Photo: Riot police beating up taxi driver protesters, Tangxia, Guangdong Povince, May 13, 2005, from Boxun.com
Riot police beating up Taxi driver protesters in Tangxia, Guangdong Province, May 13, 2005; from Boxun.com.
Read MoreAntoaneta Bezlova: China guards its UN interests
From Inter Press Service, via Asia Times: China’s decision to dispense with its customary diplomatic ambiguity on the matter of United Nations reform and come out firmly against a proposal for quick expansion of the Security Council is being presented by the state propaganda machine as an unavoidable act of opposition to Japan’s bid for […]
Read MoreRobert Marquand: Even pop culture must get a stamp of approval in China
From the Christian Science Monitor: In China, foreign-culture imports are carefully watched and vetted. No organized initiatives, no serious advertising, no creation of media fads or buzz can take place without party approval. Fads are pushed, experimented with, and sometimes abandoned if their popularity becomes too great or worrisome. “For many reasons, China allows in […]
Read MoreShengyou Attack (UPDATED)
The 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 MoreGeoffrey York: AIDS activist persecuted in China, rights group says
From The Globe and Mail: China is jailing and persecuting dozens of AIDS activists, despite growing evidence the country is facing one of the world’s worst epidemics of the disease, a new report says. China forcibly shut down an AIDS orphanage, used violence against AIDS protesters, imprisoned the staff of independent AIDS organizations and blocked […]
Read MoreTed C. Fishman: How to stop a thief ” China
From USA Today: Imagine that we inhabit a country that, like China, is home to 1.3 billion people, most of them poor. Imagine that we lag far behind rich countries in technological innovation and that our entertainment and publishing industries pale when compared with the slick fare from America. Suppose, however, that we could usurp […]
Read MoreKissinger: China: Containment Won’t Work
From The Washington Post: The rise of China — and of Asia — will, over the next decades, bring about a substantial reordering of the international system. The center of gravity of world affairs is shifting from the Atlantic, where it was lodged for the past three centuries, to the Pacific. The most rapidly developing […]
Read MoreJonathan Watts: Microsoft helps China to censor bloggers
From the Guardian: Civil liberties groups have condemned an arrangement between Microsoft and Chinese authorities to censor the internet… The word “demonstration” is taboo, but “protest” is all right; “democracy” is forbidden, but “anarchy” and “revolution” are acceptable. On MSN Space, Chinese bloggers cannot use the name of their own president, but can comment on […]
Read MoreAlim A Seytoff: Uighurs feel China’s squeeze
From Asia Times online: China is one of the most prominent authoritarian states to have successfully asserted such opportunistic claims in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Washington, DC, and New York City that killed more than 3,000 Americans. The main reason is that prior to September 11, Beijing had failed to silence […]
Read More“Leafy Promenade In Changsha Alongside Xiang River,” from beifan.com
“Leafy Promenade In Changsha Alongside Xiang River,” from beifan.com
Read MoreChing-Ching Ni: Parents Mourn Loss of Children in Flash Flood
From The LA Times (free registration required): Residents of the Chinese town of Shalan estimate that 200 students died while at school Friday. Negligence may have set the stage for tragedy. See also: Special Report on Heilongjiang Flood Tragedy (in Chinese) on sina.com, Hand prints illustrate China school flood horror from Reuters, and “China to […]
Read MoreShao Xiaoyi: Farmers say power plant will pollute villages
From China Daily: The Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission is being sued over a plan to build a special power plant that uses rubbish as fuel. Nearly 300 farmers in Cangnan County have taken the commission to court because they say the power plant could cause environmental problems near their villages. They also say […]
Read MoreBBC: Microsoft censors Chinese blogs
From the BBC: Weblog entries on some parts of Microsoft’s MSN site in China using words such as “freedom”, “democracy” and “demonstration” are being blocked. Chinese bloggers already face strict controls and must register their online journal with Chinese authorities. Microsoft said the company abided by the laws, regulations and norms of each country in […]
Read MoreCEN: Study of national culture catches on in China
From China Economic Net: Discussion as how to promote Guoxue, or the study of traditional Chinese philosophy, literature and history has become heated again in China, following the recent announcement by the Beijing- based Renmin University of the upcoming September opening of its College of National Culture Study, the first such college in China since […]
Read MoreChina’s secret internet police target critics with web of propaganda
By Jonathan Watts in the Guardian (free reg. required): China’s communist authorities have intensified their campaign against the party’s biggest potential enemy – the internet – with the recruitment of a growing army of secret web commentators, sophisticated new monitoring software and a warning that all bloggers and bulletin board operators must register with the […]
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