As reactions to Nagoya mayor Kawamura Takashi’s denial of the Nanjing Massacre rumble on, Adam Minter examines an emerging discussion about ‘ownership’ of China’s history: … [T]he Chinese officially claim...
Read MoreArchitectural extravagance in China has attracted a great deal of attention in recent months, with a Harbin pharmaceutical company and the Jiangsu village of Huaxi offering particular highlights, and a Los Angeles Times article...
Read MoreLi Xianting is an independent art critic and curator of contemporary Chinese art. He was actively involved with introducing avant-garde art forms to China in the 1970s and 80s and is frequently described as the Godfather of...
Read MoreAdam Minter of Shanghai Scrap launches his new column at Bloomberg—which “will focus on Chinese opinion flow on a different issue each week”—with a look at a range of perspectives on the Three Gorges Dam....
Read MoreWhile Chinese cyberspace is generally not known for its empathy for the Japanese, the ugly nationalist celebration which flared up immediately after the disaster was far from the only response. It is certainly still present, in,...
Read MoreAt The Atlantic, Max Fisher suggests that the Sendai earthquake may allow China to nudge the regional balance of power in its favour: If Japanese civilians need to be evacuated quickly, or if many more emergency workers need to...
Read MoreAt China Dialogue, Jiang Gaoming examines the role of human activity in last year’s deadly Zhouqu mudslide: Zhouqu county, in China’s north-western province of Gansu, was once known for its forests, rich water resources,...
Read MoreA front page commentary in People’s Daily denounces multi-party democracy, in what some observers see as a response to recent comments by Premier Wen Jiabao: Recalling the process of the three-decade reform and opening-up,...
Read MoreGiven their relatively short lifetimes to date, modern dams remain generally untested against real-world seismic activity. A report from the International Commission On Large Dams considers the lessons learned from the 2008...
Read MoreFilm critic Wei Xidi looks at Wang Libo’s latest documentary, “Buried,” which documents the cover-up behind the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. From Caixin: Taken as a whole, Wang Libo’s latest documentary...
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