From International Herald Tribune: First, Western art galleries turned east, moving into China to cash in on its booming contemporary art scene. Now, Chinese galleries are trekking west. Seven Chinese galleries participated in...
Read MoreIn the Far Eastern Economic Review, Tibet scholar Tsering Shakya counters arguments made in recent articles that the recent unrest in Tibetan areas was instigated by groups funded by the U.S. government, and discusses the gaps...
Read MoreAn essay by a netizen named Oat Cereal (麦片粥). Translated by CDT: Yesterday I joined the tens of thousands of demonstrators along Embarcadero in San Francisco awaiting the torch along the planned relay route. It was a sunny day,...
Read MoreGerman scholar, Gudrun Wacker, takes a new approach to the recent Olympic human rights controversy. From German Institute of International and Security Affairs: Did the Chinese government know what they were in for when they...
Read MoreIn his Washington Post blog, John Pomfret writes about Chinese nationalism based on his experiences as a former foreign correspondent in Beijing: Just how scary is Chinese nationalism? Just how serious are the thousands of...
Read MoreA commentary on Pakistan’s Daily Times says: The regime’s true ambition is to invent an alternative to Western democracy: an enlightened despotism under the tutelage of a meritocratic Communist Party. The Olympic Games are...
Read MoreJournalist Ian Buruma and German philosopher Slavoj Zizek separately take a look at the future of capitalism and democracy in China. Buruma writes (via Project Syndicate): To come back from near destitution and bloody tyranny in one generation is a great feat, and China should be saluted for it. But China’s success story is also […]
Read MoreFrom Chatham House website: In April 2005, during the visit of the Chinese Prime Minister, Wen Jiabao, to Delhi, China and India announced a strategic partnership, and the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, announced that they could `together reshape the world order‘. India’s Foreign Secretary, Shyam Saran, added that India and China `do not look […]
Read MoreAs news rages about the “nail house” in Chongqing, where homeowners have become a national sensation by standing their ground against threats to demolish their home, Japhet Weeks presents a portrait of a family in Beijing who has been facing a similar, if less sensational, situation for almost a decade. ==== Is there life after […]
Read MoreIn the Guardian, Will Hutton gives his perspective on China’s recent launching of an anti-satellite missile: China protests that it wants to continue to rise peacefully and does not want to disturb the current world order. It has renounced Maoism, proclaim Western intellectuals, and its aims are surely are capitalist economic growth not mounting invasions. […]
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