Monthly Archives: October 2011
Europe Turns to China to Bolster Rescue Fund
With the ink drying on a potential agreement to stabilize the European financial markets, the head of the European bailout fund arrived in Beijing on Friday
Tax Collection Triggers Riot, Arrests and Reform in Zhejiang (Updated)
Hundreds of angry migrants in Zhili, a town in Zhejiang province, clashed with riot police late Thursday night after the owner of a children’s clothing
Insight: China Premier-in-waiting Schooled in Era of Dissent
Reuters profiles Vice Premier Li Keqiang, who is expected to take over as Premier in the leadership transition next year. Li entered Peking University
Recreating the Horrors of Nanjing
The New York Times reviews Nanjing Requiem: A Novel, the new novel by Ha Jin about the Japanese occupation of Nanjing: This is fiction, but fiction that
Immolation, Explosions and Poetry on the Roof of the World
Just days after the tenth self-immolation in protest of Chinese rule in Tibet, a bomb was detonated early yesterday morning at a government building in
Exchanging Culture, Bettering Relations
Asia Society and the Aspen Institute have teamed up to launch the US-China Forum on Arts and Culture. The forum, beginning next month, will be sending
Experts Challenge One-Child Population Claim
As the world’s human population approaches seven billion, demographers have attacked Chinese claims that its family planning policies delayed this
Global Times Op-Ed: TV Content Restrictions Quash Creativity
In April, China’s Global Times chided overseas media for oversimplifying and exaggerating new guidelines against time travel dramas from the State
The American POW who Chose China
The BBC features an interview with David Hawkins, an American Korean War veteran and prisoner of war who opted to move to China after the armistice. He
China Seeks Military Bases in Pakistan's Restive Tribal Region
China is interested in setting up military bases in Pakistan, near the Xinjiang border, according to a report in Pakistan’s The News International
Chen Guangcheng: Law, Media and Broken Promises
Jerome Cohen discusses the continuing house arrest of Chen Guangcheng and his family at the South China Morning Post, arguing that the local authorities’
China Spacecraft to Launch Soon to Test Docking
China announced it will be launching Shenzhou 8, an unmanned spacecraft, next month. The spacecraft will attempt to dock with an experimental module, the
China Calls Rapid Yuan Rise Impossible
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday commented that yuan appreciation in the near term is out of the question. While the yuan has risen around
Photo: Master of the Nets Garden, Suzhou, by Dainis Matisons
Master of the Nets Garden, Suzhou, by Dainis Matisons.
