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EastSouthWestNorth: Freedom of Identity, Speech and Assembly on the Internet
Seeded on Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:42 AM EDT (zonaeuropa.com)
MMPRG player in China is put in virtual incarceration for a politically offensive character name and guild. This is not the first time the game (run by a private company) has had to suspend players for politically inappropriate names.
The Demonization of China in the Media
Seeded on Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:44 PM EDT (zonaeuropa.com)
China is demonized by the Western media. "The cause of this is two-fold: on the one hand, it was the ideological prejudice from the west that demonized China, and on the other hand, China's development is not perfect, it has its own shortcomings during the development process, …
Why students are revolting
Seeded on Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:01 PM EDT (Telegraph)
There's a curious riot going on in a university in central China.
Debate of Ice Sheet Growth and Sea Level Hotly Contested
Seeded on Fri Jun 9, 2006 6:07 PM EDT (cei.org)
Earlier this week, FactCheck.Org published a critique of the Competitive Enterprise Institute's (CEI's) global warming ads. In this press release, CEI responds to FactCheck's allegations.
Bloggers succeed in justice, but only for an old woman on a petty charge
Seeded on Fri Jun 9, 2006 10:50 AM EDT (zonaeuropa.com)
This is another example of Internet-powered public opinion monitoring the government in China. The item below is a Tianya forum post that has received more than 280,000 page views and more than 11,000 comments after being first posted on May 29, 2006.
US warns of terror threat in China | Reuters.com
Seeded on Fri Jun 9, 2006 10:45 AM EDT (Reuters)
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States warned on Friday of a possible terrorist threat against its interests in China, especially in the three major cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
People's Daily Online -- Indiscriminate killings and American exceptionalism
Seeded on Fri Jun 9, 2006 10:42 AM EDT (english.peopledaily.com.cn)
As the fourth such incident to be reported in recent times, it caused serious concern and presents another challenge to public opinion both in the United States and abroad. The US military been called upon to explain the incident repeatedly.
China's Expanding Deserts - another great leap forward? - New York Times
Seeded on Fri Jun 9, 2006 10:39 AM EDT (The New York Times)
MINQIN, China — China's own favorite military strategist, Sun Tzu, surely would have warned against letting two mighty enemies, the Tengger and the Badain Jaran, form a united front.
Typhoon Chanchu hits South China coast - strongest ever may typhoon
Seeded on Thu May 18, 2006 10:56 AM EDT (xinhuanet)
Eleven people are confirmed dead and four others are missing after Typhoon Chanchu made landfall in southeastern China's coastal areas Thursday, according to the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Telegraph | News | Chinese block film showing at Cannes
Seeded on Thu May 18, 2006 10:53 AM EDT (Telegraph)
The only Asian entry for the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival is likely to be pulled from the competition before its first screening today after permission for it to be shown was refused by China's powerful censors.
A World Without the Poor
Wed May 17, 2006 7:43 PM EDT
Just step back and consider for a moment a world in which there are no poor. Where everyone has enough money to not be considered poor or lacking and everyone has disposable income to spend not only on 'luxuries' but also to spend on lawyers, political rights, education, etc.
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Why EastSouthWestNorth: The Chinese Communists Are Not Doomed To Finish Yet
Seeded on Fri May 12, 2006 5:09 AM EDT (zonaeuropa.com)
A Chinese Expat claims the Communist party is stronger than ever and nowhere near collapse.
Chinese Internet activists challenge censorship | Reuters.com
Seeded on Mon May 1, 2006 9:34 AM EDT (Reuters)
A coalition of Chinese Web activists has launched a petition decrying censorship of the Internet and challenging the legality of government information controls on China's more than 100 million net users.
Tens of Thousands in NYC Protest War - Or 300,000?
Seeded on Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:51 PM EDT (apnews.myway.com)
"NEW YORK (AP) - Tens of thousands of protesters marched Saturday through lower Manhattan to demand an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, just hours after this month's death toll reached 70."
A Safety Net for China's Rulers - Will the internet weaken the state?
Seeded on Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:56 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
The Chinese Communist Party, long expected to be a victim of economic modernization and the transformative powers of technology, has instead been learning how to use those powers to its own ends.
Will Bush question China's increased trade with Africa?
Seeded on Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:59 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)
WHEN PRESIDENT Bush meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao on April 20, will he raise the issue of China's role in Africa? He should. China's rising and underreported influence in Africa is posing a direct challenge to American influence and undermining U.S. policy.
Unpackaging Modernization
Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:09 PM EDT
I don't think the Western 'packaged view of modernization is inherently flawed. -Claus
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Executives see China as place to boost career
Seeded on Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:27 PM EDT (menafn.com)
As China evolves into an increasingly important market for many U.S. companies, a growing number of Americans are eager to work there, despite potentially formidable obstacles of language and culture.
Language of Authoritarianism in America
Sun Apr 9, 2006 11:48 AM EDT
Vaclav Havel starts off a 1979 essay on eastern European society with this image: "The manager of a fruit and vegetable shop places in his window, among the onions and carrots, the slogan: 'Workers of the World, Unite!' Why does he do it? What is he trying to communicate to
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Official Chinese priase for grassroots democracy
Seeded on Sat Apr 8, 2006 4:59 PM EDT (xinhuanet)
An 'official' update on the implementation and success of grassroots democratic rule of 300,000 villages in China. Notice the somewhat juxtaposed success stories and problems, possibly indicitive of differences in opinion of how this is going.
Rabbis in China - Response to a growing Kosher food market
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 1:59 PM EDT (china.notspecial.org)
China needs rabbis so it can bless food to sell in kosher markets in the U.S. Globalization at work here, in all its unexpected forms.
Hitler applies for teaching job in china
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 1:53 PM EDT (danwei.org)
A blatantly racist add for an English teacher was replied to by a man calling himself Adolf Hitler. Brilliant satire.
China, labor shortage: percieved or real?
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 1:49 PM EDT (International Herald Tribune)
HONG KONG There is much talk of a labor shortage in China. Some bemoan its impact on wages and profit margins. Some see it as proof of the dynamism of the economy, some as a harbinger of declining competitiveness in international markets.
10 billion yuan (1.2 billion u.s) plan to clean up Songhua river since the November Chemical spill
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 1:41 PM EDT (xinhuanet)
"BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- China will invest 10 billion yuan (around 1.2 billion U.S. dollars) over the next five years to curb the pollution of the northeastern Songhua River, according to a plan approved by China's State Council on Wednesday."
At a Secret Meeting, Chinese Party Leaders Clashed Over Reforms - New York Times
Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 8:48 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Top Party leaders clashed over the future of economic and political reform in a remarkable secret meeting; the notes were later published by a conservative Chinese website. Rarer still is to have this information so soon and verified as true.
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