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| An article in Newsweek looks at the ways China is trying to rewrite the rules of global engagement:
It’s easy to forget that big international bodies like the IMF and the World Bank were created by just a few nations, led by the United States. These economic organizations have global reach, but that globe used to [...] It’s China’s World We’re Just Living in It |
| Dong Fangxiao, the Olympic gymnast who has been found to have been underage when she competed in Sydney in 2000, has gotten little support from Chinese authorities, AP reports:
Despite China’s official denials, accumulating evidence that Dong was just 14 when she competed on the team that won Olympic bronze now includes her personal resume, which [...] China Leaves Underage Gymnast in the Cold |
| The New York Times has a lengthy profile of race car driver, author, and rock star blogger Han Han:
Since he began blogging in 2006, Mr. Han has been delivering increasingly caustic attacks on China’s leadership and the policies he contends are creating misery for those unlucky enough to lack a powerful government post. With more [...] Heartthrob’s Barbed Blog Challenges China’s Leaders |
| Dr. Yu Jianrong (于建嵘), chairman of the Social Issues Research Center of the Rural Development Institute of the China Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a speech entitled “Maintaining a Baseline of Social Stability” before the Beijing Lawyers Association on December 26, 2009. This is part 7 of the CDT translation, here are part 1. part [...] Yu Jianrong (于建嵘): Maintaining a Baseline of Social Stability (Part 7) |
| Washing greens in the Wuyang River for a hotel restaurant, Zhenyuan, Guizhou, by lacitadelle
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| The following post has been repeatedly deleted and reposted on various online forums, including the student social networking site Renren. The author is using deliberately vague and metaphorical language to express an opinion apparently about June 4th and the documentary Gate of Heavenly Peace by Carma Hinton. Despite the fact that university online forums are [...] Censored Discussions: Illness of Neutrality |
| On China Beat, Angilee Shah reviews The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa:
China is neither wholeheartedly supporting corrupt dictators, nor filled with ambitions of empire. The Dragon’s Gift, by her account, is no Trojan horse. Subtitled The Real Story of China in Africa, the book is the culmination of some 30 years [...] How Does China Help Africa? |
| The Financial Times has the latest in the ongoing saga of Google in China:
Google has drawn up detailed plans for the closure of its Chinese search engine and is now “99.9 per cent” certain to go ahead as talks over censorship with the Chinese authorities have reached an apparent impasse, according to a person familiar [...] Google ‘99% Certain’ to Shut China Search Engine |
| From AP:
Eleven rare Siberian tigers have died at a wildlife park in a startling case that activists say hints at unsavory practices among some zoos and animal farms in China: They are overbreeding endangered animals in the hopes of making illicit profit on their carcasses.
The deaths of the tigers occurred in the past three months at the zoo in China’s frigid northeast, [...] Chinese Zoo Blamed for Death of 11 Siberian Tigers |
| From the Australian:
The row that has emerged over Australian Writers Week in China underlines the danger and the value of such bold attempts to deepen the relationship beyond its mine-ship-steelmill axis… The latest fracas started with Frank Moorhouse pulling out of the writers’ tour, citing the jailing of Liu Xiaobo, China’s most famous dissident. Liu was [...] The Cold Steel Behind China’s Soft Power |
| The corruption of the children of government officials, or princelings, is the main source of public dissatisfaction in China, according to a recent online poll. The country’s former auditor general has called for better legal structures to oversee their business dealings, the Financial Times reports:
“From the numerous cases currently coming to light, we can see [...] Chinese Officials’ Children in Corruption Claim |
| At this week’s NPC meeting, Hubei governor Li Hongzhong became a hot topic in the Chinese twittersphere (see here for all tweets on the topic) after he reprimanded a journalist and forcibly grabbed away her voice recorder when she asked him about the case of Deng Yujiao, a waitress who killed a local official for [...] Journalists, Twitterers, and the Media Demand Apology from Hubei Governor Li Hongzhong |
| Al Jazeera reports on what delegates do behind the scenes of the National People’s Congress:
The annual session of China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress, brings together around 3,000 delegates from across the country for two weeks every year.
The NPC, as it is known, affirms rather than makes policy, but the backstage lobbying gives aspiring leaders [...] Deal-making at China’s Parliament |
| The Chinese government has recently emphasized its soft power efforts, as discussed in a recent People’s Daily editorial. Zhang Boshu, a political philosopher and constitutional scholar who recently wrote about his experiences inside the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, offered his own interpretation and analysis of Chinese soft power. Translated by CDT:
Zhang Boshu: What Kind [...] Zhang Boshu (张博树): What Kind of Soft Power Does China Need? |
| Dr. Yu Jianrong (于建嵘), chairman of the Social Issues Research Center of the Rural Development Institute of the China Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a speech entitled “Maintaining a Baseline of Social Stability” before the Beijing Lawyers Association on December 26, 2009. This is part 6 of the CDT translation, here are part 1. part [...] Yu Jianrong (于建嵘): Maintaining a Baseline of Social Stability (Part 6) |
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| An English-language editorial in People’s Daily looks at the goals of China’s soft power initiative:
On the one hand, China has been striving to build the Chinese cultural value system and increase its influence in the world, and has achieved remarkable results. For example, the country has established 282 Confucius Institutes and 241 Confucius Classrooms worldwide, [...] People’s Daily: How to Improve China’s Soft Power? |
| Bloomberg reports:
China’s inflation reached a 16-month high, industrial output climbed and new loans exceeded forecasts, adding to the case for the
government to pare back stimulus measures.
Consumer prices rose 2.7% in February from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said in Beijing on Thursday, compared with the 2.5% median estimate of 29 economists surveyed [...] China’s Inflation Soars to 16-mth High |
| In its annual report on human rights conditions around the world, the State Department singles out China and Iran for crackdowns on activists and online speech. From Reuters:
China, long the target of U.S. criticism for violating human rights, was accused of broadening its efforts to suppress information on the Internet.
“China increased its efforts to [...] U.S. Human Rights Report Hits China, Iran |
| China Geeks has translated a second article by Zhang Boshu, a political philosopher and constitutional scholar, about his experiences inside the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Part I is here:
Zhang joined the CASS in 1991 as an Assistant Researcher after getting a PhD. By 1993, if not for political reasons, he should have been promoted [...] Zhang Boshu (张博树): An Insider’s Account of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Part II) |