Journalist Ian Buruma and German philosopher Slavoj Zizek separately take a look at the future of capitalism and democracy in China. Buruma writes (via Project Syndicate): To come back from near destitution and bloody tyranny in one generation is a great feat, and China should be saluted for it. But China’s success story is also […]
Read MorePeople of the Year from Southern Weekend for 2007. Translated by CDT: Some of them are Xiamen natives, some “new” Xiameners who moved to the city within the past 20 years, some found their first jobs in the coastal city. They didn’t know each other, but, for their own and the city’s general interests, they […]
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from Southern Breeze magazine: To Chinese environmental officials, scientists and NGOs, 2007 has been the worst year, and the best year. It’s the worst year because of a spate of major environmental cases across the country: the blue algae bloom in Lake Tai, the rat disaster around Lake Dongting, the near-failure of […]
Read MoreFrom the China Media Project: In an article earlier this week, Nick Young explained the circumstances surrounding the shutdown this summer of his non-profit journal, the China Development Brief. Based on Chinese journalist Zhai Minglei’s account of the closure of the civil society journal Minjian, both publications seem to have been the victims of a […]
Read MoreFrom China Media Project: For two and half years veteran Chinese journalist and former CMP fellow Zhai Minglei and others went quietly to work on Minjian (民间), China’s first magazine telling the stories of grassroots...
Read MoreThe Washington Post has written an editorial condemning the recent clampdown on the media and activists, including the closure of China Development Brief: The publication was also unusual in that it was not registered with the Chinese government or controlled by the state, and yet it was seen to be relatively friendly to the Chinese […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: Sociologist James Farrer recently attended a conference in Beijing on sexuality and its implications for human rights and civil society in China. Farrer, author of Opening Up: Youth Sex Culture and Market Reform in Shanghai, is associate professor at Sophia University in Tokyo, specializing in Chinese society. He speaks to Devin […]
Read MoreWu Si (Âê¥ÊÄù) is a well respected thinker, author and historian in China. The following interview was published on a Chinese news site Red Net on June 29, 2007. Thanks to David Kelly for the translation. Editor’s note: When the Shanxi black kiln incident was exposed by the media, critics rapidly responded, exploring the core […]
Read MoreJottings from a Granite Studio questions whether the forced labor at the Shanxi brick kilns, and other examples of corruption in China, can really be blamed on the fact that the Chinese countryside is still poor: I’m tired of China blaming corruption on “poverty” or “lack of development.” Say it with me, people: Corruption in […]
Read MoreAs China’s growing clout in Africa sparks debate around the world, the Christian Science Monitor reports that activists within China are becoming involved as well: At a much smaller and more discreet gathering on the sidelines of the AfDB shindig, African and Chinese civil society groups were meeting for the first time to plan how […]
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