Author: josh rudolph
Josh Rudolph currently lives in Vancouver, where he is working on a MA at the Institute of Asian Research at UBC. His thematic focus is on Asia Pacific Policy and media representations of Asian culture, society and religion, while his main geopolitical interest lies in China.
“You Should Be Rooting for China”
While reports suggest China’s housing bubble may soon burst and some express the zero-sum sentiment that China’s continued rise means America’s decline, economist Zachary Karabell argues that a thriving China is actually in the best interest of the United States. From The Atlantic: The need to see Chin
March 8, 2013 11:44 PM
Li Chengpeng on the Murder of Baby Haobo
On her A Big Enough Forest blog, Liz Carter has translated an essay by social critic Li Chengpeng on the recent kidnapping-turned-murder of baby Xu Haobo. In the essay, Li also refers to the toddler who suffered multiple hit-and-runs in Guangdong province in 2011, and the lack of help she received from passersby. Both c
March 7, 2013 6:41 PM
Most Recent Entries
- 2013.03.07 Scientists Measure Speed of Censorship on Sina Weibo
- 2013.03.01 Second Round of “Super Ministries” Reform Ahead
- 2013.03.01 What to Expect at the 12th National People’s Congress
- 2013.02.28 Can China Win in Afghanistan?
- 2013.02.15 MOC Claims China Not World’s Top Trading Nation
- 2013.02.15 Government Reform: Super-Size Me
- 2013.02.14 Wukan Democracy Leaves Village Divided
- 2013.02.14 Further Doubt Cast Over Ping Fu’s Memoir
- 2013.02.11 A Look at “Behind the Red Door: Sex in China”
- 2013.02.08 After Guantanamo, Uyghur Cooks Pizza in Albania
- 2013.02.08 McMaster University Closing Confucius Institute
- 2013.02.07 The Economic Impact of Cleaning Up Corruption
- 2013.02.07 Ping Fu Defends Memoir After Chinese Netizens Attack
- 2013.02.01 Divorce, Marriage and What it Means to be Gay in China
- 2013.02.01 Fireworks Truck Explosion Kills Drivers in Henan
- 2013.01.31 Extravagance to be Avoided at Upcoming NPC Session
- 2013.01.31 Two Versions of Mao’s China
- 2013.01.25 China and Japan Move to Cool Down Diaoyu Dispute
- 2013.01.25 Fines for Food Waste and the “Clean Plate Campaign”
- 2013.01.24 Child Trafficking: A Cruel Trade
- 2013.01.24 Workers Go Gangnam Style to Demand Unpaid Wages
- 2013.01.18 Hailing in Vain: Beijing’s Taxicab Crisis
- 2013.01.18 Tibetan Self-Immolates, Others Arrested
- 2013.01.17 Is This Really the End of Re-Education Through Labor?
- 2013.01.17 ‘An Urgent Call to Immediately Scrap the One-Child Policy’
- 2013.01.11 The “Yellow Light Rule” Yields to Public Opinion
- 2013.01.11 WeChat: Censoring Across Borders
- 2013.01.04 Fallout From The One-Child Policy
- 2012.12.29 China Ranks Low on 2012 Press Freedom Index
- 2012.12.29 Uncertain Future for Architectural Treasures
- 2012.12.28 Measuring Media Progress?
- 2012.12.27 Changes and Challenges for China in 2013
- 2012.12.26 Bloomberg: “Revolution to Riches”
- 2012.12.26 Scholar and Chinapol Founder Dies at 72
- 2012.10.04 More Tibetans Self-Immolate, Others Jailed
- 2012.09.05 Making a Killing on Herbal Medicine
- 2012.09.05 Wang Lijun Charged
- 2012.08.31 On Asia Tour, Clinton Softens China Rhetoric
- 2012.08.31 Quasi-Emperors and Displaced Villagers
- 2012.08.29 The “Disneyfication of Tibet”
- 2012.08.29 China’s Battle For Drug Safety
- 2012.08.26 Angola Deports Chinese “Gangsters”
- 2012.08.26 GDP, Infrastructure, Train Crashes and Tofu Bridges
- 2012.08.22 Child Protesters Reap Success For Migrant Workers
- 2012.08.22 Report Shows Foxconn Conditions Improving
- 2012.08.17 Crazy Li Goes to Court
- 2012.08.17 Tweets From the Plateau
- 2012.08.16 The History of Seaside Secrecy at Beidaihe
- 2012.08.16 Rethinking U.S.-China Relations
- 2012.08.15 China’s Railway Network of Corruption
- 2012.08.14 Police Charge Activist Who Cast Doubt on Suicide
- 2012.08.13 Meet China’s Next Leaders
- 2012.08.10 Rape Victim’s Mother Free After Online Protest
- 2012.08.10 Hong Kong Media Office Attacked
- 2012.08.08 Chinese Addiction Study, Human Rights, and the U.S.
- 2012.08.08 Africa’s Chinese Diaspora: Under Pressure
- 2012.08.03 Who’s Afraid of Huawei?
- 2012.08.03 China’s Olympic Fetish for First



