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.
The China Law Blog has uploaded a PDF copy of the motion-to-dismiss brief Yahoo! filed in U.S. Federal Court yesterday in an effort to avoid a lawsuit over the company’s provision of user information to the Chinese government. The file comes with commentary from blog co-founder Dan Harris: The brief was so long that to […]
Read MoreReporters Without Borders responds unfavorably to China’s new “agreement” with blog service providers, which does not require real-name registration but strongly encourages providers to keep tabs on their...
Read MoreTwo of China’s largest oil producers are saying they will refuse to respect a new regulation requiring certain companies to purchase pollution insurance to cover environmental compensation claims, according to a state media report. From AFP via Yahoo! Asia News: Sinopec and CNPC, parent of Hong Kong-listed PetroChina, said that they can handle environmental compensation […]
Read MoreDanwei comments on the government’s recent announcement that it was scrubbing the Chinese Internet clean of “obscene” online fiction: …The dragnet has already snared 348 websites, accused of publishing “disgusting” written content that could “easily poison the minds of young people.” This anti-vice operation seems a strange use of China’s resources. Written pornography isn’t as […]
Read MoreA group of school-aged boys pose in rural Inner Mongolia, by doos_equis via Flickr.
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