Monthly Archives: April 2011
Global Times: Law Will Not Concede Before Maverick
Three days after artist and activist Ai Weiwei went missing after being detained at the Beijing airport en route to Hong Kong, the official Global Times
ZTE Vows To Act In Ericsson Dispute
China and Sweden dispute intellectual property rights in the telecommunications industry, Financial Times reports. ZTE, the Chinese telecoms equipment
Not Cheap or Cheerful: South China’s New Paradigm
With the cost of raw materials rising along with labor costs, foreign companies are starting to move their manufacturing bases out of China, AP reports.
“Love the Future!”: Netizens Show Support for Ai Weiwei
Sina Weibo (microblog) editors have been busy deleting posts relating to Ai Weiwei since yesterday. (See our roundup of Ai Weiwei coverage here.) One
Photo: Bicycling at night in front of the Drum Tower, Beijing, by Subu-yan
Bicycling at night in front of the Drum Tower, Beijing, by Subu-yan
Western Adoptions, Chinese Mothers’ Pain
A new book looks at the issue of international adoption of Chinese babies from a perspective that is rarely heard: that of the Chinese mothers who give
Public Schools Woo Foreign Students to Boost Ranks
American colleges have already started to widely recruit overseas in China, but now it seems that American high schools are also hoping to attract more
Video: BBC World Service’s Last Mandarin Transmission
BBC producer Dawn Trump has posted a short video feature (in Chinese) on the World Service’s last Mandarin transmission on March 25. The video includes
New Book on Google Shows Gaffes in China
In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives,a new book about the inner workings of Google, sheds some light on the company’s move
One Artist Detained; Another Released (Updated)
As news of the apparent detention of activist and artist Ai Weiwei sends shock waves through the world, another artist, Wu Yuren, has been released on
At China’s New Museum, History Toes Party Line
The New York Times reports on the newly refurbished National Museum of China, centrally located in Tiananmen Square, and the selective history that is
Fang Binxing To College Graduates: “Meld Your Own Growth With The Progress of Your Country”
Fang Binxing (???), president of the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and the “Father of the Great Firewall,” exhorts a 2011
Geithner Says Strict Policy on Currency Hurts China
At a G20 sponsored international financial conference this week in Nanjing, Timothy Geithner again urged China to reform its currency exchange rates. From
Photo: Hauling a boat in Guangxi, by monkeyking
Hauling a boat in Guangxi, by monkeyking
Dissident Artist in China is Held as Crackdown Spreads
The New York Times has more details on the detention of artist activist Ai Weiwei, who was taken away Sunday morning while trying to board a plane for
