Photo of the Day: Old men swimming, Beijing by Jonathan Kos-Read
China’s Nobel Winners, Past and Possible
With the announcement this week of the 2012 Nobel Prizes, the BBC’s Damian Grammaticas revisits the situation of imprisoned 2010 Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Liu Xia. Liu Xia remains under strict house arrest intended, according to an anonymous friend of the family, to put pressure on her husband: “The government is trying to force Liu Xiaobo to leave China by taking his wife’s personal freedom away. At the same time, the government threatens both their families,
China’s Aircraft Carrier and the Human Race
The People’s Liberation Army Navy commissioned its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, on September 25 and has now launched a destroyer, the Type 052D Luyang III-class. Despite insisting th ...
James McGregor: No Ancient Wisdom for China
For Yale Global, James McGregor writes about the dangers of China’s model of authoritarian capitalism both for China itself and for foreign corporations operating there. From the articl ...
Looking Into the Eyes of ‘Made in China’
The New York Times’ Lens blog features portraits of Chinese factory workers by Bloomberg photographer Lucas Schifres, who aims to show that “China is not this machine the size of ...
China Grounds Flights Amid Hoax Threats
Chinese state media reports a hoax threat grounded a China Southern Airlines plane in Xinjiang autonomous region, from Xinhua: The China Southern Airlines flight CZ680, traveling from Istanbu ...
Can International Law Cover Cyberspace?
Adam Segal of the Council on Foreign Relations wades into the waters of international law, where China and the United States are at odds over whether and how to apply existing international l ...
Reform “Job Number One” for China’s Next Leaders...
As China’s economic growth slows, president-in-waiting Xi Jinping faces urgent calls to boldly push through reforms. From Chris Buckley at Reuters: China heads into next month’s p ...Politics
New Leftist Targeted in Shoe-Throwing Protest
A student at Hainan University hurled a shoe at prominent neo-Maoi ...
Economy
Holiday Hordes: Good for the Economy?
CDT previously reported on China’s super rich still going all out ...
Culture & the Arts
Zao Wou-Ki: China’s Highest-Selling Living Artist
At The Wall Street Journal’s Scene Asia, Jason Chow profiles ...
Sci-Tech
Huawei Found to Pose National Security Threat (Updated)
Chinese company Huawei, the world’s largest telecommunicatio ...
Information Revolution
“Human Flesh Searching”: Ad-Hoc Internet Justice
For The Atlantic, Jessica Levine explores the online grassroots sl ...
The Great Divide
The Great Migration: Chinese Workers Return Home
For Marketplace, Rob Schmitz visits with migrant laborers who have ...
Environment
China Firm Sues Obama Over Blocked Wind Farm Deal
Last Friday, President Obama blocked investment by the Chinese fir ...
China & the World
New Destroyer Signals Chinese Naval Shift
For The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report, Gabe C ...
