Monthly Archives: November 2010
Life in Shadows for Mentally Ill in China, With Violent Flares
The New York Times revisits the case of an assailant who attacked school children with a cleaver and was a suspected schizophrenic to look at the stat
Japan Coast Guard Official Admits China Video Leak
A Japanese Coast Guard official has said that he leaked the video apparently depicting a Chinese fishing boat ramming a Coast Guard vessel, an inciden
Corrupt Land Deal Petitioner Speaks to Labour Rights Activist Han Dongfang
In an article published on China Labour Bulletin, veteran labour activist Han Dongfang speaks to one of the Inner Mongolian Sha Wozi Ranch petitioners
Video: US-Sino Currency Rap Battle
Presidents Hu and Obama take bilateral relations to the rap battlefield in this animation by Next Media Animations (h/t Danwei): (Obama: “And wh
China Still Bans Minerals for Japan
The Chinese government is continuing to block shipments of crucial strategic minerals to Japan. Please read The New York Times article here The blocke
David Cameron Tells China: Embrace Freedom and the Rule of Law
From guardian.co.uk: David Cameron will take a calculated gamble and tell China’s leaders today that they cannot shut down debate about democrac
Photo: A father feeds his son at an outdoor market in Liuzhou, Guangxi, by Expatriate Games
A father feeds his son at an outdoor market in Liuzhou, Guangxi, by Expatriate Games
Obama and China Play Rival Suitors to Indonesia
As President Obama visits his boyhood home of Indonesia, the New York Times looks at the growing rivalry between the U.S. and China to influence the c
China Food Safety Activist Given 2 1/2 Years
Zhao Lianhai, a father whose child developed kidney stones from drinking melamine-tainted formula, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on
Dai Qing: Live Webcast Tonight, 6pm PST
Environmental activist Dai Qing is in Vancouver tonight, giving a free public talk which will be webcast live from 6pm Pacific Standard Time.Learn
China’s Other Billion: Life in a Small Town
Following is the latest installment in a series of posts by journalist Rachel Beitarie*, who will be sharing with us dispatches from her journ
Liu Xiaobo’s Lawyer Blocked from Visiting Britain
As British Prime Minister David Cameron visits China, two prominent human rights lawyers, Mo Shaoping and He Weifang, were blocked from traveling to B
Latest Directives from the Ministry of Truth, October 22-November 7, 2010
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government
Dai Qing on The Real Cost of China’s Rise
The Globe and Mail profiles environmental activist Dai Qing as she conducts a speaking tour of Canada. As well as the environmental issues with which
Moving Southern Water North and Seawater West
Danwei translates reports of a proposal to hydrate Xinjiang by pumping seawater 2,000 kilometres inland and 1,200 metres uphill from the Bohai Sea:T
