Samuel Wade (@samuel_wade@mstdn.ca) is Executive Editor for CDT English, and is based in Vancouver.
While Beijing extends a helping hand to Japan, the Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report describes the private relief efforts of one of China’s richest men: Chen Guangbiao, a 42-year-old billionaire and chief executive of...
Read MoreEvan Osnos’ Letter from China looks at Beijing’s bike lanes: First, a taxonomy. Beijing has at least three definable species of bike lane. The most luxurious, which we’ll call Business Class, is a ribbon of...
Read MoreAt The Atlantic, Max Fisher suggests that the Sendai earthquake may allow China to nudge the regional balance of power in its favour: If Japanese civilians need to be evacuated quickly, or if many more emergency workers need to...
Read MoreThe Financial Times reports on the relief effort in quake-stricken Yunnan where, as in Sichuan three years ago, damage appears to have been magnified by substandard construction. China began cleaning up on Friday after a...
Read MoreVPN providers Witopia have blamed “China shenanigans” for severe recent disruptions of its service in China. From Bloomberg: The company is recommending users to report problems via e-mail instead of its live support...
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