The following was posted by Karer on the Piaoyi blog (translated and internal links added by CDT): The Monthly Expenses of a Migrant Worker Yesterday noon, he finished his work in our company and squatted at the gate taking...
Read MoreFrom EastSouthWestNorth blog: The Chinese censors are at work again. But this is not your usual story. Here is a story from Xinhua in Chinese and in translation: “According to what our reporter learned from the National Development and Reform Committee on January 16, in the work on reorganizing the coal mines that were either […]
Read MoreThe following is a translation of a note by activist Hu Jia, after he and a group of activists took photos of the plainclothes officers assigned to follow them. Thanks to David Cowhig for the translation. See also ESWN’s translation “My Life With The Plainclothesmen” by lawyer Gao Zhisheng: When you left [writing to lawyer […]
Read MoreESWN has provided a loose translation of an article from Yazhou Zhoukan (Asia Weekly): Now corruption is present whenever opportunities present themselves and the risks of being caught are perceived to be low. So it is really really unfortunate that there are abundant opportunities for improper enrichment in the Henan AIDS villages of Shangcai county […]
Read MoreFrom China News Weekly (zhongguoxinwenzhoukan), via sina.com: (translated by CDT, links are added by CDT) Facing 2006, we hope that China’s reform will make critical progress in challenging areas, the country will be...
Read MoreThe following is a translation of a commentary by Liang Jing on Radio Free Asia that appeared on New Century Net. Thanks to David Kelly for supplying the translation: From Taishi village to Dongzhou – a step into danger (by Liang Jing, translated by David Kelly) The events at Taishi village taking place between summer […]
Read MoreAt the end of the year, Netease, one of the top three portals in China, has posted a special feature “Telling the Truth Directly” (“ÂÆûËØùÂÆûËØ¥”) which quotes the official line on various issues and events from 2005, followed by a sarcastic interpretation of the comments. Commercial portals like Netease are not permitted to do their […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: China’s legal system often hands down verdicts that the powerless consider unfair. But a bigger problem is that courts often refuse to issue any verdict at all – or even acknowledge that some bothersome legal complaints exist. The English translation is simply “put on the record” or “register a case,” […]
Read MoreThanks to China analyst David Cowhig for the following: These are good articles on avian flu from Caijing magazine from mid October and early November issues (the original Chinese versions are available here and here). The...
Read MoreFrom EastSouthWestNorth: According to a document attributed to the Henan province propaganda department, the following are the regulations on reporting this subject. [Please note that I cannot attest to the authenticity of the document which has been zipping around websites, forums and email. Whoever was the original source is ‘guilty’ of either ‘leaking states secrets’ […]
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