Peter Herford teaches journalism at Shantou University, China. He writes on the Washington Post: The earth is shifting in China in more ways than geologic. The Internet has opened the flow of information here. The same...
Read MoreWhile China limits access to journalists to Tibetan regions, Radio Free Asia shares communications from those inside. As communication becomes more difficult with people living inside Tibet, cell phone conversations with family...
Read MoreFrom The Yomiuri Shimbun: Eight geography books seized at Shanghai customs that had been destined for a school for Japanese children residing in China have been sent back to Japan probably because they depicted the disputed...
Read MoreAfter Steven Spielberg withdrew as artistic director for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, it is not surprising to read angry words towards him in the Chinese press, both on- and off-line. But are there other Chinese who think...
Read MoreAfter sharp criticism of the Education Ministry’s plan to introduce traditional Peking Opera curriculum in schools, the government reassured the public that the program wouldn’t be mandatory. Critics of the government’s plan say...
Read MoreKosovar independence could be bad news for China, writes Antoaneta Bezlova in Inter Press Service: Kosovo’s example is unsettling for China because it revives memories of the Chinese Communist Party’s own promises to minorities...
Read MoreInside Higher Ed reports on the dashed hopes of American universities hoping to open branches in China: Colleges across the United States continue to plan and construct ever-more-ambitious extensions of themselves abroad. A...
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: Hanyu Pinyin, the Chinese phonetic system, celebrates its 50th anniversary today. About one billion Chinese have used it to learn Mandarin since the first edition of pinyin was issued in 1958. “Pinyin...
Read MoreThe following “working instructions” contain two lists of detailed censorship orders from a government propaganda authority. Their contents have been posted on some Chinese blogs, translated by CDT: Work Instructions...
Read MoreFrom AFP, via World Business Council for Sustainable Development website: Teenager Zhu Xiaotong’s home a few hours’ drive outside Beijing is a world away from the acrid air and snarling traffic jams that have come to dominate China’s energy-hungry capital. Cherry tomatoes, capsicum and spring onions rise up from a little garden patch that forms […]
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