May 2012
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“Around 1,000 monks and nuns in monasteries in the Shannan prefecture of the...”
– From a report by Chinese Characters contributor Ananth Krishnan for The Hindu: Signature campaign in Tibet
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Five Books on China →
Chinese Characterscontributor Evan Osnos’ picks in the New Yorker blog Letter from China
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Shanghai, Bo Xilai and 5 China Noirs You Should... →
Jeff Wasserstrom for the Asia Society’s Asia Blog
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Watchnybooks:
‘Worse Than the Cultural Revolution’: An Interview With Tian Qing
Tian Qing may be China’s leading cultural heritage expert. A scholar of Buddhist musicology and the Chinese zither, or guqin, the sixty-four-year-old now heads the Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, an institution set up by the government to protect China’s native traditions in the performing arts,...
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“So for the vast majority of the Chinese population, Facebook is the tech...”
– writes Evan Osnos for the New Yorker: In China, Facebook’s Shadow and Worries About Innovation
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“Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the...”
– Said environmental watchdog Ma Jun, first in Fast Company’s list of 100 most creative people in business. Chinese Characters contributor Christina Larson profiled him for the magazine.
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Retired Party Members Call for 2 Top Chinese... →
Chinese Characters contributor Ian Johnson reports for The New York Times
Propaganda Against U.S. Ambassador Backfires →
Oiwan Lam in Global Voices has the social media roundup on Amb. Gary Locke after his handling of the Chen Guangcheng affair
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Bo Xilai's Fall Won't Delay Leadership Transition... →
CC contributor Ian Johnson on plans for the leadership transition to take place this fall, despite rumors that the meetings might be delayed due to high level reshuffling.
“Like most Chinese, I was educated as an atheist. All textbooks, philosophy...”
– From Jesus Loves China, Too, an essay by evangelist Bob Fu for Foreign Policy
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“Li Jie climbed to the top of the vacant five-storey building, looking down on a...”
– How Ananth Krishnan begins his report for The Hindu: In China, suicides highlight rising land conflicts
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Chinese Activist’s Family Said to Face Harassment →
Chinese Characters contributor Ian Johnson’s update to the story of Chen Guangcheng for The New York Times
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PODCAST, Part 2: China, Apple Factories, Suicide,...
In part 2 of this interview, Rob Schmitz talks more about factory workers in China, the vast system of netting installed at factory dormitories to cut back on worker suicides, the problems with and opportunities for doing responsible journalism in China, and his book recommendations.
Find the first and second parts of Angilee Shah’s interview with American Public Media’s...
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“Since last year, all monasteries have had to set up management committees to...”
– Chinese Characters contributor Ananth Krishnan reports on relative stability at one monastery that is especially significant for Tibetans: China crafts a carrot-and-stick response to immolations in The Hindu
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Sneak Preview: Chinese Characters' Table of...
Pre-order Chinese Characters on Amazon or from UC Press.
Waiting for Justice in Beijing →
Sim Chi Yin’s photos and stories of petitioners at The Daily Beast: “These petitioners hail from all over the country. Jaded about the lack of justice in their hometowns, they arrive in the capital seeking help from Beijing’s central government. Armed with little more than plastic bags of handwritten documents, they are desperately trying to receive compensation and redress for all...
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“China is moving backwards. In fifteen years of studying and writing about this...”
– Chinese Characters contributor Evan Osnos, in a New Yorker blog post on China’s expulsion of Al Jazeera correspondent Melissa Chan. 