market in Yunnan, by Steve Evans
Tea for sale at a market in Yunnan, by Steve Evans
Currency Rift With China Exposes Shifting Clout
The New York Times reports: Over seared scallops and beef tenderloin, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner urged his counterparts from Europe, Canada
David Kelly: Liu Xiaobo and Universal Values
David Kelly, a Professor of China Studies at the China Research Centre, University of Technology, Sydney, counters arguments that Liu Xiaobo’s activism
Who is China’s Publicity Film Really For?
Columnist and veteran journalist Chang Ping writes in the South China Morning Post (reposted on China Media Project) about a new propaganda film, People,
Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo Weeps at Prize Honouring Tiananmen Dead
[Photo of Liu Xia taken in Beijing on September 29 by Jordan Pouille] Liu Xiaobo’s wife Liu Xia was able to meet with the Nobel laureate and tell
Julia Lovell: Beijing Values the Nobels. That’s Why This Hurts
From the Independent: Most years, Chinese scholars, politicians and journalists worry that a Nobel Prize has never been awarded to a Chinese person while
Photo: Working on a tea plantation near Hangzhou, by Jojje Olsson
Working on a tea plantation near Hangzhou, by Jojje Olsson
Photo: Security Guard Outside Liu Xia’s Home Gestures to Journalists
October, 8, 2010, Security personnel gestures at the entrance of a residential compound where Liu Xia, wife of Liu Xiaobo, lives in Beijing REUTERS/Petar
Washington Post: Mr. Wen Confesses
The Washington Post published an editorial commenting on recent comments by Premier Wen Jiabao about why the government will not give into pressure to
Analysis: US-China Ties Strained by Dissident
AP looks at the impact of Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel prize on U.S.-China ties in light of President Obama’s words of support for the new laureate: Ever-delicate
U.S.-China Deadlock Dims Climate Talk Prospects
The New York Times reports that U.N. climate negotiations being held in Tianjin are at a standstill due to the U.S. and China’s failure to reach
Hong Kong Netizens Respond To Nobel
The following are excerpts from the Hong Kong-based Tianya forum where netizens responded to news that Liu Xiaobo had won the Nobel Peace Prize: Liu Xiaobo
Ran Yunfei: Congratulations to the Freedom Fighter Liu Xiaobo
Blogger Ran Yunfei posted the following today on his blog: Congratulations to the Freedom Fighter Liu Xiaobo Today, I am still excited. I can’t
China Blanks Nobel Peace Prize Searches
From CNN: With news media across the globe reacting to this year’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement, authorities in the winner’s homeland are
Netizens React: Premier’s Interview Censored
From China Real Time Report: An official news blackout in China surrounding Premier Wen Jiabao’s interview over the weekend with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria has
