Monthly Archives: February 2011
Ran Yunfei (冉云飞): How I Lived My Life in the Year 2010
Prominent blogger Ran Yunfei finished this blog entry on the first day of Spring Festival this year, about two weeks before he was arrested. See also
China Telecom Giant, Thwarted in U.S. Deals, Seeks Inquiry to Clear Name
Huawei, one of China’s most prominent telecommunications companies, has issued an open letter requesting that the United States seriously investigate
Online Activists Calling for Jasmine Revolution Arrested in China
With more calls for “Jasmine Revolution” protests in China for this weekend, bloggers and others who share information about the gatherings
Wang Xiaofang Exposes World of Chinese Bureaucracy
Author Wang Xiaofang has written a novel about corruption and the inner workings of Chinese bureaucracy that is not so loosely based on his experience
Photo: Oil Train through Tengger Desert
An oil train snakes through the Tengger Desert, from Adam Cohn.
Chinese Oil Interests Attacked In Libya
China rushed to evacuate thousands of workers from Libya on Thursday, after CNPC and other Chinese firms were attacked in the wave of unrest sweeping
U.S. Pressures Nepal On Tibetan Exiles
A trip to Tibetan refugee centers in Nepal by a high-profile United States diplomat could be seen
Nervous China Puts Security Apparatus Into Overdrive
Sitting last week in his cramped Beijing flat just beyond the city’s fifth ring road, Teng Biao talked about a joke he used to share with Liu Xiaobo,
The Economist Compares Provinces with Countries
At The Economist, an interactive map matches China’s provinces and municipalities with different countries by GDP, GDP per capita, population and exports.
Chinese Social Networks Explained
Thomas Crampton has posted a short guide to China’s social networks and their users, while at DigiCha, a slideshow by Bill Bishop gives an in-depth explanation o
Murong Xuecun on the “Absurdities” of Chinese Censorship
Speaking to the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club on February 22, writer Murong Xuecun lamented the often bizarre contortions an editor had forced
New Social Management to Preserve Stability
Xinhua News Agency, the Chinese government’s official news agency, reports on gridded social management. The new form of social management and regulation i
China: The Risk of Shutting Up Sina Weibo is Zero!?
Global Voices Online translates web users comments about the future of Sina’s microblogging service in the wake of heightened censorship following
Photo: Exercising at the park, Tongzhou, outside Beijing, by Christopher Cherry
Exercising at the park, Tongzhou, outside Beijing, by Christopher Cherry
