Monthly Archives: December 2010
Chinese Use Internet to Show their Political Dissent
USA Today reports on online political humor in China as an outlet for dissatisfaction with the status quo: Coded language is common in Chinese cyberspace,
China Counts £130bn Cost of Economic Growth
Jonathan Watts of the Guardian reports on new figures calculating the environmental cost of China’s economic growth: In one of the longest-term
Official: 580 Chinese Fugitives in Other Countries
After discovering that more than $3 billion in public funds has been misappropriated to unauthorized departments, the Chinese government has also announced
Suspicious Death Ignites Fury in China
The New York Times reports on gruesome photographs of a dead man which have become an Internet sensation in China: The man in the photograph, Qian Yunhui,
China Frees Father Zhao Lianhai Jailed for Milk Protest
Zhao Lianhai, who was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for leading protests against milk contamination that made his son sick, has been released.
Photo: Flags on Munan Road, Tianjin, by Matthew Stinson
Flags on Munan Road, Tianjin, by Matthew Stinson
Han Han’s Magazine Shuttered: “Classmates, So Long For Now, I Love You All” (Updated)
Yesterday, an editor at blogger Han Han’s magazine, Party, announced that the publication had folded and the editorial team had been disbanded. In
Perry Link: China: From Famine to Oslo
In the New York Review of Books, Perry Link writes an essay in which he discusses the books, Ruyan@sars.come (So it was@sars.come) by Hu Fayun and Mubei
Teng Biao: ‘A Hole to Bury You’
Law Professor and civil rights activist Teng Biao has written an account of his treatment at the hands of police officers who detained him when he went
China Finds $3.24 Billion of Public Funds in Unauthorized Coffers
People’s Daily reports that anti-graft investigators have found 21.5 billion yuan (US$3.24 billion) in public funds by unauthorized departments: The
Behind the Li Gang Case, Part 1: Chen Family Forced to Drop Suit
China Geeks translates the first part of an investigative report by Wang Keqin about the “Li Gang” case. Read more about the incident which
Photo: Playing chess in a destroyed hutong, by Christopher Cherry
Playing chess in a destroyed hutong, by Christopher Cherry
Six Detained in Chemical Wine Scandal in China
Six people have been detained in Changli County, Hebei, “China’s Bordeaux”, after chemical additives were found in wine. AFP reports: An
Why Mark Zuckerberg Came to China and Why Facebook Will Not
Following the speculation surrounding Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s well-documented trip to China, Tech Rice examines the company’s carious
Pope Urges Courage For Catholics In China, Iraq
Pope Benedict XVI used his annual Christmas message to single out China for its treatment of Catholics. From NPR: The suffering of Christians around the
