Are the Beijing Olympics political? Overly political? Non-political? Beijing-based blogger Shizhao published the following three quotes on his Chats in Banmutang (半亩塘闲话）blog, translated by CDT: [From Xinhua] Mr. Jiang Xiaoyu...
Read MoreBeijing based writer Xu Xing wrote following post on his Xintianyou blog, thanks to M. J.’s translation: Whenever I hear these words, I feel them grate upon my ears. Especially when I hear them from major talk show hosts of...
Read MoreWhile the official media is busy heralding the coming Olympics Games, some other voices offer a different perspective on the event. The following is from Kang Guoping’s blog, translated by CDT (Thanks to Japhet Weeks for...
Read MoreHoward French reports in the International Herald Tribune about the political implications of the snow crisis: It would not be an exaggeration to say that China’s big snowstorm has revealed an embarrassing crisis of, well,...
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Soaring energy and raw material costs, a falling dollar and new business rules here are forcing Chinese factories to increase the prices of their exports, according to analysts and Western companies...
Read MoreThe Economist reports on China’s rapid Internet growth and the unique habits of Internet users there: That such a big, increasingly wealthy and technologically adept country has embraced the internet is no surprise, but it...
Read MoreFrom the Christian Science Monitor: The snowstorms currently sweeping China have wreaked havoc with millions of people’s New Year travel plans and caused $3 billion worth of losses, including thousands of acres of winter...
Read MoreThree weeks of crippling snow storms across China have inflicted US$7.5 billion in damages, the government said Friday, as it announced a US$700 million relief fund for farmers. Millions of Chinese shivered through power cuts...
Read MoreBig news in the multinational mining world: the Aluminum Corporation of China has partnered with Pittsburgh-based Alcoa (a huge aluminum producer) to buy a 12 percent stake in Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto has been around since 1873 and...
Read MoreThe New York Times reports on the formal arrest of activist Hu Jia: Mr. Hu, 34, was first detained on Dec. 27, when security agents burst into his suburban Beijing apartment and dragged him away on suspicion of subverting state...
Read MoreWhile the Chinese government tries desperately to gain control over the current weather conditions, officials are trying to guarantee sunny skies for the Olympics opening ceremony. From the Los Angeles Times: While China’s...
Read MoreThe Financial Times writes about a new propaganda campaign, in the wake of the Spring Festival transportation disaster, calling on migrant workers to celebrate the New Year at their workplaces rather than at home: In Guangdong,...
Read MoreAn article from International Herald Tribune discusses the current musical plans of Cui Jian, the father of Chinese rock, as well as the status of rock n’ roll in China: When Cui Jian – “the godfather of...
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