Peter Herford teaches journalism at Shantou University, China. He writes on the Washington Post: The earth is shifting in China in more ways than geologic. The Internet has opened the flow of information here. The same...
Read MoreThe General Administration of Press and Publications has issued a circular calling on the media to do a “good job” in reporting on the Sichuan earthquake. According to Xinhua: The circular ordered media to deliver...
Read MoreBeijing-based Tibetan writer/blogger Woeser continues her “Tibet Update.” After her blog was attacked last month, she now publishes her writing on overseas Chinese news site Boxun.com here, (A profile of Woeser,...
Read MoreFrom the Woeser’s blog, translated by Perry Link and students of Chinese 153 at Yale University: In March, 2008 the weather was cooler than normal in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, as the anniversary of “March...
Read MoreSouthern Metropolis News published messages from several dozen Chinese columnists, scholars, and social workers contemplating the devastating Sichuan earthquake. Several of them compared the government’s openness during...
Read MoreBen Blanchard reports in the Reuters: The rumours are flying thick and fast after Monday’s quake in which more than 50,000 people may have died — and so far they have all proved to be unfounded. One says a dam has...
Read MoreFrom AFP: The leader of Hong Kong’s Catholic Church said Monday that China was still not ready for a papal visit, as he denounced the Asian power’s lack of religious and media freedoms, a news agency reported....
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A strain of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed five more children in China, bringing the death toll in recent weeks to 39, state media said on Monday. But the official Xinhua news agency cited health officials...
Read MoreHere are a few thoughts on the recent Wenchuan earthquake from the blogs of various foreign correspondents. Bill Powell at Time magazine’s China blog wonders if the earthquake caused any damage to the Three Gorges Dam...
Read MoreDanwei translates an article by Zi Zhongjun, a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, calling for systematic reforms to guarantee a free press: To carry out freedom of speech and the right of expression,...
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