Monthly Archives: November 2010
Climate Change ‘Takes Toll’ on Grain Harvest
China Daily carries a warning of serious and sustained decline in China’s grain production:Tang Huajun, deputy dean of the Chinese Academy of
Hong Kong: A Structural Problem, and A Lot to Lose
Two articles at China Dialogue discuss environmental issues facing Hong Kong. The first argues that the city must broaden its heavily technology-based
Photo: Two boys play a game on a Shanghai street, by Patrik Lockne
Two boys play a game on a Shanghai street, by Patrik Lockne
Anti-China Rally Held in Japan after Video Leak of Collision
Following the release of raw footage purportedly showing a Chinese fishing boat crashing into a Japanese Coast Guard vessel, anti-China protests have
China Releases Dissident Artist Ai
As artist and activist Ai Weiwei was set to be released from house arrest, he published an op-ed in the Guardian calling on British Prime Minister Dav
Ian Buruma: What is Driving China’s Recent Thuggish Approach to Foreign Relations?
Writer Ian Buruma attempts to answer that question in a piece in the Guardian:China’s recent thuggish behaviour is changing Asian opinions. As
Dai Qing: Liu Xia’s Grand List
When Liu Xia, wife of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient Liu Xiaobo, sent a letter to 140 of her husband’s friends and colleagues asking the
The Rise of the Tao
The New York Times Magazine has a lengthy article about the renovation of a Taoist temple and the revival of the belief system in China:RELIGION HAS
The China Education Boom on U.S. Campuses
The New York Times reports on the increase of Chinese international student enrollment in U.S. undergraduate institutions: While China’s students have
Ai Mi: Liu Xiaobo Shocks Chinese Society by Winning the Nobel Peace Prize
Best-selling novelist Ai Mi (??) shared her thoughts on Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize in an Asia Weekly article. Her comments are interspersed
China’s Educated Youth Face a Tough Future
China Media Project translates an analysis of China’s educated youth by Professor and Director of the Rural Development Institute’s Social Issue
Hu’s Visit Injects New Life into China-France Relations
Xinhua News reports on President Hu Jintao’s three-day visit to France:With Hu’s three-day visit to France, which started on Thursday, t
Photos: Inside Shenzhen’s Foxconn Factory (Update)
Joel Johnson toured Shenzhen’s Foxconn Factory for a special WIRED report, soon to be published. From his “Notes from Shenzhen“:
Ai Weiwei under House Arrest (Updated)
Artist and activist Ai Weiwei has been put under house arrest to prevent him from attending a party he had organized to “celebrate” the de
