Monthly Archives: December 2010
Finding the Facts About Mao’s Victims
On the New York Review of Books blog, Ian Johnson interviews Yang Jisheng, whose book Tombstone has been called the most thorough accounting yet of th
‘Father’ of China’s Great Firewall Shouted Off Own Microblog
From The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report Blog: Translations of comments appearing on China Digital Times, a China-focused news blog
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Throwing the Book at China
For Miller-McCune, Jeffrey Wasserstrom sums up China books that came out in 2010:The first thing to note about recent books on post-post-Cold War re
What Were China’s Top Stories in 2010?
China Media Project translates a list of the top ten stories of 2010 provided by People’s Daily for an online poll, and also adds in commentary
Netizens Force Fang Binxing (方滨兴), Father of the GFW, Off of Sina Microblog
On Monday morning, Fang Binxing, (???) the President of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications who is known as the “father of the Gr
A Cocktail of Conspiracies Delivered Daily
For the Sydney Morning Herald, John Garnaut interviews Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, the sister publication of the People’s Daily: In ou
China Says Korea Clash Would be “National Tragedy”
As South Korea held live-fire exercises on Yeonpyeong Island, which was shelled by North Korea last month, China simultaneously expressed concern over
Xi Jinping’s Chongqing Tour: Gang of Princelings Gains Clout
For China Brief, Willy Lam writes that Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Chongqing and his support of the city’s party boss Bo Xilai gives a g
Soccer Match Sparks Anti-Chinese Riots in DR Congo
Perceived bias on the part of a Japanese referee triggered unrest in Lubumbashi, a centre of Chinese activity in the copper mining industry: those inv
China Fishing Boat Capsizes in Scuffle; 1 Dead
A Chinese fishing boat capsized and one fisherman died and another is missing in an encounter with South Korean Coast Guard ships in South Korean wate
Photo: Father and child in Kashgar, Xinjiang, by Keith Tan
Father and child in Kashgar, Xinjiang, by Keith Tan
China Pressed to Account for Uighurs’ Fate
Twenty Uighurs who fled China in the wake of rioting in Xinjiang in July 2009 were deported from Cambodia a year ago while waiting to receive asylum f
Photo Collection: “The History of Forced Demolition in China”
A collection of photos entitled, “The History of Forced Demolition in China”, has been published on one of China’s leading intent po
Online Poem: “You, Us”
The following poem has circulated throughout Chinese cyberspace since 2009. The original author is not known, and various netizens have added to and c
2010′s Top 10 Chinese Internet Buzzwords & Catchphrases
chinaSMACK has translated a list published by Xinhua of the top ten Internet terms and phrases of 2010. From their explanation of “My dad is Li
