The New York Times has obtained more details about the cyber attack on Google which precipitated their exit from the China search engine market. The hack targeted, “one of Google’s crown jewels, a password system that...
Read MorePaul Denlinger interviews Xiao Jiansheng, author of Chinese History Revisited, which was banned from distribution in the mainland but was published by New Century Media in Hong Kong: How did you come to your thesis about Chinese...
Read MoreSarah Palin, the former Alaska Governor and U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate, delivered her first public address abroad in Hong Kong, where she delivered her thoughts on China’s rise. From the Wall Street Journal: She...
Read MoreDuring Mother’s Day weekend on May 10th, a number of intellectuals in Beijing organized a seminar discussing 20 years of the democracy movement in China. The seminar started with a moment of silence, paying tribute to the...
Read MoreOver the past two weeks, information and comments about the Weng’an riot have dominated Chinese chatrooms and blogosphere. The Xinhua news agency quickly put out its official version of the story, and while reporters from...
Read MoreWith development and industrial projects sweeping up disputed land, the land rights movement continues to grow in China. The Chinese government has taking action to punish protest leaders, but journalists and activists are now...
Read MoreFrom Time: About once a month, a stream of black sedans with heavily tinted windows snakes through the gates of Zhongnanhai, the sprawling headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party, which occupies the southwestern corner of Beijing’s Forbidden City. The limousines bear the 22 members of the party’s Political Bureau, or Politburo. In legend, Communist Party […]
Read MoreFrom Businessweek: After this summer’s wave of bad news about China’s product safety, Beijing finally decided it was time to patch things up. So the leadership did exactly what it has done in every tough situation China has faced over the past decade or so: It called on 68-year-old Vice-Premier Wu Yi. Her gentle, friendly […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei: Sanmao(‰∏âÊØõ), the wandering orphan created by cartoonist Zhang Leping in the 1930s, has been adapted for the screen many times over the years. The latest adaptation, a live-action movie, is a Sino-Belgian co-production; some fans are worried about the prospect of Sanmao being “updated” and deprived of his Chineseness. Here’s a recent article […]
Read MoreFrom China Confidential blog: EDITOR’S NOTE: The debating society Intelligence Squared US held a session last month on the motion: “Beware the dragon: A booming China spells trouble for America.” Bill Gertz spoke for the motion. Excerpts of his remarks follow. Gertz, 55, is a defense and national security reporter for The Washington Times and […]
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