Monthly Archives: June 2011
You Can’t Have a Party Without Music: A Red Song Primer
“Red Songs”, nationalist anthems of the Maoist era, have exploded across China from Chongqing where their resurgence began. China Real Time
Chinese Mongolians Protest Again, Herders Beaten
Reuters reports the outbreak of further unrest in Inner Mongolia, with herders beaten and detained after protesting they expansion of a lead mine.The
Working Out What China Wants
The Financial Times’ Philip Stephens wonders what, specifically, China aims to gain from its rise.We know what the west wants from a resurgent
After 12 Years, Law Knocks Down Forced Demolitions
China Daily reports the passage of a law, twelve years in the making, designed to rein in the use of “coercive measures” such as forced dem
China Opens World’s Longest Bridge: Would You Cross If You Came To It?
A bridge that links the port city of Qingdao with an offshore island Huangdao opened today in Shandong province. The Jiaozhou bridge, which spans 26.3
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Whose Road Led to Hu’s China?
With the CCP celebrating its 90th birthday tomorrow, Jeffrey Wasserstrom which past leader actually had the most influence in building today’s Ch
China’s Confucian Makeover
At The Guardian, Isabel Hilton asks why, amid noisy celebrations of the Chinese Communist Party’s 90th birthday this year, the 100th anniversary
“Laundry Song”: a Tibetan Red Song
High Peaks Pure Earth embarks on a new series on Tibetan “Red Songs”, beginning with 1964′s “Laundry Song”, which has bee
Photo: Statue of Mao Zedong in Chengdu, Sichuan, by Ariel López
Statue of Mao Zedong in Chengdu, Sichuan, by Ariel López
Repackaging the Revolutionary Classics of China
On the eve of the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, a nostalgia for red songs is sweeping China, according to this New York Times articl
Google+ Blocked Before it Opens? (Updated)
Google’s new social-networking site, Google+, which is still in the invitation-only beta phase, has already been blocked by the Great Firewall. F
In China, Corruption and Unrest Threaten Autocratic Rule
An article in the Atlantic looks at the nexus between legal reform, social unrest, and corruption in China:Many China experts have noted that the pro
South China Sea Do-Si-Do
A Wall Street Journal editorial looks at disputes between China and its neighbors over territory in the South China Sea, and what it means for the U.S.
Chinese Faked Photograph Leaves Officials on Street of Shame
Local officials in Huili, Sichuan have been the target of mockery and satire after a clearly-doctored photo of their inspection of a highway was posted
China Rolls Out Red Carpet for Sudan President
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir met with President Hu Jintao in Beijing Wednesday morning, after delaying a previously-scheduled meeting. From R
