From The Associated Press China is uneasily anticipating a bumpy road in relations with the United States now that the Democrats’ victory in midterm elections has placed one of Beijing’s most ardent critics in charge of the House of Representatives. Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi climbed the Democratic Party ranks in Congress savaging China for its human […]
Read MoreFrom Washington Post: A Beijing official denied reports that the city will expel migrant workers during the 2008 Olympics, but said the Chinese capital is considering how to keep the mentally ill from “damaging the public interest” during the Games. Chinese officials have promised that hosting the Olympics will improve the country’s respect for human […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China said on Tuesday that shutting dozens of privately run schools for children of migrant workers in Beijing was meant for their protection, not to deny them education as stated by a U.S. human rights group. New York-based Human Rights Watch said on Monday that Beijing municipal authorities had shut down more than […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the New York Times: Chinese police have detained dissident writer Zhang Jianhong on allegations of “inciting subversion” through online political essays, a U.S.-based group advocating media rights said on Thursday. Police raided Zhang’s home in eastern China’s Zhejiang province on September 6, detained him and confiscated his computer, the Committee to Protect […]
Read MoreWhile Zhang Yimou’s Hero is number one at the American box office, Li Yongyan of Asia Times explains how the movie distorts Chinese history to present a “politically correct” conclusion. Many American reviewers...
Read MoreThe author of this essay is an American who works in China for CCTV. Ann Condi is a pen name. Princeton professor Perry Link’s words: it is “the most penetrating analysis I have seen on the psychology of the...
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