December 2011
24 posts
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“People no longer believe you can win by working hard and honestly in China.”
– A struggling journalist in Beijing, as quoted by CC contributor Christina Larson in “The End of the Chinese Dream” (Foreign Policy)
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2011: Five Big China Stories (That Didn't Happen... →
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“The overall sense in western reports is that things are spinning out of control...”
– CC contributor Ian Johnson on the recent protests in Wukan, from his New York Review of Books blog post “Do China’s Village Protests Help the Regime?”
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Do China’s Village Protests Help the Regime? →
CC contributor Ian Johnson challenges foreign media’s take on protest in the NYRblog
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Q & A with a Thoughtful Journalist who has been in... →
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“China has, in recent months, been pressing North Korea to consider adopting a...”
– Another Chinese Characters contributor, Ananth Krishnan, weighs in on Kim’s death for The Hindu, focusing on NK leadership transition’s implications for and concerns in the PRC.
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“As Kim’s death came on the heels of Czech dissident leader and poet Vaclav...”
– From Christina Larson’s Foreign Policy blog post “Two Funerals, and Weibo.”
In rebellious Wukan, China, a rare sight: No... →
Report from Tom Lasseter (McClatchy) who “was able to slip into Wukan on Thursday night…with the help of a local who had detailed knowledge of winding routes that skirted police positions in roads outside the village.”
“Some Chinese say openly that using ancient culture to promote soft power is a...”
– China abroad: Sun Tzu and the art of soft power | The Economist
“‘We’ll keep resisting until our lawful demands are met,’ Yang...”
– Louis Lim reporting from Wukan, where villagers angry over official corruption and land grabs, have been mourning a fallen protester.
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Upcoming showing of 1989 film + talk on Tank Man... →
If you will be in Seattle in late January, one of CC’s co-editors will be going there to take part in a Q and A session after a January 24 showing of “The Gate of Heavenly Peace,” then give a January 25 lecture on the “Tank Man” image the following evening….all part of a University of Washington globally minded series on iconic photographs.
A Global Wave of Dissent Makes "The Protester"... →
This choice has relevance for China, where in 2011 as well as in other recent years many kinds of protest broke out, including the dramatic incident rural unrest currently underway. A runner-up on TIME’s list was Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
“The prevalence of pirated software on Chinese government computers has for years...”
– From the recently re-launched (and missed while it was gone) China Real Time Report blog; good to have Josh Chin et al. updating us again.
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5 Books To Read on China from 1911-2011 →
Suggestions come from Oxford prof Rana Mitter, in an interview conducted by CC contributor Alec Ash
“The government allowed the establishment of microblogs to prevent Twitter and...”
– China’s love affair with blogging wanes by Kathrin Hille at FT.com
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“After subsisting on instant noodles cooked with melted ice, Li’s team had...”
– Christina Larson writes about new research stations in Tibet in ‘Third Pole’ Glacier Research Gets a Boost From China for Science.
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“Wall Street used to be full of cash, stocks and bonds; now it is full of tents...”
– From a Chinese article on Occupy Wall Street guest translated for China Geeks (an important bridge blog) by CC contributor Alec Ash
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Radio Chat on Protest in China with co-editor Jeff... →
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