The following article is from Xinhuanet.com. Translated by E. Shih. This is Part I of II. Improving Our Ability to React to Mass Incidents 2009 will possibly be a year with an unusual concentration of mass incidents. Also...
Read MoreFrom overseas political analyst Liang Jing, translated by David Kelly of the University of Technology Sydney and posted at The China Beat: One of the most significant cultural phenomena in Chinese society in recent years is the...
Read MoreWith Chinese censors blocking Twitter and other online services, ChinaGeeks reports that Ai Weiwei’s new blog is still up and have translated his latest entry: Let us forget about June 4th, forget this ordinary day. Life...
Read MoreDuring Mother’s Day weekend on May 10th, a number of intellectuals in Beijing organized a seminar discussing 20 years of the democracy movement in China. The seminar started with a moment of silence, paying tribute to the...
Read MoreIt appears that Ai Weiwei’s blog has been closed. Visitors to the blog receive the following error message: This blog has already been closed. If you have any questions, please call the following customer service number:...
Read MoreIn Guangdong, a suicidal man was pushed off a bridge by a man who made his way past authorities to climb onto the beams. Xinhua has more details:
Read MorePeking University Professor Sun Dongdong’s (孙东东) comments that 99% of China’s petitioners are mentally ill have drawn criticism. From Sky Canaves of the Wall Street Journal’s China Journal: Sun Dongdong, head...
Read MoreArtist, activist, and blogger Ai Weiwei is leading an effort to publish the names of those who died in the May 12 Sichuan earthquake. The action has invited responses from around the globe — and questions from those most...
Read MoreOn Yale Global, historian Wang Gungwu writes about the new role that China is carving out for itself in the world order. From the introduction: In China’s long history, its leaders have managed other rises in power and...
Read MoreFrom the aktualne.centrum.cz: Every year, People in Need gives the Homo Homini awards to people who have made an important contribution to promoting human rights, democracy and non-violent resolution of political conflicts. This...
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