The following essay was posted by Guangzhou-based blogger Yang Hengjun, and as translated by Linjun Fan: Let the Holy Torch Enlighten a Road of Simplicity, Nature and Harmony When China Central Television was broadcasting the...
Read MoreAmong hundreds of TV dramas aired across China in 2007, ten received the most reviews from blogs on Sina.com, one of China’s largest blog sites, according to a ranking released by Sina blog this month. It is interesting to see...
Read MoreTranslated by Michael Huang, from China Elections and Governance: China is currently experiencing a period of rapid social transformation. On the one hand, its social economy has scored tremendous achievements; on the other,...
Read MoreRadio Free Asia reports on the growing defending rights (weiquan) movement in China: Lawyers and political analysts note a new awareness of civil rights among ordinary Chinese”epitomized by the failed attempt in July 2005 by villagers in Taishi, Guangdong province, to recall their elected village chief amid corruption allegations. A new adjective is being applied […]
Read MoreFrom Global Voices Online: It’s something impossible to predict. If this system doesn’t change, if there is no democratization, then it’ll be just like I said when we were commemorating Mr. Hu Yaobang“we were commemorating him, not mythologizing him”it would be impossible for China’s politics to be put straight by just one person. To think […]
Read MoreFrom South Korea’s Digital Chosunilbo: Starting from around mid-1980s, Chinese intellectuals started to enjoy an exceptionally free and stimulating atmosphere. They dared out to speak on how to reform the nation, not only on the economic, social and cultural arena, but also on the political institutions and political culture. I remember that during the period […]
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