Two op-eds today try to define and differentiate between various strains of nationalism in China. In the International Herald Tribune, David Shambaugh writes about “An aggrieved, defensive nationalism,” vs “a...
Read MoreChina’s rice prices are now four times lower than current international prices and the smuggling of rice across borders is on the rise. Forbes reports: Reports of rice smuggling have surfaced this week in areas all along...
Read MoreWilly Lam writes in the Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief about the role young Chinese nationalists are playing in the run-up to the Olympic Games: There are signs that the CCP leadership has started to try reining in the...
Read MoreThe Christian Science Monitor takes a look at the challenges facing Xinjiang’s Uighur population: “We feel like foreigners in our own land,” complains one Uighur teacher in the provincial capital of Urumqi, who...
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Air China has reported a 147% rise in quarterly profits, helped by a travel boom sparked by the rapid growth in the Chinese economy. The airline made net profits of 1.04bn yuan ($149m; £75m) in the first three...
Read MoreXiamen-based blogger Lian Yue posted several letters sent to him by netizens, forming a series of inspiring discussions on Chinese ethnic minorities (Two additional letters from this post have been translated and posted by Black...
Read MoreWritten by Beijing-based writer Wang Lixiong (王力雄), from openDemocracy: … I am a supporter of the Dalai Lama’s “middle way” – meaning autonomy for Tibet in all matters except foreign affairs and...
Read MoreTime Magazine looks at recent unrest in Khotan, Xinjiang: Xinjiang separatists in the past have carried out small bombings in the region and in Beijing in the 1990s, and a handful of Uighurs were detained by the U.S. at...
Read MoreCBS News reports on the Olympic torch relay’s passage through Pakistan, one of China’s staunchest allies: The upbeat mood of the leaders could not mask last-minute security concerns surrounding the Olympic torch...
Read MoreThe Ministry of Public Security announced this morning that it had foiled alleged terrorist plots to disrupt the Olympics and kidnap foreigners. From Time Magazine: Officially, the revelations sound ominous. One of the groups...
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