From the San Francisco Chronicle: Critics say that cooperating with governments to suppress free speech violates human rights, international law and corporate ethics. But what the experts can’t agree on is what the companies should do about it. The Internet — even with limitations — is generally considered a powerful democratizing force. If international companies […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: For centuries, the Mosuo women sang haunting ballads on Lugu Lake to arouse their lovers’ passions. Now they sing to satisfy the tourists, but 42-year-old Zaxi Zouma is not complaining. Immaculate in her bright traditional head-dress and turquoise tunic, life for her today is a far cry from the 1990s, when she […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Over the past 16 years, the Chinese leadership has tried its best to dodge democratic reform while looking for alternative measures to stamp out rampant corruption and increase government efficiency. However, it seems to have recently come to the conclusion that there is just no way other than democratic reform. Chinese President […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: China said Monday it has dismissed and detained officials in the eastern city of Linyi for abuses committed while enforcing the country’s one-child policy. But the government provided no details, and said nothing about the arrest of a blind activist who had campaigned against the use of forced abortion and sterilization […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: Phoenix is the only private television network in China allowed to broadcast news in Chinese, a privilege that reflects the warm relationship Liu has cultivated with party leaders. But on the phone that day in January, he defied the authorities and quickly approved the Zhao story, recalled the reporter, Rose Luqiu. […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times, via MSN.com: Rupert Murdoch has worked hard to avoid offending Chinese leaders ever since he earned their ire with a 1993 declaration that satellite television posed an “unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere”… But now Mr Murdoch appears to be ready to take his diplomatic gloves off again. At a conference […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: Hong Kong Disneyland, the second Disney foray into Asia, is known to some in the theme park business as Disney Lite. It is far smaller than Disney parks in the United States, Japan and France, with fewer of the elaborate signature rides. But in one area, at least, the Hong […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via the Washington Post: North Korea agreed to stop building nuclear weapons and to allow international inspections. In exchange, the country will get energy aid, economic cooperation and security assurances. The deal announced Monday comes after two years of talks between North Korea, the United States and four other nations. Bush said it […]
Read MoreSchoolkids around Yu Yuan garden, thanks to Shanghai Diaries for the photo, via flickr
Read MoreFrom Newsweek: Superficially, Beijing would seem to have managed the North Korean crisis adroitly. It has certainly outperformed Washington, where the split between hawks and doves has prevented the Bush administration from making progress toward either a negotiated settlement with Pyongyang or the organization of a coalition to compel President Kim Jong Il to give […]
Read MoreFrom the Australian: China’s rise is glamorous and generally welcome for Australia. Chinese civilisation is respected for its longevity, arts and ancient yet enduring philosophies. After China’s troubles from the Opium War in the mid-19th century to the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, many Chinese and non-Chinese feel China finally deserves a place at the […]
Read MoreCarpet factory in Shanghai, thanks to Natasha Pickowicz for the photo, via webshots.
Read MoreFrom an editorial in the Washington Post: Though Shi Tao’s “crime” would not have been considered illegal in America, an American company was directly responsible for his conviction… This is not merely an abstract business ethics issue: Yahoo’s behavior in China could have real consequences for U.S. foreign policy. Over the past two decades, many […]
Read MoreFrom CNet News: When “Star Wars: Episode III–Revenge of the Sith” opened in U.S. theaters, copies again hit the streets of Beijing within days. Sold out of bicycle baskets by roving vendors, available in mom-and-pop retail stores everywhere, the counterfeit DVDs retailed for about 75 cents each. For movie executives, those DVDs drove home the […]
Read MoreSchoolkids enjoy a baseball game at the Shanghai Sports Palace, thanks to Shanghai Diaries for the photo, via flickr
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