Monthly Archives: March 2011
Rural China Virus Identified
A virus which killed as many as 30% of its early victims in rural China has been tentatively identified, and is believed to be borne by ticks. From Me
Chinese AIDS Rights Website Shut Down
The Committee to Protect Journalists reports the closure on Tuesday of Aizhi.net the website of AIDS rights group, the Aizhixing Research Foundation.
Is China’s Government Overrated?
As part of a special report on “the future of the state”, The Economist responds to the increasingly widespread view that “Beijing r
China Writer Bi Feiyu Wins Asia’s Top Literary Prize
Chinese writer Bi Feiyu has won the Man Asian Literary Prize, Asia’s top literary honor. From AFP:Bi edged out four other shortlisted authors
Obama Heads to South America to Head Off China
Business Week reports that President Obama’s upcoming trip to South America is really all about China:The $300 billion in annual trade with La
Radiation Fears Spur Panic Buying as Chinese Government Urges Transparency from Japan
Chinese citizens have been buying out supplies of table salt, under the false impression that it will help protect them from radiation from the nuclea
Video: Longyan Dayue (龙颜大悦): Netizens’ View of the NPC
Longyan Dayue ?????? is an online volunteer production group that puts together weekly mash-up videos to distribute online. In operation since June 20
Photo: A prayer tree, with nuclear reactors in the background, in Fragrant Hills Park, Beijing, by chrisfreeland2002
A prayer tree, with nuclear reactors in the background, in Fragrant Hills Park, Beijing, by chrisfreeland2002
No Change In Beijing’s Hukou System
China’s hukou system has long been cited as an institutionalized source of inequality and disparity among the population and a source of populat
China Reclaims Former Perch as World’s Biggest Manufacturer
Research data has found that China’s total manufacturing output last year was greater than that of the United States. From the International Cen
China’s Largest Meat Processor Apologizes Over Additive Scandal
It has been reported that pork from a subsidiary of China’s largest meat processor, Shuanghui Group in Henan, has been found to contain traces o
China Suspends New Nuclear Projects as Radiation Fears Spread
Despite assertions from officials that the situation in Japan would not derail the massive planned expansion of China’s own nuclear power capaci
Tibetan Monk Burns to Death in China Protest – group
Protests erupted in Aba prefecture, Sichuan, after a Tibetan monk burned himself to death in protest against government controls. From Reuters:The s
Michael Tomasky: What if China Became the World’s Policeman?
For the Guardian, Michael Tomasky looks at debates over the U.S. role in unrest in Bahrain and other countries in the Arab World, and wonders about a
