From Radio Free Asia, via ncn.com, translated by David Kelly: The 21st century Economic Herald recently published a report entitled “New target of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions: 10 million rural migrant workers...
Read MoreFrom China Law Prof Blog: Here’s an interesting commentary by Liang Jing (梁京) on the Chen Guangcheng case. Translation below, courtesy of David Kelly. When I read Yuan Weishi’s article in Southern Weekend criticizing...
Read MoreThanks to David Kelly for this translation: In the PRC, all who pay attention to the economic situation can see ever more clearly that Wen Jiabao’s macro adjustment has not achieved its anticipated effect. The speed of investment growth still shows no sign of dropping, while the proportion of expenditure by residents continues to fall. […]
Read MoreThe following is a translation of a commentary by Liang Jing on Radio Free Asia that appeared on New Century Net. Thanks to David Kelly for supplying the translation: From Taishi village to Dongzhou – a step into danger (by Liang Jing, translated by David Kelly) The events at Taishi village taking place between summer […]
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 Worker’s Daily (in Chinese), thanks to David Kelly from the East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore for the translation. Talking about housing, Liu Heping, a 51 year-old Beijing Steel Corporation retiree repeatedly told me in our interview, “I’ve spent my life depressed about it.” He became a soldier in 1971, returned […]
Read MoreThanks to David Kelly from the East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore for the following translation. The original Chinese commentary is by Liang Jing, from Radio Free Asia (via ncn.org). Before dawn on 11 June, 2 to 300 camouflaged persons of unclear status attacked residents of the village of Shengyou in Dingzhou County, […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post posted a video clip of the Shengyou attack. (registration required). Editor’s Note: This video contains violent content. washingtonpost.com presents the original, unedited version as it was received. A farmer in Shengyou, China, videotaped hundreds of armed men attacking a group of local farmers. According to witness accounts, the group was resisting government […]
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal’s John D. McKinnon reported on Thursday that, following “a major shift in policy” from the Biden administration, short video platform TikTok could be forced to split from its Chinese...
Read MoreThis week, a long-expected national security trial of 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures began. The group was arrested en masse in January 2021 and charged with subversion a month later for holding an unofficial primary in July...
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