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The Chinese government has announced plans to rein in domestic reporting about Japan in an effort to improve bilateral relations. According to the Straits Times, “The move comes at a time of worsening public sentiment in both countries towards the other due to historical issues, including Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s visits to Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, […]
Read MoreChina Daily has written about the situation of migrant workers who are flooding China’s cities: “Zhou [Haiwang, deputy director of the Institute of Population and Development at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences] specifically notes the four advantages brought by migrant workers: they make direct money for the cities; they provide abundant and low-cost labour; […]
Read MoreIn Asia Times, Colin Mackerras reviews a new book, Xinjiang, China’s Muslim Borderland – Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus, a collection of essays edited by S Frederick Starr: “Xinjiang, China’s Muslim Borderland is not the first book to focus on Xinjiang… However, it is the first to take an all-round view on Xinjiang […]
Read MoreBeijing University recently notified Professor Jiao Guobiao, who earlier wrote a powerful essay against the Central Propaganda Department, that his course for this semester has been cancelled and that he can no longer advise masters research students. Although Professor Jiao told school officials he would not talk to the media about his situation, he gave […]
Read MoreRadio Free Asia has reported that police in Tibet shot and killed a monk who had demanded medical compensation after being beaten in custody in Machen County, Qinghai Province. “The shooting is said to have occurred at the Darlag (in Chinese, Dari) County police station after a group of monks including She Tse went there […]
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