Monthly Archives: November 2010
Photo: Chinese medicine dispensary in Hangzhou, by Tom Spender
Chinese medicine dispensary in Hangzhou, by Tom Spender
Purported Video Behind China-Japan Clash Leaked
The Japanese government is examining whether footage allegedly showing a Chinese fishing trawling crashing into a Japanese Coast Guard vessel is authentic.
A Chinese Writer’s Dilemma
For the New Yorker, Zha Jianying writes about writer and former Minister of Culture Wang Meng. For the New Yorker website, she talks about both Wang Meng
Stephen Mihm and Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Parallel Universes
In Time Magazine, historians of America and China write about commonalities they see between China today and America in the mid-19th century: While we’re
Who is “Zheng Qingyuan”?
China Media Project translates and comments on Chinese media reports, since expunged from the Internet, about “writing task groups,” which
China Urges Europeans to Snub Nobel Ceremony
From the New York Times: China is pressing European governments to boycott December’s ceremony awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the Chinese dissident L
Google CEO: China’s Internet Censorship will Fail in Time
From the Computer World: China currently has 420 million Internet users, according to Chinese government statistics. But certain sites such as Facebook,
Photo: At Ganden Monastery outside Lhasa, Tibet, by reurinkjan
At Ganden Monastery outside Lhasa, Tibet, by reurinkjan
China Trade: The ‘Dalai Lama Effect’
Researchers have quantified the economic impact of world leaders meeting with the Dalai Lama despite China’s disapproval. From CNN: Called the “Dalai
From Brooklyn to Beijing, and Into a Caldron
The New York Times profiles a young African-American Brooklynite who moved to China and now runs a local school after the owner suddenly and without explanation
Francesco Sisci: Liang Congjie – China’s ‘green’ Cassandra
From Asia Times: Liang Congjie then was no simple prophet. He was the target of a curse that stretched from generation to generation, as if Greek tragedy
Humphrys in China
Veteran BBC correspondent John Humphrys is visiting China and contributing daily reports starting tomorrow. His China diary can be read here, and a slideshow
From Sham to Reality: China’s Low-Carbon Cities
For China Dialogue, Liu Jianqiang speaks with Jiang Kejun, senior researcher at the National Development and Reform Commission’s Energy Research Institute, a
Photo: A child panhandler sleeps in a pedestrian underpass in Beijing, by sheilaz413
A child panhandler sleeps in a pedestrian underpass in Beijing, by sheilaz413
World Bank Raises China Growth Forecasts
In its quarterly report, the World Bank has adjusted its growth outlook for China. From the Washington Post: The bank raised its 2010 growth outlook from
