Monthly Archives: October 2010
Twitter Reactions to Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize
CDT has translated a selection of tweets on the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize granted to Liu Xiaobo: zengjinyan (wife of jailed AIDS activist, Hu Jia): ??
Photo: Journalists vs. cops outside Liu Xiaobo’s house in Beijing, by Jordan Pouille
Journalists vs. cops outside Liu Xiaobo’s house in Beijing, by Jordan Pouille
New Directives from the Ministry of Truth, October 8, 2010 (RE: Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize)
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government a
Nobel Peace Prize Goes To Liu Xiaobo (Updated)
From The Guardian: China’s best-known dissident today won the prestigious Nobel peace prize from the prison cell where he is serving 11 years fo
Photo: In the back alley, by Jeremy Barwick
In the back alley, by Jeremy Barwick
Liu Xiaobo Could Win the Nobel Peace Prize, and He’d Be the Last to Know
With the Nobel Committee set to announce this year’s Peace Prize within hours, speculation is rampant that imprisoned activist Liu Xiaobo will r
Divorcing Their Husbands To Get Land: One Route To Empowerment In China
Forbes reports on a creative way women in Guangxi are seeking compensation for land that’s been sold for development:The land in dispute here,
Noam Chomsky: China’s Growing Independence and the New World Order
In These Times has published the second of two articles by Noam Chomsky about China:China is now the largest importer of Middle Eastern oil and the
China’s Other Billion: The Children of the Revolution
Following is the latest installment in a series of posts by journalist Rachel Beitarie*, who will be sharing with us dispatches from her journey acros
Novelist ‘Astonished’ over Tiananmen
Asia Times interviews author Ma Jian:ATol: Beijing Coma also covers the decade after Tiananmen Square. What surprised you most about what happened i
Rampant Fraud Threat to China’s Brisk Ascent
The New York Times reports on recent cases on academic and scientific fraud that have been the focus of scrutiny in China:China devotes significant
Photo: A chess game in Gyantse, Tibet, by Eric Finlayson
A chess game in Gyantse, Tibet, by Eric Finlayson
Rare Earths are Paper Tigers
At Foreign Policy, rare-earth trader Tim Worstall questions the strategic value of China’s current position as the minerals’ dominant supp
As the Prizes are Awarded, Many in China Feel Left Out
With Nobel Prize season in full swing, China again appears to be on the sidelines, and many there are not happy about it, AP reports:As Nobels went
China Cracks Down on African Immigrants and Traders
The Guardian visits southern Guangzhou and speaks with African immigrants who have experienced both discrimination from locals and a crackdown by poli
