Monthly Archives: November 2011
Ai Weiwei: "Shame on Me"
After meeting last week’s deadline for a down payment in order to challenge his disputed $2.4 million tax bill, Ai Weiwei sat down with German magazine De
Chinese Women and Work: The Sky's the Limit
The Economist assesses the lives of career-driven women in China, where state-owned companies offer shorter hours and more time to raise children but less
Gap Says to Triple China Network in 2012
Clothing retailer the Gap, which is trying to boost flagging sales in the U.S. with Black Friday incentives today, is also planning to triple its stores
Is Winter Coming for China's Economy?
Amid tumbling real estate prices, credit woes in Wenzhou, and data released yesterday showing that China’s factory sector shrank the most in 32 months
Beijing and Moscow: Accidental Allies
Dmitri Trenin writes in Foreign Policy about how developments in the Middle East and North Africa, from the Arab Spring to the ongoing unrest in Syria,
China Derangement: Exaggerating an Economic Yellow Peril
Recalling previous panic over a charging Japanese economic juggernaut that since failed to hold true, Reason’s Ronald Bailey attempts to defuse all-too-familiar
Photo: Kaiping Diaolou, Guangdong, by Kevin Poh
Kaiping Diaolou, Guangdong, by Kevin Poh.
Legal Scholar Warns Against Expanded State Power
Professor Jiang Ping of the China University of Political Science and Law warned on Sunday that growing state power threatens people’s rights and
Is China Threatened by a More Open Burma?
As Burma prepares to welcome US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and shows increasing signs of drifting out of China’s orbit, Global Post’s
The Guangdong Model
The Economist describes Guangdong Party chief Wang Yang’s comparatively liberal approach to government, and the contrast and contest between it and
Lieutenant Pike, Li Gang, And China's Internet Dilemma
At Asia Times, Peter Lee draws parallels between online reactions to the “My Dad is Li Gang” incident at Hebei University and John Pike’s
Part of Beijing Airport Roof Takes Flight
Architects behind Beijing Airport’s flagship Terminal 3 have defended its design following severe wind damage to the building’s roof, and claimed
"Let Hundreds of Schools Contend"… Wait, What Year Is It?
In a speech on Tuesday in Beijing, President Hu Jintao addressed the China Writers’ Association. In his speech, Hu borrowed a famous quotation from
Organic Farming With Chinese Characteristics
As part of the Aspen Institute/Asia Society sponsored US-China Forum on the Arts and Culture, some of the leading American organic advocates were in China
China's Jobless College Graduates
China produces an enormous number of college graduates every year, and after graduation these young people are having a hard time finding their niche in
