China Rises and Shanghaiist blogs both discuss the new coffee shop that has replaced Starbucks in the Forbidden City, after the presence of Starbucks raised the hackles of a TV host and numerous bloggers. They also included a photo of the former Starbucks’ current look in the Forbidden City. For a more in-depth look at […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China is questioning the loyalty of ethnic Tibetan members of the ruling Communist Party, accusing many of swearing their true allegiance to the Dalai Lama, according to an internal memo. The Sept. 4 memo, issued by the Party’s Discipline and Inspection Commission, highlights ongoing concerns about stability in Tibet, the largely Buddhist western […]
Read MoreFrom Foreign Policy: …In general, it’s true that the Chinese aren’t so keen on letting human rights get in the way of ye olde national interest. But at least when it comes to official trade (the black market may be a different story), it’s just not true that China is Burma’s closest trading partner. Thailand, […]
Read MoreA man and a cat in an alley in Beijing, by a bout de souffle
Read MoreChina fights back after latest US’s bashing of “made in China.” From the Wall Street Journal: The Chinese government, scrambling to counter a storm of criticism over the safety of the nation’s exports, is now taking aim at products sent to China from some of America’s largest companies. In an interview with The Wall Street […]
Read MoreOn China Media Project, Qian Gang gives a rundown of who is worth interviewing for journalists covering the 17th Party Congress: Top party leaders will of course be at the top of your interview wish list this month. But no one, least of all officials in the upper echelons, will agree to an interview ahead […]
Read MoreIn The Nation, Jeffery Wasserstrom writes: I’m distressed by the tendency of so many Americans to assume that everything that goes on in China and everything about the treatment it gets is exotic and unusual. Often things that happen in or involve China are normal–even routine–and we can understand them without factoring in esoteric cultural […]
Read MoreFrom Financial TImes: The European Union and China locked horns over exchange rates on Tuesday after authorities in Beijing deflected a European call for a rise in the level of the renminbi. Only hours after eurozone finance ministers said the renminbi’s exchange rate should more accurately reflect the country’s vast and growing current account surplus, […]
Read MoreSlovenia’s favorite philosophical son turns his iconoclastic eye on the Chinese government’s much-discussed new rule that puts management of Buddhist reincarnation in officials’ hands. From the New York Times’ Op-Ed page: Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the Chinese government is not antireligious. Its stated worry is social “harmony” ” the political dimension of religion. In […]
Read MoreFrom China Elections and Governance: Does Chinese Communist Party’s reform and opening up policy since the Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee a correct path to be upheld or a wrong path to be discarded? Over the...
Read MoreFrom Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website: With its economy soaring at around 10 percent a year for nearly three decades, China’s ascendance seems unstoppable. High savings, integration into the global...
Read MoreFrom DWNEWS.COM and Sohu Blog, summarized and translated by CDT: An Chinese old saying reads, “Shaolin Kongfu defeats the world.” This sentence perhaps needs to be changed. As host of the Olympic Games, Beijing will successfully add “Martial Arts” into its “Ad Hoc” program, hoping to demonstrate Chinese Wushu’s (martial arts’) spirit in a profound […]
Read MoreAn interesting commentary on an interesting directive from the Shanghai government that requires civil servants to read a lot. Translated from China Youth Daily by CDT: “In order to expand the knowledge base in an all-around way and to promote life-long learning,” the Shanghai municipal government issued a trial directive, about building a study-style (Â≠¶‰π†Âûã) […]
Read MoreFrom China Leadership Monitor (No. 22): Party congresses are first and foremost about personnel arrangements: who gets promoted and who does not. Without a delicate combination of supporters and balancing of interests, Party leaders can find it difficult to implement their preferred policies. But Party congresses also make statements about political priorities. The general secretary […]
Read MoreChina’s air defense gain worries Taiwan, according to the New York Times: The blanket of China’s air defense radar now almost matches similar networks in developed countries, state media reported today, in an announcement that coincided with Taiwan’s first National Day military parade in 16 years. A senior officer from Chinese Air Force headquarters, Fang […]
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