Monthly Archives: August 2011
American Manufacturer Sticks it to China
The Economist reports on a factory in Americus, Georgia which produces, incongruously, a million pairs of chopsticks a day for export to China:Ask s
Give Government Transparency a Day in the Sun
A Century Weekly editorial urges greater official transparency in China, noting a recently issued Party circular on the construction of “a clean
'Big Bone' Disease Fades in China
Decades of field work and public health interventions have resulted in a decline in Kashin-Beck disease, locally known as ‘Big Bone’ disea
ConocoPhillips In Trouble In China
The Chinese government via the State Oceanic Administration has asked ConocoPhillips for a comprehensive assessment on the oil spill in Bohai Bay. Fr
Analysis: China Costs Start to Worry U.S. Multinationals
American multinational corporations are seeing their margins cut as increased costs from labor inflation. Several corporations are considering relocat
Hadrian's Firewall: Xinhua on "Britain's U-turn Over Web-Monitoring"
David Cameron’s suggestion that individuals’ access to social media might be restricted to help contain future riots has prompted widespre
As Chinese Visit Taiwan, The Cultural Influence Is Subdued
Chinese tourists pour millions into the democratic island’s economy and return home uninfluenced by Taiwan’s culture and politics. The Ne
China Asks: What's Eating the Forbidden City?
Caixin reports on the mounting structural disrepair of the Palace Museum and the mismanagement that may be to blame. A sense of dignified peace is wha
Arab Spring, Chinese Winter
At The Atlantic, James Fallows recounts the aftermath of calls for an Egyptian- and Tunisian-inspired Jasmine Revolution in China earlier this year. H
Appetite for Bamboo Is Damaging Forests
Bamboo is often marketed as a green wonder material, but its cultivation can be seriously destructive to local ecosystems. Sean Gallagher reports for
Crowdsourced Anti-Corruption Websites Return … Briefly
On Monday, China Daily reported that a number of anti-corruption sites, on which users could record bribes paid to officials, were back on the web aft
China Banning U.S. Professors Elicits Silence From Colleges Employing Them
A group of scholars has suffered serious professional consequences for their joint authorship of a 2004 book on Xinjiang, and some say the American co
When You Buy "Made In China", Most Of Your Money Actually Goes To America
Business Insider highlights a report which claims that flow of money from American consumers to Chinese manufacturers is less torrential than is widel
What Will Vice President Biden Find In China?
Evan A. Feigenbaum reports in his blog, Asia Unbound, on Vice President Biden’s recent talk at the opening session of the 2011 U.S.-China Strate
