Ai Weiwei and other artists who had been assaulted by thugs for protesting forced eviction from an artist colony held a protest in Beijing today. Global Times reports: About 20 artists briefly demonstrated Monday in downtown...
Read MoreWilliam A. Callahan is Professor of International Politics and China Studies at the University of Manchester, and Co-Director of the British Inter-University China Center at Oxford University. The following excerpt is from his...
Read MoreFrom the China Beat blog: On Christmas Day 2009, as a momentous year of anniversaries drew to an end, the Beijing authorities announced that Liu Xiaobo had been sentenced to eleven years in jail for ‘inciting subversion’....
Read MoreUnder the banner of ‘harmonious society,’ Guangzhou may introduce an ordinance that would evict residents who repeatedly spit or drop cigarette butts in public. From Times Online’s Jane Macartney: Under a new...
Read MoreIn BusinessWeek, Robert Lawrence Kuhn argues that national pride and a deep desire to be recognized on the global stage is behind the Chinese drive to outpace other world powers in the development of various industries: The...
Read MoreFrom the Southern Metropolis Weekly, 2009-12-25, translated by CDT’s E. Shih. Part I is here. [From the introduction to Part 1: This year, we announce the top ten neologisms in cooperation with “Baidu Encylopedia,” using...
Read MoreFrom the Southern Metropolis Weekly, 2009-12-25, translated by CDT’s E. Shih: The “swine” flu that continues taking lives and the “kitty cat” hide-and-seek game of truth; the widely castigated law enforcement by “fishing”;...
Read MoreSpeaking of the “Fifty Cents Party,” the following article was published on China Youth Daily on November 30, 2009, excerpts translated by CDT: League Cadres Establish an Internet Department, Build a Corps of...
Read MoreSarah Palin, the former Alaska Governor and U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate, delivered her first public address abroad in Hong Kong, where she delivered her thoughts on China’s rise. From the Wall Street Journal: She...
Read MoreThe Sydney Morning Herald reports that China’s political institutions have not evolved enough to handle other transformations underway in society, and that ongoing political struggles are responsible for the clamping down...
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