Monthly Archives: November 2010
China Directed Google Hacking: Leaked US Documents
The release of new documents by Wikileaks reveal that U.S. officials believed that the Chinese government was behind the hacking of Google accounts and
Caught In An ‘Authoritarian Moment’.
When Xia Shang, a writer, wanted to commemorate the deaths of 58 people in an apartment building fire in Shanghai last week, he turned to the Internet
The Trouble With Asking China to Act Like the U.S.
The New York Times’ Week in Review looks at recent developments in U.S.-China relations and offers an opinion of what the U.S. might be doing wrong: A
Empty Chair for Liu at Nobel Ceremony: Activist
With Liu Xiaobo and his immediate family unable to attend the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo in December due to government restrictions on their
Study: Violence in Home Drives Women to Crime
A study from Shanxi Women’s Federation shows that many homicides committed by women can be traced to first instances of domestic violence. From Global
Migrant Families Complain about Educational Exclusion
Parents have started letter writing campaigns protesting the rule that requires students to take national college entrance examination in their hukou,
Good Fences: Myanmar’s Border with China
While North Korea rattles its sabre to China’s north-east, The Economist reports on another potential flashpoint to the south, where Myanmar’s
Top Australian Entrepreneur Jailed in China over ‘Embezzlement’
Matthew Ng, a Chinese-born Australian entrepreneur has been detained in Guangzhou after his company, Et-China, was involved with a business dispute with
Huang Hua, 97, a Diplomat Who Served China, Dies
The New York Times has an obituary of Huang Hua, a Chinese revolutionary and diplomat who is best known for his work helping American journalist Edgar
China’s Tarzan of Jungle Law Advocates Reform
Caixin profiles online critic and attorney Li Yinzhu. The article begins with a description of a meeting with a provincial official who demanded Li remove
Gady Epstein: China Won’t Help U.S. On North Korea, And Here’s Why
With tensions rising on the Korean Peninsula, the U.S. and other countries are hoping China will use its weight to influence North Korea in a positive,
Photo: A village wedding feast in Guizhou, by Stewart
A village wedding feast in Guizhou, by Stewart
Vatican Denounces China for Bishop Ordination
Last Saturday, the government-backed Patriotic Chinese Catholic Association ordained a bishop without the consent of the Vatican, and today Pope Benedict
China Says Climate Compromise Needed at Cancun
In the lead-up to next week’s climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico, China’s representative is calling on participants to reach an agreement
Slideshow: China’s Wetland Crisis
China Dialogue has a collection of images taken by Sean Gallagher for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, showing the decline of China’s wetlands
