Author: dwang
4th year Asian Studies major at UC Berkeley with a focus on China and Political Science. Particularly interested in gender construction, political dissent, nationalism, and socioeconomic polarization in the PRC.
Likes to run, fence, and otherwise work out.
Loves to eat.
China Relaxes Romance Ban on Table Tennis Champion
After a probationary period of 5 years, China’s table tennis sports officials are allowing Wang Hao, the men’s singles world champion, to date a fellow athlete. From The Guardian: After years of punishing training and sacrifice, China‘s table tennis star Wang Hao has finally been rewarded – not just
September 1, 2009 8:38 PM
Big Business Groups Complain to China’s Premier over Green Dam Internet Filter
22 business organizations have sent a letter to Premier Wen Jiabao, appealing to the Chinese government to drop the requirement that every PC sold inside China come pre-installed with the Green Dam-Youth Escort Internet filter by July 1. From Loretta Chao at The Wall Street Journal: An international group of business a
June 27, 2009 4:08 PM
Most Recent Entries
- 2009.06.27 Hummer Bidder to Begin Talks with China
- 2009.06.27 National People’s Congress Approves Law on Rural Land Disputes
- 2009.06.27 Nearly Complete 13-Story Building Falls in Shanghai, One Worker Dead
- 2009.06.23 U.S., EU Act against China on Raw Material Exports
- 2009.06.23 Dui Hua Human Rights Journal: Tibetan Guide’s Incitement Case Surfaces: 3-Year Sentence for Emails, Text Messages
- 2009.06.23 Chinese Man Charged in Plot against HK Politician Lee
- 2009.06.23 Shanghaiist: Li Yinhe on ‘Homowives’
- 2009.06.20 Regulators Target Google for Pornographic Content, CCTV Airs Fake Interview, Netizens React
- 2009.06.20 Lawyer’s Request for RTL Information Disclosure Rebuffed by Chinese Ministry of Justice
- 2009.06.18 New Details for Earning Shanghai Residence Permits
- 2009.06.18 Children Forced into Pickpocket Gang Return Home
- 2009.06.18 Headlights at Noon, Yet Officials Give All-Clear on Beijing Smog
- 2009.06.18 Flaws in China’s Digital Dissidents
- 2009.06.18 New Dinosaur Gives Bird Wing Clue
- 2009.06.16 ‘Buy China’ Policy Set to Raise Tensions
- 2009.06.16 Beijing to Add New Hospital against A(H1N1) Flu
- 2009.06.16 US PC Makers in ‘Stolen Code’ Row
- 2009.06.16 New Tax Plan Sparks China Protest
- 2009.06.16 CCTV Host Dispels Espionage Rumors by Returning to TV
- 2009.06.16 Chongqing Bombing Trial Starts in Tokyo
- 2009.06.16 China Plans First Animal Welfare Law
- 2009.06.16 China to Build Oil and Gas Pipeline to Myanmar
- 2009.06.14 Unofficial Fan Club for Party Leaders Closed
- 2009.06.14 Technical, Legal, and Political Blunders: Ingredients of the Green Dam Debacle (Updated with Cartoons)
- 2009.06.14 NW China Cab Drivers Stage Sit-in Amid License Dispute
- 2009.06.13 ProState in Flames Attacker Charged with Intentional Injury
- 2009.06.11 Socialized Healthcare with Chinese Characteristics
- 2009.06.11 French Cars Fail Tests in China
- 2009.06.11 Authorities Intervene with Shanghai Pride
- 2009.06.11 Hong Kong Closes Primary Schools on Swine Flu Cluster
- 2009.06.11 Israeli Team Dates 18,000-Year-Old Pottery in China
- 2009.06.11 Bermuda Takes Guantanamo Uighurs; Chinese Government Protests
- 2009.06.09 China Requires Pre-Installed Internet Filter on All New Computers (Updated)
- 2009.06.09 Dissident Writer Liu Xiaobo Held in Secret after Sentence Ends
- 2009.06.09 Erudite Confusion
- 2009.06.09 2009′s College Entrance Exam Essay Questions
- 2009.06.08 Six Months Later: What’s Next for Liu Xiaobo?
- 2009.06.06 Sabotage Can’t Be Ruled out in Fatal Bus Blaze: Official
- 2009.06.06 China Landslide Rescue Efforts Underway; 26 Dead
- 2009.06.06 China Construction Bank Opens First Branch in US
- 2009.06.06 chinaSMACK: Gaokao University Entrance Exam Stress Relief in China
- 2009.06.06 The China Beat: Historical Bafflement of the Chinese People
- 2009.06.06 Eye on Gay Shanghai: Mainland China’s 1st Pride Event
- 2009.06.04 YWeekend: For the Company, Shut Your Dialect Mouths!
- 2009.06.04 The Day China’s Heart Froze
- 2009.06.04 James Fallows: Today in Beijing and June 4 Report #1: Beijing
- 2009.06.04 Shanghaiist: ‘Undercover’ Police Block CNN, BBC, and AFP Cameras with Umbrellas on Tiananmen Square (with Video)
- 2009.06.04 Crackdown in Beijing; President Assails Shootings in China
- 2009.06.04 China: Hospitals Report Overcrowding
- 2009.06.04 People in Square Ran for Their Lives
- 2009.06.04 China Erupts…the Reasons Why
- 2009.06.02 Timeline, Slideshow and Video: China’s 1989 Student Democracy Movement
- 2009.06.02 China Detains Former Tiananmen Prisoner
- 2009.06.02 China Lashes out over Gitmo Prisoner Request
- 2009.06.02 GM Reportedly Selling Hummer to Chinese Company
- 2009.06.02 Ha Jin: Exiled to English and Xujun Eberlein: Do I Still Love China?
- 2009.05.31 China Human Rights Lawyers Effectively Disbarred ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary
- 2009.05.31 Launch Issue of ‘China National Geography’ English Edition



