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On his blog, Fazal Majid has offered a rebuttal to recent calls for the US to “confront” China: No matter how you look at it, the US does not have many realistic options to “confront” or even really contain China. The dominance of China is not a given. Remember, in the 50s, Nikita Khrushchev’s Soviet […]
Read MoreAlim Seytoff sent CDN this recent commentary, his response to Treat China with Respect, by H.D.S. Greenway, which we posted last week: Treat China with Caution by Alim A Seytoff Washington – Half a century ago when the World War Two was over and when every other country was tired of the unprecedented devastation caused […]
Read MorePersimmon Magazine has a book review of the new translation of To Live (活着）by Yu Hua, the basis of the 1994 Zhang Yimou film: To Live… reveals a side to Yu Hua’s work that is more immediately accessible than his early stories. While the high death toll among the book’s characters suggests a point of […]
Read MoreChina Elections and Governance has published a summary of the Chinese language press coverage of the case against corruption fighter Huang Jingao: All of these accusations were attributed to “unnamed sources”, “high level officials” or, simply preceded with the phrase “it is said⋯.” In fact, even his shuang gui was only “said” and not officially […]
Read MoreFrom a paper by Benjamin Liebman just published in the Columbia Law Review: Over the past decade, the Chinese media have emerged as among the most influential actors in the Chinese legal system. As media commercialization and increased editorial discretion have combined with growing attention to social and legal problems, the media have gained incentives […]
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