Zhaohua Li is an American-born independent journalist based in Beijing. He has written on Asia for the Christian Science Monitor, the San Francisco Chronicle and Frommer's guidebooks, among other publications. He is currently also a Blakemore-Freeman fellow in Chinese language studies at Tsinghua University. His interests in China run from the energy and the environment to media and pop culture.
State media reports the government has decided to kill a few hundred chickens to scare the tens of thousands of monkeys using political position and money to violate state family-planning policy. From the Associated Press via the International Herald Tribune: More than 93,000 people in Hubei province violated the policy last year, including hundreds of […]
Read MoreThe Chicago Tribune interviews Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian on mainland China’s recent efforts to further “soften” its tone on Taiwan with calls for peace: Q Some say China’s policies toward Taiwan are changing. What is your interpretation? A The nature of the CCP and its basic policy toward Taiwan never changes. It has one objective […]
Read MoreSupporters of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche protest his execution by Chinese authorities, by Sam Perhson via Flickr.
Read MoreChinese state media reports suggest, yet again, that the “Made in China” toy scandals may have involved more bark than bite. Still, the statistics leave some room for doubt. AP via USA Today: The exports worth $7.07 billion between January and October were a 20.1% increase from the same period in 2006, the official Xinhua […]
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