What defines a “dissident” in China? Tim Johnson looks at the case of imprisoned activist Guo Feixiong: In Guangzhou, Guo and I chatted, along with my assistant, and he offered some details about his life in detention. But then I spelled out to Guo that I wanted to investigate prison labor, what products are made […]
Read MoreMore on Facebook’s plans to enter the China market, from The Times: Facebook is reported to have offered $85 million (¬£41 million) to buy Zhanzuo.com, its largest Chinese counterpart, which has an estimated seven million active users and a popular base among students. It would give Facebook a ready-made entry point to the largest internet […]
Read MoreThe Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog takes an optimistic look at China’s use of renewable energy: Lisa Stiffler of the P-I writes in her Environment blog about a Worldwatch Institute study on energy development in China. * China will likely achieve — and may even exceed — its target to obtain 15 percent of its energy from […]
Read MoreThe Hong Kong Dance Company in Wuhan. Thanks to Lonnie B Hodge for posting this on YouTube:
Read MoreContradictions in two recent reports on how China plans to deal with the political crisis in Burma. In the first report, from Bloomberg, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces it plans to resist US and UN pressure impose sanctions on the junta: “We believe in stability, democracy and development,” said China’s Assistant Foreign Minister He […]
Read MoreA BBC analyst adds to the long long list of bold, and contentious, predictions about China future: That it will eventually replace the U.S. as the world’s top higher education superpower. This week, an international audience gathered in London for the Worldwide Universities Network conference, was given a dramatic insight into just how rapidly China […]
Read MoreA Fengniao photographer recently posted this striking series of photos depicting the lives of migrant workers’ children. The following is his account of what he saw, translated by CDT: It took me almost two years to take...
Read MoreIn the International Herald Tribune, Richard Bernstein writes about the debates inspired by James Mann’s book, The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression: …Because Mann’s book accuses China policy makers of a kind of broken promise, it seems to have generated an especially angry response on the Internet and in such specialty […]
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Read MoreFourth installment of New York Times mega environmental series: Last year, Chinese officials celebrated the completion of the Three Gorges Dam by releasing a list of 10 world records. As in: The Three Gorges is the world’s biggest dam, biggest power plant and biggest consumer of dirt, stone, concrete and steel. Ever. Even the project’s […]
Read MoreFrom Chinese Law Prof Blog: A little-remarked passage (part VI, numbered para. 1) in Hu Jintao’s work report to the 17th Party Congress [Chinese | English] last month calls for the gradual bringing into line of the...
Read MoreConcerns are mounting in the U.S. over China’s relationship with Iran and the possibility that China will veto U.N. sanctions against Iran. From the Washington Post: China now gets at least 14 percent of its imported oil from Iran, making it China’s largest supplier and the source of as much as $7 billion worth of […]
Read MoreFrom AP: Most Americans think they’re helping the earth when they recycle their old computers, televisions and cell phones. But chances are they’re contributing to a global trade in electronic trash that endangers workers and pollutes the environment overseas. While there are no precise figures, activists estimate that 50 to 80 percent of the 300,000 […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Shanghai’s stock exchange says it is considering allowing big multinational companies to list shares. China’s largest exchange may permit companies such as HSBC, Coca-Cola and Siemens – which have large business operations in the country – to trade. Que Bo, assistant general manager of Shanghai’s exchange said it was doing market research […]
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