Monthly Archives: March 2011
With an Eye to India and Tibet, China Courts Nepal
China has pledged to give more support to Nepal, including providing them with greater military-aid. China’s attempt to forge closer ties with Nepal
Google’s Future in China Uncertain
Two stories today bring into question Google’s future in China, which has been under scrutiny since the company moved its search engine off servers
Arriving as Pregnant Tourists, Leaving With American Babies
A house in San Gabriel, California was discovered to illegally house new mothers from China in a makeshift birthing center for visiting Chinese parents.
Yang Hengjun Free? (And Who Is He?)
Word is spreading on Twitter that Yang Hengjun has been released following his apparent detention on Sunday. His situation, however, remains unclear. When
2011 Angus Graham Memorial Lectures Now Online
SOAS Radio has posted a pair of lectures in memory of the late British Sinologist, Angus Graham, by Professor Liu Xiaogan of the Chinese University of
Photo: Lantern Festival 2011 by Expatriate Games
Lantern Festival 2011, by Expatriate Games.
The End of Cheap, as Chinese Labour Dries Up
The Financial Times’ beyondbrics blog suggests that rising wages in China could spell the end of the cheap, plentiful manufactured goods to which
Profiting From Piracy: Robin Li’s Problem Is China’s Problem
In Forbes, Gady Epstein writes about the current controversy over Baidu’s Wenku (Library) service, which allows users to download copyrighted protected
China Tops Global Clean Energy Table
A new report found that China had the highest investment in clean energy technologies. From BBC: The table, published by the US Pew Environment Group,
Frontline: Who’s Afraid of Ai Weiwei? (Updated: Ai Plans “Partial Move” to Berlin)
Tonight Frontline is going to broadcast a program about artist and activist Ai Weiwei: An intimate portrait of a man who’s sometimes called China’s
NYU Reaches Deal to Open College in Shanghai
New York University, one of the largest private universities in the U.S., has reached a deal to open a campus in Shanghai which will be jointly administered
Sino-Australian Political Blogger Vanishes; Another Blogger Charged with Subversion (Updated)
Influential Australia-based blogger Yang Hengjun has not been heard from since soon after he arrived in Guangzhou, the Sydney Morning Herald reports: Yang
Photo: Playing cards in Liuzhou, Guangxi, by Expatriate Games
Playing cards in Liuzhou, Guangxi, by Expatriate Games
China’s Repression Undoes Its Charm Offensive
Harvard Professor Joseph S. Nye, Jr. reports for The Washington Post that China’s “charm” tactics aren’t doing enough to outweigh
Behind the ‘Great Firewall’: China’s ‘First Blogger’ Speaks Out
Kristie Lu Stout of CNN interviews Isaac Mao, Chinese Internet entrepreneur and China’s “first blogger” about Internet censorship in
