Cars, TV Ads Targets of Anti-Japan Protests
As conflict over the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands drags on, anti-Japanese sentiment has reached absurd...
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iPhone 5 Sets Accessory Makers Scrambling
While Foxconn has reportedly gone to extremes to meet anticipated demand for the new iPhone 5, Apple’s announcement on Wednesday was the starting pistol for other production lines in China as accessory designers finally...
Read MoreMeet China’s Factory Workers
Foxconn’s rush to meet anticipated demand for the new iPhone 5 has produced fresh stories of abusive conditions in its Chinese factories. Students were allegedly forced to take unpaid internships on assembly lines, while...
Read MoreChina Rushes to Build a New Generation of Mega-dams
In its rush to find sources of power, China has focused on hydropower. Following the construction of the massive Three Gorges Dam, work is now centered on the Jinsha River in Yunnan Province, where up to 30 dams are currently in...
Read MoreWho Defines the ‘International Community’?
At The Diplomat, Frank Ching describes China’s efforts to redefine the concept of “international community”, which it sees as another rhetorical cudgel in the hands of the West. China’s position was disclosed on September 1,...
Read MoreTrial Date Set for Former Chongqing Police Chief
Former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun, charged last week with defection, abuse of power and corruption, is to stand trial next Tuesday in Chengdu. Officials have promised an open trial, but CNN’s Steven Jiang reports...
Read MoreChina Loans South Sudan $2.5 Billion for Universities
South Sudan has struggled to build its infrastructure since gaining independence from Sudan last year after decades of civil war. The country relies on oil exports for 98% of its revenue, but the oil industry has been shut down...
Read MoreStruggles, Not Unity, Ahead of Party Congress
A close family friend of missing Chinese vice president Xi Jinping told The Sydney Morning Herald’s John Garnaut that China’s president-in-waiting is fine, but Ian Johnson and Jonathan Ansfield of The New York Times...
Read MoreChinese Surveillance Vessels Approach Diaoyu Islands (Updated)
A fleet of six Chinese surveillance ships arrived in the waters around the disputed Diaoyu Islands [see update below] on Friday morning, according to Xinhua News: It is the first time for Chinese surveillance ships to patrol...
Read MoreThe Argument For Chinese Innovation
The New York Times’ Thomas Friedman checks in from “AliFest” in Hangzhou, an annual gathering of Chinese entrepreneurs sponsored by Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba.com, and discusses how China may be changing...
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Censorship Vault: Nod to Libyan Interim Government
Editor’s Note: From the Censorship Vault features previously untranslated censorship instructions...
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Cartoon: Godzilla’s Gentler Side
Cartoonist @q0506700 comments on the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Island dispute with a jab at his own...
Read MoreChinese Company to Mine 2600-Year-Old Buddhist Site
In Afghanistan, the world’s largest second largest copper deposit sits below a sacred Buddhist site, which contains more than 200 statues and a 100-acre monastery complex. The site is now in danger of being destroyed by...
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