Monthly Archives: May 2011
China’s Looming Power Shortages: Blackouts, or Blackmail?
The Financial Times’ beyondbrics blog peers behind recent warnings of power shortages in China in the coming months: [Is] this a real threat? Or
86,100 in Henan Displaced by South-North Water Diversion
Xinhua reports the imminent relocation of another 86,100 people in Henan as part of the South-North Water Diversion project. Residents of Xichuan County,
New Crackdown on TV Fluff
Undeterred by widespread mockery abroad of guidelines discouraging time travel dramas, Chinese officials are looking for other ways of promoting a more
EU Climate Chief: China’s Middle Class Will Drive Environmental Progress
The European Union’s climate action commissioner expressed optimism for environmental progress in China, suggesting that pragmatism and middle-class
China Sets Up State Internet Information Office
Xinhua reports the establishment of a new government body charged with a wide range of Internet management and enforcement duties. This State Internet
The Voice of China’s “Soft Power”
Students at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism have put together an online report looking at global media. From their own introduction: Global
Photo: A little boy in a Li minority village, Hainan, by Expatriate Games
A little boy in a Li minority village, Hainan, by Expatriate Games
In China the Big Nuclear Question is “How Soon”?
Reuters reports on the development of China’s nuclear industry, which doesn’t seem to be fazed by the recent disaster in Japan: Many of
China Urges “Immediate” End to Libya Conflict
China is speaking out against the NATO military strikes in Libya after Muammar Gaddafi’s son and grandchildren were killed: “We hope all parties
China’s Energy Dragon Looks Tamer to One Forecaster
Scientific American reports on a new study by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (LBNL) China Energy Group of long-term forecasts for China’s
Bin Laden Dead: Chinese Netizens React (Updated)
China Real Time Report describes the wide range of mixed reactions from Chinese netizens to news of Osama bin Laden’s death: “Deeply mourning
Photo: Photo shoot in Beijing, by Christopher Cherry
Photo shoot in Beijing, by Christopher Cherry
China’s Social Network RenRen is no Facebook
An article in Forbes compares Facebook, which is set to launch in China, to Renren, the Chinese equivalent: For starters, Goldman Sachs estimates Facebook
China Yields to Protests when Stability Matters
In his column for CNN, Jaime FlorCruz writes about why the Chinese government tolerates some protests while harshly cracking down on others: In recent
