Jeffrey N Wasserstrom, a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, writes on OpenDemocracy.org: The Chinese government’s plans for the Olympic games did not include a revolt in Tibet. The immediate...
Read MoreAs Chinese authorities reportedly beef up the military presence in Tibetan regions out west, efforts are being made to have Lhasa return to some semblance of normalcy. Nevertheless, sporadic reports of ongoing protests are still...
Read MoreIn another sign of the growing power of popular protest in China, the mayor of Shanghai announced that the expansion of the Maglev train line will not be pursued, at least in the immediate future, following widespread middle...
Read MoreProlific China scholar Jeffery Wasserstrom writes for OpenDemocracy on the dangers of thinking about China in monolithic terms: China is continually part of the global news agenda, a tendency that is certain to accelerate in...
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: Tiananmen Square is somnolent this June. Chinese tourists in T-shirts loll in the shadows along its northern perimeter. Two small police cars roll softly by on opposite sides of the world’s largest square to ensure that it stays this peaceful. The eye tells you in this and other ways that China […]
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