Japhet Weeks is a graduate student in Asian Studies and Journalism at UC Berkeley.
The recent outbursts of nationalism in China aren’t just cause for foreigners to worry, the Chinese government, which has encouraged the jingoism, ought to be worried too. From the Economist: CHINA is in a frightening...
Read MoreFred Bernstein writes in the New York Times about a grand experiment in architecture that is taking place in an unlikely spot — a patch of steppe in Inner Mongolia: “Basically, Ordos is Texas,” explained Michael S. Tunkey,...
Read MoreA trailer for Boomtown Beijing, a film by Tan Siok Siok and students of hers from the Beijing Film Academy about the lives of capital residents in the lead up to this summer’s Olympic Games (h/t OneManBandwidth.com):
Read MoreT.A. Frank, an editor at the Washington Monthly and a former sweatshop inspector, ruminates on sweatshops worldwide — with a particular focus on China — and the companies they supply with cheap products. From the...
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