Monthly Archives: April 2011
US Human Rights Report Looks at China with Concern
The newly released annual Human Rights Report by the State Department has taken note of the Chinese government’s suppressive activities: Three
The “Paradoxical Mix of Anxiety and Disdain” that Imprisoned Ai Weiwei
For Foreign Policy, David Rothkopf writes about the Chinese government’s perceived threats from “old men, artists, religious sects, and even
China to Ban Imports of Farm Products from Japan
Increased fears about radiation contamination have prompted China to ban produce from 12 different regions of Japan. From Reuters: China will ban the import
China Moves Top Bosses in Oil Sector
The Chinese government has announced that Fu Chengyu, the former chairman of state-owned company Cnooc Ltd., will become the new chairman of Sinopec (China
China Yuan Up Late On 5th Straight Record-Low Fixing
After six continuous days of increases, the Chinese yuan has reached a new high of about 6.54 yuan to 1 dollar, closing the week off at a record high.
“Chinese Television Will Be All Over” US Government Shutdown
As a possible US Government shutdown looms, a writer (Hint: James Fallows) recounts what he provocatively calls a “tiny little anecdote of impending
China ‘Tainted Milk’ Kills Three Children
China’s problems with food safety, and especially tainted milk, continue. Three children have been killed in the recent case of contaminated milk
Foreign Embassies Reach Out to Chinese Netizens on Microblogs
Ministry of Tofu translates a Southern Weekend article about foreign embassies using Sina Weibo to connect with Chinese netizens: “My colleagues
Taiwanese Students Resist Mandatory Confucian Studies
China Realtime Report describes the controversy surrounding Taiwanese plans to reform unruly youths with compulsory Confucian studies: In February Taiwan’s
Enter the Mouse: Shanghai Disneyland Construction Begins
Work on the long-anticipated Shanghai Disneyland is to start on Friday, according to the Associated Press: After about a decade’s worth of speculation
Jim Rogers: “The Only Thing I Worry About is Water”
Shanghai Daily interviews American investor Jim Rogers about prospects for the Chinese and global economies: Q: You are bullish about China’s future.
Zhao Lianhai: We Will Not Be Silent
Zhao Lianhai, the parent of a child contaminated from tainted milk powder, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in prison in 2010 for his activism
Ai Weiwei’s Detention “Nothing to Do with Human Rights or Freedom of Expression”
China’s Foreign Ministry and official media has confirmed that Ai Weiwei is being held on suspicion of “economic crimes.” From the Guardian: Foreign
Nicholas Bequelin: Crackdown in China
In the International Herald Tribune, Nicholas Bequelin of Human Rights Watch says China is now undergoing, “the largest crackdown on dissent in over
The Dalai Lama’s ‘Deception’: Why a Seventeenth-Century Decree Matters to Beijing
In the New York Review of Books, Tibet scholar Robert Barnett writes about the Dalai Lama’s recent announcement that he was retiring from his political
