[Editor’s Note: Since March, a series of events including unrest in Lhasa and protests following the Olympic torch relay, have brought to the surface a clash between nationalist elements of the Chinese public and...
Read MoreFrom Time: On July 10, Hong Kong’s legislative body passed the Chinese territory’s first-ever law against racial discrimination. The bill was in the works for more than a decade, the product of tortured haggling over...
Read MoreOverseas political commentator Liang Jing wrote folliwing essay, translated by David Kelly: On the afternoon of June 28, a serious mass disturbance took place in Weng’an County, Guizhou Province. Tens of thousands of...
Read MoreIn the beginning of May, 2008, the Asia Society in New York convened several experts to discuss the increasing complexity of Sino-African affairs. An audio file is now available on the Asia Society web site. The participants and...
Read MoreFrom CSR Asia: China’s involvement in Africa has provoked much debate and discussion. These have usually been revolved around two core issues. On one side, China is viewed as the new colonizer out to exploit Africa’s natural...
Read MoreThe June issue of China Monitor, published by the Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, focuses on China, Africa and the global food crisis. (PDF) From the Editorial: Food inflation...
Read MoreFrom China Elections and Governance: Just how powerful can an 8.0 magnitude earthquake be? Scientists have described the earthquake as being as devastating as hundreds of nuclear explosions, but people in China who witnessed and...
Read MoreFrom Caijing Magazine: China’s struggle to rebound from a May 12 earthquake has turned into a major test of mettle for charities, environmental groups and other non-governmental organizations that plunged into the recovery...
Read MoreIn the days following the Sichuan earthquake, thousands of volunteers have arrived at quake sites to offer assistance. Peter Ford of The Christian Science Monitor reports on the societal and political implications of their...
Read MoreSimon Elegant reports in Time Magazine: The outpouring of support has been a revelation. For years, China’s citizens couldn’t watch the evening news without being reminded of their darker side, of the grasping,...
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