From 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’ […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei blog: Massage Milk (ÊåâÊ멉π≥) is China’s best blog, in your correspondent’s opinion. The blogger, who goes by the name Dai San Ge Biao, writes caustic commentary on Chinese media, and is a master of...
Read MoreThree prominent Chinese lawyers and legal scholars have written an open letter to China’s representatives to the Congress of the Law of the World, which recently met in Shanghai, calling for the rule of law to be...
Read MoreAfter the release of the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China Annual Report on October 11, 2005, the commission released an update November 1, 2005 (in pdf format). The updated report contains a position paper on the household registration system, as well as translations of the Regional Ethnic Autonomy Law, the court judgment in the Zhang […]
Read MoreFrom EastSouthWestNorth: In English, the term is “sweat shop.” The Chinese term is Ë°ÄʱóÂ∑•ÂéÇ, which is translated as “blood and sweat factory.” In other words, more than just sweat is left on the factory floors in China. According to Wikipeida: a “sweatshop is a factory, usually in a third-world country, where people work for a […]
Read MoreFrom Strong Country Forum, thanks to David Kelly for the translation: Editor’s note:, Ba Jin, China’s great literary master of the present age, “conscience of 20th century China” and “people’s writer” passed away on 17 October 2005 at 7:06 pm in the Shanghai East China hospital. He was 101 years old. On 18 October at […]
Read MoreFrom The EastSouthWestNorth blog: (Nanfang Weekend) Lu Banglie: The Difficult Road To “Govern” For A Village Official. October 8, 2004. [translation] “How shall I proceed?” In late August, 33-year-old Lu Banglie wrote to the outside world. Four months ago, Lu was elected as the new director of Baoyuesi village, Zhijiang City, Hubei Province and he […]
Read MoreFrom EastSouthWestNorth blog: The televised event Super Girls from Hunan Satellite Television is finally over after many weeks. The final show garnered a rating of better than 10%, which is astonishing for a regional television...
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