Perry Link writes on the New York Review of Books blog about the impact of recent revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia on activism in China, and how they give the lie to the official Chinese view that demands for human rights and...
Read MoreWhile the world is transfixed by the Tahrir Square struggle in Cairo and the role of new media, China quietly removed “Egypt” as a searchable term on its web. Egypt has brought to the fore the challenges China’s next generation...
Read MoreThe following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and...
Read MoreThis week U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a speech about global Internet freedom, in which she specifically referred to China. The speech was followed by a concerted outreach effort by the U.S. Embassy in...
Read MoreIn the Atlantic, Howard French, former Shanghai bureau chief for the New York Times, writes that the recent revolution in Egypt has “shaken up the conventional wisdom” about China and about the “unfolding...
Read MoreThe following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and...
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal reports that China is building stockpiles of rare earth metals, strengthening its control over the global market and deepening concerns already aggravated by Beijing’s apparently punitive...
Read MoreThe ongoing severe drought in northern China is raising fears for the spring crop and for rising inflation and food prices. From the New York Times: President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao separately toured...
Read MoreThe unrest in Egypt is making China’s leadership nervous (even if many observers say they have little to fear), and they have responded by trying to limit access to information about events there. The New York Times...
Read MoreIndian media is reporting on a raid of the monastery of the Karmapa Lama, who currently lives in exile and is widely anticipated to take over the role of spiritual leader to Tibetan Buddhists after the current Dalai Lama passes...
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